Topic: What did you buy in a moment of weakness?

[PeWe]

$900 and made in China? Wow, can't you buy an old SOHC4 AND and jacket, gloves, helmet and boots made in China for 900 bucks in the US mate? Take that fcuker back! Cheers, Terry.

I invested some $$$ in stuff made in Thailand.... very smooth skin and I felt really lucky.... no regrets

Better to pay more and get something that you will be pleased with instead of buying cheap and need to buy again....

[flybox1]

$900 and made in China? Wow, can't you buy an old SOHC4 AND and jacket, gloves, helmet and boots made in China for 900 bucks in the US mate? Take that fcuker back! Cheers, Terry.

I invested some $$$ in stuff made in Thailand.... very smooth skin and I felt really lucky.... no regrets

Better to pay more and get something that you will be pleased with instead of buying cheap and need to buy again....

[geoluv]

$900 and made in China? Wow, can't you buy an old SOHC4 AND and jacket, gloves, helmet and boots made in China for 900 bucks in the US mate? Take that fcuker back! Cheers, Terry.

It's made in Vietnam.  And yes to all your other statements. 

[GV1390]

Thank you, gents! C5 Z06's were produced 2001-04, mine is an 02'. Has some mods done, she definitely scoots! Will be awesome for road racing, has 315 tires on all four corners.

That's my buddies 1946 Cessna 120. We took that to Indy for the MotoGP race actually. He's upgrading the puddle jumper next year.

I have seen or heard C5, C6 here with a compressor (supercharger) kit mounted.... That's the mod I'd to get installed if my garage should be larger

Ha! This thing is so dialed in N/A that I don't even want to mess with it. It idles perfectly even with the aftermarket heads and cam on it. She's lovely. Did a track day Monday in it, she performed well.

[Stev-o]

Thank you, gents! C5 Z06's were produced 2001-04, mine is an 02'. Has some mods done, she definitely scoots! Will be awesome for road racing, has 315 tires on all four corners.

That's my buddies 1946 Cessna 120. We took that to Indy for the MotoGP race actually. He's upgrading the puddle jumper next year.

I have seen or heard C5, C6 here with a compressor (supercharger) kit mounted.... That's the mod I'd to get installed if my garage should be larger

Ha! This thing is so dialed in N/A that I don't even want to mess with it. It idles perfectly even with the aftermarket heads and cam on it. She's lovely. Did a track day Monday in it, she performed well.

Sounds awesome, got pics?   315's on the front?!

[GV1390]

Thank you, gents! C5 Z06's were produced 2001-04, mine is an 02'. Has some mods done, she definitely scoots! Will be awesome for road racing, has 315 tires on all four corners.

That's my buddies 1946 Cessna 120. We took that to Indy for the MotoGP race actually. He's upgrading the puddle jumper next year.

I have seen or heard C5, C6 here with a compressor (supercharger) kit mounted.... That's the mod I'd to get installed if my garage should be larger

Ha! This thing is so dialed in N/A that I don't even want to mess with it. It idles perfectly even with the aftermarket heads and cam on it. She's lovely. Did a track day Monday in it, she performed well.

Sounds awesome, got pics?   315's on the front?!

Sure thing!

Track setup with 315's all around (yes in the front as well):

Untitled by Gennaro Villella, on Flickr

Untitled by Gennaro Villella, on Flickr

Untitled by Gennaro Villella, on Flickr

Untitled by Gennaro Villella, on Flickr
Street setup:

Untitled by Gennaro Villella, on Flickr

Untitled by Gennaro Villella, on Flickr

Recently bought this in a moment of weakness as well:

Untitled by Gennaro Villella, on Flickr

Untitled by Gennaro Villella, on Flickr

Untitled by Gennaro Villella, on Flickr

[PeWe]

A $10US lottery ticket at Corvette museum, Bowling Green KY. Exact, I did not win when the car found an owner sept 2  3 weeks ago. The new cars look really nice!

[754]

Two wedding rings... a few decades ago..
 I think jewelry rates pretty high on the useless scale, at least for me..

[CrankyOldGuy]

One Sunday morning five years ago when I was bored surfing the internet I purchased online from DSS a complete Honda 750 exhaust kit.  The kit includes Honda HM300 exhaust pipes (in four individual Honda boxes), exhaust gaskets, exhaust clamps, exhaust flanges, exhaust heat shields, exhaust cross connectors c/w clamps, and an assortment of nuts, bolts and washers.  The box still sits in the basement as I have been too busy the past 5 years to work on the bike.  On a high note it is probably my best investment.  COG

[Terry in Australia]

Yep, I fell for it.  All the poofter does is make noise and get hot.

Yeah mate, most poofters are like that. (Not that there's anything wrong with that......)

[HondaMan]

A Bernadetti-Berretta .25 ACP (6.35mm to you Euro folks) made in 1948. I thought I'd hold a piece of history.
Now I've discovered I have to make my own parts for it...

[RAFster122s]

GV, sorry I am not up on Suzukis to be able to recognize them easily...what is your Suzy?  Nice vette.
David

[Terry in Australia]

I'm guessing it's a customised early GSXR David, definitely not a factory original.

[AndyH]

What did I buy in a moment of weakness?


The bike I'm restoring now!    I had no intentions of doing something like this, but the passion of my mate who restores classic/vintage bikes (some to concours condition) kinda rubbed off on me, and after he let me ride his pristine condition 750 I was hooked!

It's good coz it gets me off my arse and approaching 70, that's a good thing! 
The bad thing is I'm spending money on it I never intended to, but.....no good takin' it to the grave!

[Terry in Australia]

What did I buy in a moment of weakness?


The bike I'm restoring now!    I had no intentions of doing something like this, but the passion of my mate who restores classic/vintage bikes (some to concours condition) kinda rubbed off on me, and after he let me ride his pristine condition 750 I was hooked!

It's good coz it gets me off my arse and approaching 70, that's a good thing! 
The bad thing is I'm spending money on it I never intended to, but.....no good takin' it to the grave!

If you've got any left over when you skip your mortal coil Andy, you can send it to me, I promise I'll only spend it on bikes and booze! Cheers, Terry.

[AndyH]

If you've got any left over when you skip your mortal coil Andy, you can send it to me, I promise I'll only spend it on bikes and booze! Cheers, Terry.

Mate, it ain't gonna happen!  I've made a personal vow to use it all up.....on bikes and booze!!

[Terry in Australia]

Fair enough Andy, at least you're not gonna give it to charity..........

[AndyH]

Fair enough Andy, at least you're not gonna give it to charity..........

What in blue blazes would a charity know about bikes?  Hmmm, on the other hand (OTOH for our US cousins who love acronyms ) maybe we should create a SOHC4 Charity....shyte, the mind boggles!!   

[GV1390]

GV, sorry I am not up on Suzukis to be able to recognize them easily...what is your Suzy?  Nice vette.
David

I'm still a Honda guy but this surely caught my interest. I'll be changing some stuff on it even though I said I'd leave it alone - sigh.

93' GSXR1100.

[GV1390]

I'm guessing it's a customised early GSXR David, definitely not a factory original.

Bingo! I know you rather see pictures of my Ural.

[jas67]

Don't really buy anything "in a moment of weakness", but I may buy something on an impulse - if that is the same??

last thing was a 1978 BMW R100S "barnfind", that I hid at work from my wife for 4 months until it was ready to ride. She likes it!

Beautiful R100S!     I bought one just like it in a moment of weakness, well that's what it'll look like when it's done, same color and all.   It came with mis-matched bodywork, but, I bought a complete bodywork set in that color, including fairing off ebay.     The seller neglected to mention the failed liner and rust inside the tank   

So, it's been waiting in the project queue for a few years now as I've been avoiding the PITA job of trying to remove that failed liner w/o ruining the nice paint on the outside.

[Terry in Australia]

I'm guessing it's a customised early GSXR David, definitely not a factory original.

Bingo! I know you rather see pictures of my Ural.

Ha ha, a classic example of the duality of the human brain mate, you can love the beauty of a Corvette or custom gixxer, while appreciating the tractor like qualities of a Urinal......

[tlbranth]

A Volkswagen Vanagon. Worst POS I've ever owned. Makes Chinese stuff look good.