First: Read the craigslist ad below
Big garage sale, all must go, Yamaha,Honda, Triumph,BSA - $1
Reply to: sale-26862980@craigslist.org
Date: 2007-01-26, 6:28AM PST
Divorce and circumstances forces sale. ONE DAY ONLY This saturday, from 7 am to 4 pm ONLY, no previews, no sneak and peeks, there are rules and terms
Honda CBX engine, spare head, and valvetrain parts,$500
Honda CB750 1969 complete bike,non running, with title $500
Yamaha early 1970s XS650 with drum front brake, many extras no title, bill of sale $200
Yamaha TZ750 former race bike,some bodywork damaged, turns over,been sitting 10 years $1000
Tribsa motorcross race bike, BSA 650 frame,Cerrani forks, BSA Alloy tank, 1957 Triumph 500 twin all alloy engine, Early BSA gearbox with MX gears, alloy rims,knobbys, loud and fast w extra engine $1500
5 early triumph gearboxs and 4 primarys for early triumph twins $200
Collection of Triumph engine cases from 1950s to 1964 10 of them,$50 each
Collection of BSA Single engines B40,B441,B50 various conditions and com-pleteness 7 at $100 each
Collection of british and japanese wheels, some with alloy rims $20 each,35 to choose from,
Pistons, rings, bearings,gasket kits, priced as marked, 1/2 price retail
Collection of tools and tool boxs, priced as marked, cheap,
1 hydraulic bike bench paid $1200 sacrifice $400
various odds and ends.
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NOW HERES THE RULES, #1 BRING CASH, NO CHECKS, NO IOUS, NO TRADE FOR A CRAPPY CAR OR FIREWOOD, I DONT CARE WHEN YOU GET YOUR NEXT CHECK FROM SS,I WANT CASH
#2 ONE DAY ONLY, DO NOT SHOW UPA DAY EARLY TO PREVIEW, WE WILL CALL THE POLICE OR WORSE THE STUFF WILL BE SETUP LATE FRIDAY NIGHT FROM MY STORAGE LOCKER SO DONT BOTHER MY BUDDY WHOS HELPING ME,
#3 HOURS ARE FROM 7 AM TO 4 PM ONLY, NO EXCEPTIONS
anyuthing not sold will be loaded up and ill haul it to that crazy guy on sandy blvd, he understands cash and wont waste my time
directions are take Stark street to troutdale road, go north on troutdale road from Stark street just past Fuji farms, take aright turn onto beavercreek rd, take first left onto Harlow street, go down 8-9 houses to Harlow ct on left side, turn into Harlow ct and first house on right side on corner with split rail fence, We will hang up some flags,
bring straps, ramps or whatever you need, you load yourself, first come, first served, Im leaving the state and lost my storage,, this sale WILL NOT BE repeated, No phone calls, no emails, im living ina hotel until monday, then im gone. Be there with cash.
thanks and hope someone can give this stuff a good home
* Location: Troutdale
Thought we would be the first ones there... we were wrong, we were second. We got there at 6:30 AM with a fist ful of cash after an hour of loading the pickup and driving to Troutdale OR. The guy before us got there at 5... he drove an hour or so to get there.
Around 7 at least 6 other trucks and cars showed up and congested this little suburban dead end road... Maybe another poster was there? We waited at least an hour and still no signs of life. Finally an old man came out of his house (looking frightened to death) and acted dumbfounded, Seemed as though he had barely ever seen a motorcycle let alone selling a bunch. He probably never has used the internet, and of course had no idea what "craigslist" was.
SO everyone left... except for us, (and some poor sap with a harley sticker on his truck). We waited... and waited. Drove around looking around the neighborhoods... thinking it must have been a direction mistake. Went and ate horrible breakfast. And then drove back again... and there it was...
NOTHING!!!
Should of known it was too good to be true, but the ad seemed sooo specific that it just did not make sense to be a hoax.
We drove home with tails betweem legs giving up finally at 9:30 AM... wondering WTF just happened. Slept an hour, went to work.
... the things we do for these machines.
