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As promised, we took reader suggestions and talk about which bikes we believe will — or in some cases, won’t — appreciate in value over the next five to ten years. Our suggestions may surprise you; we surprised each other with a couple of them. We also discuss whether there are respectable 50cc options on which a man approaching middle age could commute, and have the world’s shortest discussion of snowmobiles. Be sure to click past the jump — over 40 motorcycle pictures are waiting for you!
Note: Eric’s audio feed has an odd hiss at times early in the podcast, but it goes away before too long, so don’t let it deter you.
False Neutral – Investment Bikes
Jeff Glucker 
William Byrd
Very early this morning, I awoke to see my wallet glowing white hot. I thought I was dreaming and rolled over. Turns out that coincided with the posting of this week’s podcast and the identification of where to buy a NC35. Now I’m doomed.
We’re glad we could be of service.
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In the ’90s, when Seca Turbos were more common I would always see them with one dirty exhaust pipe and one clean one, always the right side was dirty. I wondered if they had a propensity to burn oil on one side? Eventually my pal got a hold of one and we learned the left side pipe was just a waste gate for the turbo.
Their Battlestar Galactica exhaust pipes were very distinctive, and usually the only part of the bike you saw!
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In 1984, you could buy new, non-current Seca Turbos cheap, cheap, cheap. A bunch of newbie squid riders in my Army Battalion bought them and the wreckage pageant lasted all summer long. I think my disdain for the Seca Turbo is rooted in that episode.
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Fun Fact: Under the fiberglass bodies, they were actually Yamaha MX175 2-stroke singles.
http://www.universalhartland.com/code/galc21mc.shtml
You’re telling me they can’t actually fly? TV lied to me?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGvLr6JsmxU
Recently read that only one of the pipes is an actual exhaust, while the other one is sort of a blow-off for the turbo…
Yes, you recently read that right here on this page, in the third sentence of my comment.
Oops – gotta say totally overrread that you had already mentioned it.
I saw in a german vintage motorcycle magazine, i think.
I know someone with a pair of janky rd400’s who might give em to me cheap, not sure if i could even combine them into one good one without substantial investment though. I had a blast doing a basic easy resto of a well stored 86 VFR, not well versed in two strokes at all though so i’m not sure if it is worth the trouble…