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In case anyone is interested.
Catawiki has attempted to auction this bike several times in the last year without success.
If you don't want to bid you can purchase it directly for 5150 euros.

KZ 1300 1980 CATAWIKI AUCTION

 

It's a clean looking ride. Not 100% original but nice enough to be proud of, so let's talk money.

$5000 Euro's = $5500 US dollars= $7500 Canadian dollars.
We have 2 KZ1300 for sale in Canada right now and they are similar bikes. running state and clean. 1 is $4500 and the second 1 is $5000 Canadian
$4500 Canadian dollars = $3000 Euro's
$5000 Canadian = $3339 Euro's

Maybe I'm just getting old and starting to be one of those guys bitching about "the price of things."

I needed to get the hood on our 2017 Mercedes Benz painted because of stone chips. That same job I had done 5 years ago on a Lincoln MKX for $500. The same body shop just quoted me $1700 for the same work. 
I also needed the front bumper touched up because it has a scuff on the right front corner. A little damage to the clearcoat and minor scratch in the basecoat.
"Just blow it in"  I said.
" Nope. We don't make our body men work on the floor. The bumper has to come off and repaint the entire bumper." they replied.
Another $2000 for that work.
Kawboy's going to get some touch up paint and dab it in himself. $50 and more time not working on my bike. That's life. @!#$@!#$!@#$@!#$!

Then there is a guy on EBay offering exchange body panels for a naked bike (fuel tank, side panels and tail piece) for $1400 USD = $1900 Canadian. I bought House of Kolor paint to do my bike for $600 Canadian and I'll paint it myself. 

Kawboy wrote:

It's a clean looking ride. Not 100% original but nice enough to be proud of, so let's talk money.

$5000 Euro's = $5500 US dollars= $7500 Canadian dollars.
We have 2 KZ1300 for sale in Canada right now and they are similar bikes. running state and clean. 1 is $4500 and the second 1 is $5000 Canadian
$4500 Canadian dollars = $3000 Euro's
$5000 Canadian = $3339 Euro's

Maybe I'm just getting old and starting to be one of those guys bitching about "the price of things."

I needed to get the hood on our 2017 Mercedes Benz painted because of stone chips. That same job I had done 5 years ago on a Lincoln MKX for $500. The same body shop just quoted me $1700 for the same work. 
I also needed the front bumper touched up because it has a scuff on the right front corner. A little damage to the clearcoat and minor scratch in the basecoat.
"Just blow it in"  I said.
" Nope. We don't make our body men work on the floor. The bumper has to come off and repaint the entire bumper." they replied.
Another $2000 for that work.
Kawboy's going to get some touch up paint and dab it in himself. $50 and more time not working on my bike. That's life. @!#$@!#$!@#$@!#$!

Then there is a guy on EBay offering exchange body panels for a naked bike (fuel tank, side panels and tail piece) for $1400 USD = $1900 Canadian. I bought House of Kolor paint to do my bike for $600 Canadian and I'll paint it myself. 

I follow the Catawiki auction page, although I have never bought anything, I only bid on a motorcycle once and because it was being auctioned in Spain.
This KZ 1300 came up for auction for the first time with a direct purchase price of 9,700 euros.

Two deserted auctions later it is at this price.

The prices you pay for items in Europe is almost double what we pay In  North America. Maybe the wages in Europe are double what they pay us here?

Kawboy wrote:

We have 2 KZ1300 for sale in Canada right now and they are similar bikes. running state and clean. 1 is $4500 and the second 1 is $5000 Canadian

 

Where are they for sale Kawboy?

Bucko wrote:

Kawboy wrote:

We have 2 KZ1300 for sale in Canada right now and they are similar bikes. running state and clean. 1 is $4500 and the second 1 is $5000 Canadian



 

Where are they for sale Kawboy?

one is in Brownsburg Quebec and comes with a parts bike and a shit load of spares.
Kijiji Brownsburg Quebec KZ1300

Second one in Harrow Ontario

Kijiji KZ1300 Harrow Ontario

Now after calling them up again, Maybe not as good as I had remembered them from 3 weeks ago seeing them. Once in a while I go to Kijiji Canada and search across the country. (Canada) just for giggles. There was one in Saskatchewan last month and it looked pretty nice.