Subject: Re: police Ambo

I wonder if there's a car wash with that sort of clientele in
England........

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From: tom emerson <to-@infinitymusic.net>
To: <Loopfram-@topica.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2000 6:03 AM
Subject: Re: police Ambo

Just had to put my 2 cents worth in on the ambo. I just turned down

$11,000 for my police eldo mark built for me. It was a serious offer from
an attorney who saw

it while I was cleaning it up at the car wash. To the list members this

may seem very high, but to this guy who was waiting on a big HD, the eldo
was something

unique. I would rather have my eldo than a new sportster, and have about

that much in it. I would look for these bikes to go up, much like the
british iron did

several years ago. It wasn't so long ago I was buying eldo's for under 500

if they were all there but not running. Though there are quite a few around,
I believe

there is only a fraction compared to much of the british stuff,, and there

is no comparison in ridability. A modernized eldo is fun and reliable
enough to continue

to be servicable far into the future. While bikes will come and go

quietly into oblivion, loopframes will become as classic a bike as us owners
already know they

will be. From viewed as a restoration project, 3000 sounds perhaps a bit

on the high side but not unreasonable if its all there and just in need of
restoration.

Even if an additional 3000 were spent to get it going and cleaned up, what

out there would have that amount of classic ridablility for 6k. My point is
that bike

prices have gone up to the point that if one wanted a "new loopframe" what

would it cost? I'd bet that 12K wouldn't be too much. Personally, it
would take 15K to

get this eldo away from me. I should have never sold my first one. And

after 5 triumphs, 2 bsa's, a norton, 3 ducati's, 2 other guzzi's and a
sportster, this is by

far the best bike I have owned.
Tom
72police eldo

David Otis wrote:

up to

speed it would be way cool! And the investment would be reasonable for

origional.

On Tue, 25 Jul 2000, you wrote:

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Y'know, at ~$3000 plus $1500 or $2000, that Ambo would
still be a little cheeper then a new H-D Sportster
883, or almost any other new 750cc bike out there, and
will last as long or longer. And it's an antique, with
great looks, good handling, mechanical simplicity, and
shaft drive (but poor brakes, unfortunately). Someone
should buy that thing.

-Mike (69 Ambo)

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M.Jones, student of philosophy and religion at Temple University,

Philadelphia, PA.

"The heart has its reasons which reason does not know." -Blaise Pascal
"With man, instinct and reason avoid each other with adversity, yet,

by repudiating each other they lure each other to reach mutual
correction." -Lucian Blaga

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Subject: Re: police Ambo

Author: Martin Cooke

Date: Jul 26, 2000, 5:51 AM

Post ID: 1701579304

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