Topic: The best $100 A guy could spend

[BeSeeingYou]

Quite a few folks will be reading this and say to themselves, "Why not me".   It is a great score for you, congratulations.  This is how these things are found, through a neighbor or friend or just plain luck.  A deal like this would not last 30 minutes on CL.  There is no rule that you have to restore the bike if money is tight.  Just repair what needs to be done, clean it up and get it out on the road and enjoy it.  Preserve it for now and upgrade/restore it over time when you can afford it.

[bender01]

Yes . Take your time. Go easy. Dont rush out buying things that may be rare! You may have them already! You will have to spend some dough on cleaning items. Make sure your significant other understands what you have been blessed with(kindly). Clean something Gnarly for her with your new chemicals.(SIMPLE GREEN) Does it turn over with the kickstart?  Please take your time. You will be very happy and welcome to sohc4.net

[Raul CB750K1]

Rust in chrome, if is not deep, is easily removed with WD40 and "steel wool" -or whatever the correct name is-


Has anybody ever heard about what a "white elephant" is?

A "White elephant" is a term to describe something extremely rare and valuable, but at the same time, extremely costly to keep. It is like inheriting a Picasso's paint. Feeling lucky at the beginning, it may easily ruin you for the cost of insurance, environment adaption of your house etc.

This guy must have been lucky to find this bike, but at the same time, it may have become a "white elephant" for him. Restoring it to original condition, if only for replacing parts, will probe costly. Somebody has even suggested replacing the sidecovers for replica, for fear of them being stolen.


Would you be happy to score a bike like this, and then not enjoying it for fear of being stolen?


I would say, sell the bike at a big, big profit, and with the proceeds, buy another bike not so coveted so you will enjoy it more, and spend the remaining money in yourself, or if you decide to keep the bike, keep the broken sidecover, the broken seat, keep everything, clean and polish a little here and there, and run the hell out of it, and if someday you discover your bike has been stolen, you won't feel that you have been stolen a fortune, a white elephant.


You will feel you have been stolen $100. That's what the bike was worth when it was just a piece of junk in somebody's barn.

[Peters1983]

awesome find, i got mine for $150 from  guy who didn't know what he had, now I have less than a grand total wrapped up in it and couldn't be happier. Gotta love some of the "numbskulls" that think they are gonna make a buck when they are selling them so cheap.

Enjoy it I know I do and finally I have the means to do what I want with it. Stock, custom or a fully mod job, it is yours and make it so. Gotta love being the third owner of a 40 year old bike, Mine is a 77 and I am the 3rd owner of it fairly stock but I will own a few so I can mod them to my liking. Next on the list is a 400F(god willing I can find one) or a 550.

I have been bitten hard by the honda bug and will pass it on along with my enthusiasm for the riding(and driving) lifestyle. good luck on your endeavor.

[Raul CB750K1]

i got mine for $150 from  guy who didn't know what he had,

I assume he knew what he had, an old piece of machinery.

What he didn't know was how much some people was willing to pay for an old piece of machinery

[Simpson]

wow.... just wow....
It would take a good lump of cash to fix with the proper replacement parts but you can find them easily enough.
wow...100 dollars
that thing could be ebay'd for thousands in seconds.
wow


Congrats!!!