Bought a new (old) 85 V65 Sabre Today

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Posted by Jeff Mayner on June 7, 2008, 5:04 pm
 
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500 bucks, it runs (sort of), and it came with about 1000 bucks worth of
spare parts and accessories.

Hot damn! My ship has come in.  ;-)


Posted by TroytheTroll on June 7, 2008, 5:45 pm
 

I find myself occasionally scanning ebay for old bikes, bikes from
when I started riding and were all serious bad boys back then.

Always wanted a V65.


Posted by Anonymous on June 7, 2008, 6:03 pm
 

Well, if not already, you'll want to become intimately familiar
with http://www.sabmag.org/

Maybe, the best place to spend some initial time is:
http://users.metro2000.net/%7Ecdc/magna/other%20features/magna%20books/dave%20m%20v65%20society%20book.htm




Posted by 01dyna on June 7, 2008, 8:01 pm
 wrote:


yep, I was a Sabmaggot for many years. Had an 85 V65 Magna and a 85
700 Magna...loved them both.

And I agree...get *real* intimate with sabmag.org.  They're a GREAT
bunch and will tell you what to look for, how to repair and what parts
you hold onto with your life.



Posted by Jack Hunt on June 7, 2008, 10:49 pm
 wrote:


I hate to tell you this, but you got WAY more than $1k worth of accessories. You
have the only sliding backrest on a V65 Sabre I've ever seen.  You can get over
$500 just for that spare fairing and mounting brackets.  The tall backrest on
that Magna will go for over $300.

As the others have said, dig into www.sabmag.org (which appears to be down at
the moment) Don't give up.  David Hill runs the thing and he's a newlywed again.
It'll be back up when he comes up for air.

In the mean time, take a look at http://wiki.sabmagfaq.org/  which has a lot of
the most current info on your bike.  To join the mailing list, see
http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/sabmag   I highly recommend joining this
list if you're going to be putting this bike back in order, or if you want to
sell off any of the spare parts.

I read the mailing list every day.  I'll be watching for you.
--
Jack

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