Topic: Looking to buy a CB

[askatasuna]

Hi guys, I´ll be driving next week from Milwaukee to Texas with an empty trailer and would like to find a good running CB550 or CB500 or even a CB750. Looking to spend 1-1.5K . Any one has something they are looking to sell? This will be my first CB.

Cheers

[Powderman]

What happened to the deal in Mexico? How did you get to Milwaukee?

[askatasuna]

The title was just not right, I don´t like taking chances, this is spoused to be fun   
I´m picking up a car in Milwaukee and taking it back to Mexico

[Stev-o]

Milwaukee is CB Heaven!

https://milwaukee.craigslist.org/mcy/5162517291.html


https://milwaukee.craigslist.org/mcy/5165959291.html


https://milwaukee.craigslist.org/mcy/5133121613.html


https://madison.craigslist.org/mcy/5146913870.html


https://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/mpo/5189579283.html


You should get two!   Let me know if your passing through Austin.....

[ekpent]

Yes prices are probably cheaper up north in the rust belt.

[Stev-o]

Yes prices are probably cheaper up north in the rust belt.

Probably? Only two CB550's listed for sale in Austin right now, look how far your Pesos will go....

http://austin.craigslist.org/mcy/5153700397.html


http://austin.craigslist.org/mcy/5168982490.html

[askatasuna]

I was offered this bike, remember I know nothing about CBs, I know there is something wrong but should I just run away or there is no big deal?

[goldarrow]

I was offered this bike, remember I know nothing about CBs, I know there is something wrong but should I just run away or there is no big deal?

I would run away from that one, fast

[BomberMann650]

I was offered this bike, remember I know nothing about CBs, I know there is something wrong but should I just run away or there is no big deal?

I would run away from that one, fast

Agreed.

[PeWe]

I think it is cheaper to find a fresh restored CB instead of buying a restore project that need complete restore.
Initial cost is higher but total will be less.
Another thing if you like to restore, a nice hobby.

[madmtnmotors]

I was offered this bike, remember I know nothing about CBs, I know there is something wrong but should I just run away or there is no big deal?

I would run away from that one, fast

Run fast, run far... 

[Stev-o]

I was offered this bike, remember I know nothing about CBs, I know there is something wrong but should I just run away or there is no big deal?

You may know more than you think.  You obviously spotted something wrong with that one. 
IMO, the best old bikes are the ones that have not been effed up. 

PS.  When will you be in Milwaukee and what car you buy??

[askatasuna]

Well Stev-o, I´ll be in Milwaukee next Monday. About the car... it is an 1985 Jaguar XJ6, please don´t laugh, and don´t tell anyone 

[Restoration Fan]

Well Stev-o, I´ll be in Milwaukee next Monday. About the car... it is an 1985 Jaguar XJ6, please don´t laugh, and don´t tell anyone 

No worries.  Not like he's going to put it on the internet or anything. 

[askatasuna]

 

[Stev-o]

Well Stev-o, I´ll be in Milwaukee next Monday. About the car... it is an 1985 Jaguar XJ6, please don´t laugh, and don´t tell anyone 

No worries.  Not like he's going to put it on the internet or anything. 

Yes, your secret is safe with me.  That would be a sight, an XJ6 with a CB in tow.

[askatasuna]

Well, I´m doing my homework, I hope you get the chance to see that... Will see

[przjohn]

I was offered this bike, remember I know nothing about CBs, I know there is something wrong but should I just run away or there is no big deal?

 
IMO, the best old bikes are the ones that have not been effed up. 

I agree. A bike that is close to stock and hasn't been hacked up is usually a better bike than ones that have strayed too close to a Sawzall and Mig Welder.

[carnivorous chicken]

Look around the Four Corners area and if you're going through Phoenix, in this order: Flagstaff, Prescott, Phoenix, Tucson, Yuma.

[askatasuna]

Look around the Four Corners area and if you're going through Phoenix, in this order: Flagstaff, Prescott, Phoenix, Tucson, Yuma.

I will, it is kind of far, but I am willing to travel to find the right bike, I just wish it could be in the Dallas-Austin area 

[carnivorous chicken]

Dunno about Texas, but I lived I Phoenix for 17 years and picked up quite a few good deals over the years. And -- no rust...

[askatasuna]

Ok, I´ve been looking around but I think the first question I should have asked is what is the price of a good running, unbutchered CB550? Am I aiming too low trying to find something decent in the 1-1.5K range?

[madmtnmotors]

Sounds about right to me...

http://tampa.craigslist.org/pnl/mcy/5166024938.html


You should be able to knock at least $500 off for the hideous seat on this one:

http://tampa.craigslist.org/hil/mcy/5111703040.html

[madmtnmotors]

Here's one a little further North:

http://toledo.craigslist.org/mcy/5164198951.html

[askatasuna]

Here's one a little further North:

http://toledo.craigslist.org/mcy/5164198951.html

It is sold...