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MOKE1K · 02-19-2011, 02:34 AM

Very, very rare. Very, very expensive - Rose Tinted Spectacle - Visordown

All I can say is wow!

MOKE1K · 02-19-2011, 03:58 AM

I believe the 2smoker was Aoki's last ride, wasnt he the one that passed away, had two brothers, help me out here...Ace

Dr_Sprocket · 02-19-2011, 04:06 AM

Now THAT is a collector's item! (at 50% more than my first house)

acecycleins · 02-19-2011, 06:45 AM

If I could just sell my vintage 1986 Volvo.............

Morbo the Destroyer · 02-20-2011, 12:04 PM

What good is it? It doesn't even have a passenger seat.

MOKE1K · 02-20-2011, 02:27 PM

WHAT GOOD IS IT?, Your kidding right, with rarity of a true Grandprix twostroke 500? What, that isnt enough? Adding on top of the fact that you never see V3' twostrokes specially in that era or to many other eras, and then just to seal the deal it was riding by Aoki. I remember when he was coming up through the ranks from a family of three boys that all raced. He was going to be the next big-thing, until he died either testing or racing. Who knows maybe it was this exact bike, and its been repaired now what's it worth?

-I've ridden 250's, I can't imagine a 500.

Morbo the Destroyer · 02-20-2011, 05:21 PM

Ohhh, so some guy who nobody ever heard of may or may not have ridden it. That makes all difference in the world...

Dr_Sprocket · 02-21-2011, 03:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Morbo the Destroyer

Ohhh, so some guy who nobody ever heard of may or may not have ridden it. That makes all difference in the world...

Greatest rider you never heard of.

Actually, I am surprised you never heard of him. I have, and I don't even know jack about MC racing! (according to Moke)

Morbo the Destroyer · 02-21-2011, 05:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dr_Sprocket

Greatest rider you never heard of.

Actually, I am surprised you never heard of him. I have, and I don't even know jack about MC racing! (according to Moke)

There was a stretch of 10-15 years I wasn't paying attention to m/c racing. Or motorcycles at all, for that matter. In my biography it will be called "The Yachting Years." In Kirk's bio they'll call the same period "The Decades of Volvo."

MOKE1K · 02-21-2011, 08:19 AM

Takuma Aoki (青木拓磨, Aoki Takuma?, born February 24, 1974 in Tokyo) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Japan. He began his Grand Prix career in 1993. From 1994 to 1996, Aoki competed in the World Superbike Championship, winning one race in that series.[1] He returned to Grand Prix racing with Honda in 1997, enjoying his best season when he finished fifth in the 500cc world championship.[2] A spinal injury in a 1998 motorcycle crash left him paralyzed below the waist. Aoki has continued to work with Honda, helping them develop cars for disabled people.[3] He is the brother of Grand Prix racers, Nobuatsu and Haruchika Aoki.

Aoki has recently been involved in motorsports again. Using specially-modified 4-wheel drive vehicles, he has been involved in many cross country rallies, notably the Dakar Rally and the Asia Cross Country Rally.[4][5]

02-19-2011, 02:34 AM	#1
MOKE1K Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kalapana, Big Island Posts: 3,956	For sale,.... Very, very rare. Very, very expensive - Rose Tinted Spectacle - Visordown All I can say is wow! __________________ "YOU CAN'T BOLT ON SKILL" "The only thing limiting your bike, is you" We survived Bush you'll survive Obama! "the most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive." --thomas sowell

02-19-2011, 03:58 AM	#2
MOKE1K Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kalapana, Big Island Posts: 3,956	I believe the 2smoker was Aoki's last ride, wasnt he the one that passed away, had two brothers, help me out here...Ace __________________ "YOU CAN'T BOLT ON SKILL" "The only thing limiting your bike, is you" We survived Bush you'll survive Obama! "the most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive." --thomas sowell

02-19-2011, 04:06 AM	#3
Dr_Sprocket Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Delmarva Peninsula Posts: 2,331	Now THAT is a collector's item! (at 50% more than my first house) __________________ "Aid to the helpless indigent is civilized. Aid to the irresponsible is socially corrosive." ----- Schizuki (c. 2011)

02-19-2011, 06:45 AM	#4
acecycleins Founding Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: North Georgia Posts: 4,125	If I could just sell my vintage 1986 Volvo............. __________________ "Slack" - a state of being in which everything flows smoothly.....a frame of mind so at ease that the universe naturally cooperates.

02-20-2011, 12:04 PM	#5
Morbo the Destroyer Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,309	What good is it? It doesn't even have a passenger seat. __________________ Fun Facts to Know and Tell! Thomas Jefferson wrote that the 1st Amendment erected a "wall of separation" between the church and the state (James Madison said it "drew a line," but it is Jefferson's term that sticks with us today). The phrase is commonly thought to mean that the government should not establish, support, or otherwise involve itself in any religion. Its.......A FACT! Last edited by Morbo the Destroyer : 02-20-2011 at 05:19 PM.

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02-20-2011, 02:27 PM	#6
MOKE1K Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kalapana, Big Island Posts: 3,956	WHAT GOOD IS IT?, Your kidding right, with rarity of a true Grandprix twostroke 500? What, that isnt enough? Adding on top of the fact that you never see V3' twostrokes specially in that era or to many other eras, and then just to seal the deal it was riding by Aoki. I remember when he was coming up through the ranks from a family of three boys that all raced. He was going to be the next big-thing, until he died either testing or racing. Who knows maybe it was this exact bike, and its been repaired now what's it worth? -I've ridden 250's, I can't imagine a 500. __________________ "YOU CAN'T BOLT ON SKILL" "The only thing limiting your bike, is you" We survived Bush you'll survive Obama! "the most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive." --thomas sowell Last edited by MOKE1K : 02-20-2011 at 03:05 PM.

02-20-2011, 05:21 PM	#7
Morbo the Destroyer Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 1,309	Ohhh, so some guy who nobody ever heard of may or may not have ridden it. *That* makes all difference in the *world*... __________________ Fun Facts to Know and Tell! Thomas Jefferson wrote that the 1st Amendment erected a "wall of separation" between the church and the state (James Madison said it "drew a line," but it is Jefferson's term that sticks with us today). The phrase is commonly thought to mean that the government should not establish, support, or otherwise involve itself in any religion. Its.......A FACT!

02-21-2011, 08:19 AM	#10
MOKE1K Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Kalapana, Big Island Posts: 3,956	Takuma Aoki (青木拓磨, Aoki Takuma?, born February 24, 1974 in Tokyo) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Japan. He began his Grand Prix career in 1993. From 1994 to 1996, Aoki competed in the World Superbike Championship, winning one race in that series.[1] He returned to Grand Prix racing with Honda in 1997, enjoying his best season when he finished fifth in the 500cc world championship.[2] A spinal injury in a 1998 motorcycle crash left him paralyzed below the waist. Aoki has continued to work with Honda, helping them develop cars for disabled people.[3] He is the brother of Grand Prix racers, Nobuatsu and Haruchika Aoki. Aoki has recently been involved in motorsports again. Using specially-modified 4-wheel drive vehicles, he has been involved in many cross country rallies, notably the Dakar Rally and the Asia Cross Country Rally.[4][5] __________________ "YOU CAN'T BOLT ON SKILL" "The only thing limiting your bike, is you" We survived Bush you'll survive Obama! "the most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive." --thomas sowell