1971 750 with Dunstall parts

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Want to treat this widow right! (no smart comments) Has a 71 750 with Dunstall seat fairing and tank Clip-ons with rear sets. A Seeley Magnesium front hub. Dunstall 2 into 1 into 2 exhaust. The cylinder head is a Dunstall or Dunstall prep'd. Engine doesn't run. Some bills for work. The worst thing is the Metal flake blue paint. She is asking me to give her an offer. Of course the cheaper the better but I want to be fair. Sorry no pics
 
Hard to say without being able to look at it. How long has it sat? Was it ever run with corn gas?
When I had the tank and side covers painted on my Roman purple 70 roadster it cost me $500.
Without seeing it I wouldn't go higher that $2500. Does it have a clean title? That would affect the price too.
 
No title, Sat 10years gas tank not blistered You got a deal at 500 to have tank and side covers painted! Did the painter have a green card? LOL
 
Sum of the Dunstall parts and front hub (if all good/useable condition) is probably close to equaling in value the untitled non-running bike itself.
 
It's just a project Norton that will suck up every bit of $8000 to set right. The lack of a title is a real issue for a lot of people. $10,000 for a project? Never.
 
Dunstall had an extensive option list, so really hard to estimate worth without an inventory. 32mm carbs, 5 speed gearset, cam, electronic ignition or other internals would add value. If the exhaust has the single down pipe dented, then not a plus. If it has the required Dunatall center stand, than that is a plus.
Sitting that long, you'd probably get quite a bit of rust particles coming out of the silencers when it does run. Early silencers were not able to be dissembled.
The Seely front hub is interesting, but wouldn't have been on a Dunstall special.
If no pics, do you have a s/n? Are they identical for frame engine and gearbox?
It's pretty much a non running '71 with some interesting period pieces with no title.
Caveat Emptor
 
The only thing I saw that I haven't seen before, I've not seen much in Dunstall, is the location of the oil filter. It attached to the engine case where the Magneto would have attached on earlier models. Probably not the best for heat loss but definitely a convenient spot for changes
 
Tell the "$10,000 relative" you'll be first in line to buy it once it's restored. When they can't get that accomplished, show you an example of a sale at that price, nor sell it for a tenth of that, you're still first in line.

You could take it to a professional restorer and get an estimate for a restoration, and an estimated value after the restoration. Once they see later number is far smaller than the former, they may get a glimpse of reality.

People watch too much TV and get the idea they're sitting on a goldmine. Without a title saying it was first registered to George Washington, it's just an old bike.
 
The most I've ever paid for a complete Norton parts bike (no title) was $3200 delivered (73 850 with decent engine and gearbox), and the least was $1800 delivered (72 Combat in REALLY rough condition). If I were looking at it, I would consider it with only stock parts and hope that I could sell the non-stock parts for at least half of what the replacement stock parts would cost; but I don't do custom bikes so others would think differently.
 
mean gene said:
Want to treat this widow right! (no smart comments) Has a 71 750 with Dunstall seat fairing and tank Clip-ons with rear sets. A Seeley Magnesium front hub. Dunstall 2 into 1 into 2 exhaust. The cylinder head is a Dunstall or Dunstall prep'd. Engine doesn't run. Some bills for work. The worst thing is the Metal flake blue paint. She is asking me to give her an offer. Of course the cheaper the better but I want to be fair. Sorry no pics
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The engine not running is probably a good thing. Just buy it and rebuild the engine. Take the plugs out and see what is on them. If there is no metal and they look right, you probably have something which is OK for starters. Does it turn over when you kick it ? The Dunstall exhaust system is good value. The magnesium hub might be degraded if the bike has been stored where it is damp.
 
Too hard to say without pix, but I'm with the $2,500 crowd.

If that's the only offer they get, it'll be yours.

Now if the seller was someone I knew, I'd tell them to put it on e-bay at that starting price, to be fair to the surviving family...
 
$2,500 sounds good. If you were worried , you could add $500 to it. It sounds like an interesting bike, but if it is modified, it is probably not very valuable. When you are dead, you don't need your motorcycle any more. And there will be family grief there anyway.
 
I have been thinking about this issue. Money is probably irrelevant in this case. What is important is the emotional attachment. In Australia we have people we call 'coffin-chasers'. They know who have good bikes and they watch the death notices in the newspapers. The guy who previously owned the bike obviously loved it, because he fitted Dunstall parts to it. What is important is that the person selling the bike, knows that it is going to continue to live,
If you intend to keep the bike and improve it - buy it for what it is worth to you, But don't buy it to pull it apart and sell the bits. I have an acquaintance who did that to my old Triton race bike. I no longer visit him.
I don't make money out of motorcycles. I race them and develop them for enjoyment.
 
Dunstall did an extensive catalogue of his Dunstall parts for a Norton.
Is this bike an original Norton or a Dunstall that has been through his workshop or someone who has modified an original bike?
Without the title you cannot know one way or the other.
For example I had a white ex police Atlas that I fitted the Dunstall parts. Some which I found were junk!
 
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