Thanks for the follow up reply "birdup!" i drooled over that bike for a couple days, hmmm..... i can't seem to see the post with the link for that auction, so i can't see the town.... hmmmm...... the bike was 12+ hours drive from me , i could have gone up there, but i rationalized my way out of doing so. i thought about calling the auction company and see if they had someone who would bid on the bike or if i could do it over the phone, but dismissed that idea as being farm boy i am and knowing how these small town auctions work, i tossed the idea and effectually got the idea out of my head. as much as i think the GTR's are totally over the top cool, i decided i don't need a second one, but that bike looked about as pristine a survivor as one could find these days. i already have a big project i am working on, so that is another way i talked myself out of it and the GTR i have has already given me pleasure. in any event, assuming the typical tinkering to get a dead bike running was all that was required in the case of this GTR, somebody got a helluva deal for $1500!