A piece of history for sale!!

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1/14/2019 2:51pm Edited Date/Time 1/26/2019 5:53pm
https://www.mecum.com/lots/LV0119-348685/1985-kawasaki-sr125-jeff-ward/

Any idea what this will sell for? I would kill to have it Smile
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newmann
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1/14/2019 3:18pm
His SR250 sold last year for $52,800.00 with fees. Interested to see what the 125 will sell for.
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cte936
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1/14/2019 3:22pm
Wow!! I was way off, I was guessing in the 20's.
chuckie108
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1/14/2019 5:59pm
Wow is right. What a cool bike!
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1/14/2019 6:03pm
Looks like it has been well preserved....

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1/14/2019 7:34pm
i'm curious as to who is selling it.

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1/14/2019 10:35pm
Wardy sold 3 works bike about 5 years ago. Now it looks like the 125 is being passed on $$$
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notme wrote:
Wardy sold 3 works bike about 5 years ago. Now it looks like the 125 is being passed on $$$
ahh, that makes sense. i was fortunate enough to see all those bikes when i worked at kawi. i also saw his broken forks that they hung on the wall.

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1/15/2019 6:46am
Moto Armoury has a bunch of Wards bikes. I had thought some were on loan. I understand most of the bikes at Moto Armoury were from the old Primm collection. Either way if you ever get a chance go see what they have there. Pretty incredible.
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1/15/2019 9:31am
Damn....I would love to be in a position to buy that! Wonder why is says 1985 when it is a 1984? It had the pre-production KIPS valves on it, and major hand made trickness! I was a huge Wardy fan, and here are a few pics I took from Redbud National in 1984. I have posted them before, but might be new to some. Would really be fun to take it out and spin a couple laps on that baby!!





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Holigan
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1/15/2019 7:52pm
yzvet426 wrote:
Moto Armoury has a bunch of Wards bikes. I had thought some were on loan. I understand most of the bikes at Moto Armoury were from...
Moto Armoury has a bunch of Wards bikes. I had thought some were on loan. I understand most of the bikes at Moto Armoury were from the old Primm collection. Either way if you ever get a chance go see what they have there. Pretty incredible.
Tom bought the Primm Collection, which included approximately 300 bikes. Tom has over 1,000 bikes. He sells a lot, but not as fast as he buys more. I made two trips this year and bought a lot of bikes. These two are my favorite:



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mxracer106 wrote:
Damn....I would love to be in a position to buy that! Wonder why is says 1985 when it is a 1984? It had the pre-production KIPS...
Damn....I would love to be in a position to buy that! Wonder why is says 1985 when it is a 1984? It had the pre-production KIPS valves on it, and major hand made trickness! I was a huge Wardy fan, and here are a few pics I took from Redbud National in 1984. I have posted them before, but might be new to some. Would really be fun to take it out and spin a couple laps on that baby!!





thats probably his mechanic mike mcandrews in the truck.
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1/15/2019 8:12pm
This is exactly why i need to be a lotto winner! Imagine being on the line at your next vintage race with that thing...
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yzvet426 wrote:
Moto Armoury has a bunch of Wards bikes. I had thought some were on loan. I understand most of the bikes at Moto Armoury were from...
Moto Armoury has a bunch of Wards bikes. I had thought some were on loan. I understand most of the bikes at Moto Armoury were from the old Primm collection. Either way if you ever get a chance go see what they have there. Pretty incredible.
Holigan wrote:
Tom bought the Primm Collection, which included approximately 300 bikes. Tom has over 1,000 bikes. He sells a lot, but not as fast as he buys...
Tom bought the Primm Collection, which included approximately 300 bikes. Tom has over 1,000 bikes. He sells a lot, but not as fast as he buys more. I made two trips this year and bought a lot of bikes. These two are my favorite:



Did you buy Hannah"s #18 RM250?
Holigan
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1/16/2019 5:12am
yzvet426 wrote:
Moto Armoury has a bunch of Wards bikes. I had thought some were on loan. I understand most of the bikes at Moto Armoury were from...
Moto Armoury has a bunch of Wards bikes. I had thought some were on loan. I understand most of the bikes at Moto Armoury were from the old Primm collection. Either way if you ever get a chance go see what they have there. Pretty incredible.
Holigan wrote:
Tom bought the Primm Collection, which included approximately 300 bikes. Tom has over 1,000 bikes. He sells a lot, but not as fast as he buys...
Tom bought the Primm Collection, which included approximately 300 bikes. Tom has over 1,000 bikes. He sells a lot, but not as fast as he buys more. I made two trips this year and bought a lot of bikes. These two are my favorite:



sandman768 wrote:
Did you buy Hannah"s #18 RM250?
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1/16/2019 5:23am
Nice! Hannah"s 89 Unadilla GP bike! His last race? I think... I was there....RJ won it....Hannah could not buy a start! I remember Hannah was taking a last lap after the race as the Unadilla fans swarmed the track and RJ cut his podium interview short to join him riding around the track high fiving everyone....at the time I did not like RJ joining Hannah, but it was pretty cool ...RJ & Hannah had a connection with the fans that riders today can only dream of.....
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1/16/2019 7:48am
sandman768 wrote:
Nice! Hannah"s 89 Unadilla GP bike! His last race? I think... I was there....RJ won it....Hannah could not buy a start! I remember Hannah was taking...
Nice! Hannah"s 89 Unadilla GP bike! His last race? I think... I was there....RJ won it....Hannah could not buy a start! I remember Hannah was taking a last lap after the race as the Unadilla fans swarmed the track and RJ cut his podium interview short to join him riding around the track high fiving everyone....at the time I did not like RJ joining Hannah, but it was pretty cool ...RJ & Hannah had a connection with the fans that riders today can only dream of.....
Yeah, both of them were badass racers that said whatever they thought, and could back it up. Hannah was my hero
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Holigan
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1/16/2019 7:49am
I will be at Mecum next week. I will update what happens with Ward's KX.
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1/16/2019 8:36am
They’re actually not called ‘SR125’ etc. They’re officially KX125SR / KX250SR / KX500SR.

‘SR’ stands for ‘Special Racer’, rather cheesily.
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1/16/2019 9:39am
Here are the Jeff Ward bikes that were at the Moto Armory about eight months ago on my first visit.


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Holigan wrote:
Here are the Jeff Ward bikes that were at the Moto Armory about eight months ago on my first visit. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2019/01/16/318407/s1200_20190116_113619.jpg[/img]
Here are the Jeff Ward bikes that were at the Moto Armory about eight months ago on my first visit.


i saw him race the xr at carlsbad and the mini cr at saddleback. he won the carlsbad race by around 1/2 a lap, lol.

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barnett468 wrote:
i saw him race the xr at carlsbad and the mini cr at saddleback. he won the carlsbad race by around 1/2 a lap, lol.

I thought Ward's XRs were so cool. One of them followed me home.


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1/26/2019 5:53pm
Seems low to me for a real works bike.
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newmann
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1/27/2019 6:46am
The fools already spent all their money on 2 Harley dirt bikes and a pair of Z50’s. No money left for the good stuff.
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