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How about a Hesketh V1000 for $32,000?!?
« on: April 18, 2018, 09:11:45 AM »
Nolan Woodbury saw this on eBay recently.  Only 146 miles!  WOW!! :shocked: :shocked: :shocked:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1982-Other-Makes-Hesketh/202286384364?hash=item2f193544ec:g:hXgAAOSwge9azpI6&vxp=mtr&autorefresh=true

Back in 2009, at the Barber Vintage Weekend, Nolan and I saw one.  The owner and his daughter, were from Australia, as I recall.  Outside a museum, it is the only Hesketh I ever saw on the road. :1: :thumb: :cool:













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Re: How about a Hesketh V1000 for $32,000?!?
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2018, 09:57:18 AM »
 The Hesketh Motorbike , for those who believe Moto Guzzi motorbikes are just too common  :laugh:

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Re: How about a Hesketh V1000 for $32,000?!?
« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2018, 10:16:51 AM »
Quote from: oldbike54 on April 18, 2018, 09:57:18 AM
The Hesketh Motorbike , for those who believe Moto Guzzi motorbikes are just too common  :laugh:

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Very true!
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Re: How about a Hesketh V1000 for $32,000?!?
« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2018, 02:33:16 PM »
People do ride 'em ... there's an owner's club, spares scheme, and all that.   You'd have to be or become an expert on them to ride on much, or have one nearby.

For the man for whom a Motus is just considered a weak copy of this one ... !

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Re: How about a Hesketh V1000 for $32,000?!?
« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2018, 02:40:45 PM »
My oh my they were a nasty looking thing! Not to mention heavy and leaked like a colander! :grin:
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Re: How about a Hesketh V1000 for $32,000?!?
« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2018, 02:56:23 PM »
Saw one at the dairy in Danbury,ct.  many,many,many years ago 😁
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Re: How about a Hesketh V1000 for $32,000?!?
« Reply #6 on: April 18, 2018, 03:05:35 PM »
Quote from: pete roper on April 18, 2018, 02:40:45 PM
My oh my they were a nasty looking thing! Not to mention heavy and leaked like a colander! :grin:

 :laugh: :grin: :wink:
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Re: How about a Hesketh V1000 for $32,000?!?
« Reply #7 on: April 18, 2018, 06:02:26 PM »
I thought they were super cool ever since I was a teen back in the 80s!  Always wanted one, and still do, though I have yet to see one in the Flesh.  But a bike called the Vampire, how can you get anything cooler?

You can still order yourself a new Hesketh, several versions available including supercharging!!!
http://www.heskethmotorcycles.co.uk

If you get one, please invite me over for a spin!
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Re: How about a Hesketh V1000 for $32,000?!?
« Reply #8 on: April 18, 2018, 06:05:34 PM »
Quote from: pete roper on April 18, 2018, 02:40:45 PM
My oh my they were a nasty looking thing! Not to mention heavy and leaked like a colander! :grin:

 Yep , maybe because the castings resembled a colander .

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Re: How about a Hesketh V1000 for $32,000?!?
« Reply #9 on: April 18, 2018, 06:18:42 PM »
Malcolm Forbes had one, and I got to see it at a BMW event hosted by his brother at their Short Hills estate. Interesting machine, and kind of rounded out his eclectic collection of motorcycles.

 I believe that Forbes MC caretaker now has possession of his Hesketh. Last time that I saw it, it was indoors next to a potbelly stove.
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Re: How about a Hesketh V1000 for $32,000?!?
« Reply #10 on: April 19, 2018, 04:40:36 PM »
I understand that they had a fairly agricultural sort of gearbox.

Still an interesting machine.
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