Classic Motorcycle Mechanics

What to buy and how much to pay

ot the classic scene’s best survivor due to its image back in the day. Many of those that have lasted may have) dealer out there asking six big ones for a minter but as your granny used to say:” They needs their bumps felt!” There’s really not much of a price break between the 250 and 350 and the disc-braked G model isn’t any more desirable than its drum-braked siblings. If we were in the market for a K3/K4 twin we’d be looking for an original, unmolested 350 with decades of patina and be hoping to have it totally sorted and on the road for under £3k.

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