Classic and Vintage Bicycles: What's it Worth? Appraisals and Inquiries - Yokota Enterprise 27" road bike

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wallyanti
06-16-10, 10:04 PM
Found this "Yakota Enterprise" at Goodwill for twenty bucks. It was dirty as hell but cleaned up quite nicely, requiring only newer tires and tubes. Says "Special Cro Mo Tubing" on the seat tube and it has Biopace chain wheels. Everything else on the breaks and derailleurs say Exage Motion. The seat is a selle italia anatomic. Wheels are 27" Araya and Hubs are Joytech. I was considering forking over the dough for a Brook's, but this seat has done fine for commuting. Forgive my newbishness. What do you think it'd bring?
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Also, here's a (maybe 1974) Schwinn Le Tour. It's kinda rusty but all the kids I work with seem desperate to buy even with some major rusting. I'd been offered $250 in current condition, but just couldn't bare to part with it. It's completely rideable except for the fact that I swapped the tires for the yokota. Anyway if I could just get a ballpark on either I'd be most grateful. Sorry about picture quality. I had to borrow a friend's crappy phone cam.

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wrk101
06-17-10, 09:44 AM
$250 for a kind of rusty LeTour? Grab the money FAST!!! Around here, you are talking about a $100 bike.

As far as the Tokota, without better pictures, spotless, rust free and ready to ride (good chain, tires in good shape and match, cables, housings, etc): $150. To sell it, you will need really high quality pictures. Those tires that you took off the LeTour do not look like they match to me. If I could get $250 for that LeTour, I would IMMEDIATELY put those tires back on it, bank the cash, and buy some matching tires for the Yokota.

The challenge with the Yokota is the brand, it is not going to be recognized by the average buyer. That forces the value down. It is still going to need the wheel hubs and bottom bracket bearings serviced.
EjustE
06-17-10, 09:49 AM
+1... Sell the Le Tour at that price :)

Cromoly tube and exage motion components make the Yokota about 89-90 bike. Nice ridable bike and probably a better ride than the Le Tour.

thirdgenbird
06-20-10, 09:28 PM
my yakota is about the same vintage but came with 700c wheels.

if its in as good as it looks in the pictures, i may be mildly interested. what size is it?