Have just joined and hope I'm posting to the correct section. For my adult lifetime have admired and wanted one of the old British bikes from back in my youth. Have an opportunity to purchase a 1972 750 Hi-Rider. Certainly not my first choice of models I'd like to have. With the oddball apehanger handlebars, and the flared up seat tail seemed like kinda a miscue by Norton, but I realize they were hoping to cash in on the chopper craze of the late 60s. The bike is still in possession of the original owner, has 12,000 miles, and like a million other bikes was "running when parked". Has been parked and not run or ridden since the early to mid 80s. Most of the chrome is in poor shape, the original pea shooter mufflers are gone and were replaced with some unmuffled turnouts, and the owner had installed 3" or 4" over fork legs and the handlebars were tweaked from a fall over at rest. UGHHH. Can members here give me their thoughts on what a fair price would be for this year and model bike in the condition I've described. Something else is in all the other pics I've seen of these bikes, the tank and the side panels were always paint matched, but the tank on this bike is orange, and the small side panels are black. The owner, who seems like a straight shooter to me, claims he bought it new that way. I've owned and worked on many other bikes of many different brands over the years, but never had a British bike of my own. Would appreciate any thoughts, advice, or input from other members with more experience than myself on these bikes.