All these 'Barn finds' get me. Must be billions of undiscovered barns out there.

A common one that anoys me is, "I'm thinking of selling this but have no idea what its worth", what do you think.

Hi Paul, this video reminds me of a guy from Norwich in the late 70s early 80s who had a whole load of British bike part’s but way to expensive for anyone at that time. We were all looking for part’s but couldn’t pay his prices. So what he done was dug a hole in his yard, smashed all engine cases & aluminum parts with a big hammer & buried them. He said if no one pays his prices then no one will ever get his parts 😢What a W….r & in those days everyone was riding British bikes 🏍️ & looking for parts.

When I picked up the ‘66 Honda S90 I’m restoring a friend asked what I was going to do with a rusted basket case such as that…I said restore it…he said “I guess anything can be restored with enough money”…I said “it’s not money…it’s love and keeping alive a little bit of history in my world…”

@callmeanythingbutlatefordinner

Ай бұрын

Yup, no one ever expects to get back what they put in to ANY restoration or customizing. It's not about making money, it's about the personal panacea of satisfaction, "love", and respect of artistic engineering. kzread.info/dash/bejne/npqC07Nmfsu_p9I.html

@paulhenshaw4514

Ай бұрын

Very true!

Thanks for the tip, Paul. I have a couple of bikes in the garage that I just can’t get round to sorting. They will have to go for scrap soon! lol,another great rant.

Its called LINGUISTICS. Old as Adam. Good points Paul.

G'day Paul, good advice, todays World in every area where money is concerned scammer are like maggots feasting on a corps they will do anything for more, cheers mate, Neil 🤠.

Tried that scam with the wife. Aye,she's still here.

Spot on, you nailed ot buddy

I remember going to local scrap yard and seeing 5-6 BSA A65 bottom end cases sold for weight. Most chipped up but the occasional good set for 45cdn way more than scrap.

I came off facebook and all social media after 1 day.

@chriscrookson8524

Ай бұрын

What do you think KZread is?

@MONTY-YTNOM

Ай бұрын

you're on it now

I thought you were going go to say that old bsa motor was scrap..... I was going to say make a planter out of it.. 😉 😅 Best wishes, and thanks for posting.

If they were really going to scrap the vehicle, they'd have done it already without advertising the fact on facebook

Yes Paul get them old cubs weighed in at the scrapyard! And then with the money you can put a deposit down on a new electric ⚡️ motorcycle! 👍 😂

threatening to scrap a vehicle in an ad unless someone buys it is emotional blackmail.. they know they can trigger your sympathies for nostalgic things.. back in the 70s there was a used car salesman somewhere in western United States problem the California, the Johnny Carson was reading the ad on his night time show because they were so funny.. he would put an ad in the paper, saying, bring your leash and flea collar, and come and get this dog, referring to a car.. I myself wanted to sell my sons 10 year old Ford ranger pick up truck for him. I advertised it in the local sites by telling the truth. At the time my son was working construction, and the construction sites in the late winter early spring are always muddy… so rather than just point out the nice things about it like it I did have a brand, new clutch and master cylinder and slave cylinder, which I did mention. But I advertised it as looking like a pig lived in it… I had three people that wanted it right now, and the first one showed up within two hours of the ad coming out and he bought it. He was a farmer, he said it won’t even leave the farm very many times. He just needs it for chores and he didn’t care about the mud. I myself drove from Pittsburgh, PA USA to very near Niagara Falls New York to look at a trials bike that the guy said was ready to go. I drove in my non-air-conditioned Ford van with my two young son is with me on a 90° day. When I got there, the rear wheel, not only had spokes missing, I could pull the chain practically off of the sprocket., The fork seals were blown, the wheel bearings in the rear wheel allow the wheel to shift side to side about 20 mm.. if I did not have my two young sons with me, I wanted to punch the guy after that 250 mile drive in that heat

Hi Paul I'm not on Facebook or twatter sorry twitter.....by the way I'm scrapping a rocket 3 next week 😂😂😂

@dinomalta712

Ай бұрын

I"LL HAVE IT! I"LL GIVE YOU 20 TIMES what It's worth, IF you Ship it to GOZO!😂

@thepipesmokingbeekeeper8917

Ай бұрын

@@dinomalta712 🤣🤣

I've got a new property that I'm repairing just now. It has a huge overgrown garden with outbuildings that I can't even get into. I'm hoping there is some little gem hiding in there which needs some love and repair.

Thanks Paul.

Well said Paul some people have no conscience and how they sleep at night I have no idea 😖

Now that you mention it, I've seen a few of those and at least one has been called out as fake. Since I'm not interested in buying another bike, I took little notice but you're right, it is very near to a scam and certainly not honest.

NICE ONE PAUL, about time these BANDITS were outed. Cheers, DINO.

I call it 'gone fishing'. Another bug bear is 'whats your budget?' Best avoid facebook forum adverts all together

I hate "Open to Offers"

There's a big difference between salesmanship and outright scamming. Just ask Donald Trump. 🤣🤣🤣

Horses for courses with the Knackers yard

Good information on what some people do thanks Paul, my best wishes to you from the Philippines ❤️💪👍😉😀😁🏁🏍️🛺🐑🇵🇭🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@paulhenshaw4514

Ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

If a bike tractor, barn full of rare parts goes for scrap it’s because someone died the yard is being cleared and the contractor doing it doesn’t give a f It won’t even get on Facebook.

Im saving a 1970 Norton Command S incomplete raty an rusty. I bought it because I always wanted to fix up a commando due to all the content on KZread and this one was around the block from me. Im well on my way. Dumped 5800 $ into it including the price of 1000 dollars. Some would say it is a fools errand but im happy im doin it

@richardburchill8740

Ай бұрын

Some people spend that in a year at the pub.I know what id rather spend on and that's apart from the satisfaction and enjoyment in the process.

@peterrestaino7047

Ай бұрын

@@richardburchill8740 Thank you

Perfect shirt.

@paulhenshaw4514

Ай бұрын

'Mr Greedy' - yes, suits the subject and I only wore it by coincidence!

what's the issue, stops time wasters ?.