Author Topic: Now THIS is a motorcycle stash... (Read 33760 times)

le_sterls · « **Reply #50 on:** December 11, 2009, 11:38:01 AM »

Ahhhh.... if only I could go there..... make a frankenbike of some sort haha

dave500 · « **Reply #51 on:** December 11, 2009, 03:08:36 PM »

its a waste alright of irreplaceable stuff,heaps of car wreckers do the same ,and as said before want good bucks for not so good stuff they dont even clean parts for you,they have no affection for the bikes or the memories,just the money,show me the money!!

Hush · « **Reply #52 on:** December 11, 2009, 04:10:03 PM »

I don't think you could "love" bikes like real restorers do if you ran a bike wreckers yard, I'd want to restore them all so I'd be no good at all running one.

vanillagorilla · « **Reply #53 on:** December 11, 2009, 04:34:40 PM »

Quote from: Hush on December 11, 2009, 04:10:03 PM

I don't think you could "love" bikes like real restorers do if you ran a bike wreckers yard, I'd want to restore them all so I'd be no good at all running one.

Absolutely. I would only open my doors when I needed money for a project or something...

74cb750 · « **Reply #54 on:** December 11, 2009, 07:43:14 PM »

Maybe that is my problem.
Have a bunch of bikes that Could run,
but I sell them as parts bikes because I don't have
the $ to restore all of them.

dave500 · « **Reply #55 on:** December 12, 2009, 02:22:21 AM »

they obviously dont care about the bikes ,or the history,they have no feelings for all this irreplaceable stuff ,only the money,,when they blink,dollar signs appear in their eyes like in the old cartoons!!

motocyconomad · « **Reply #56 on:** December 12, 2009, 02:43:38 AM »

that place is awsome I need to spend two weeks with my truck and a trailer to fill up, and dude your the #$%* for posting this.

Shenanigans · « **Reply #57 on:** December 12, 2009, 10:15:18 AM »

Quote from: motocyconomad on December 12, 2009, 02:43:38 AM

that place is awsome I need to spend two weeks with my truck and a trailer to fill up, and dude your the #$%* for posting this.

How big is your wallet, they have the typical junkyard mentality

But I will help you load your truck, for a small fee

mgbgt89 · « **Reply #58 on:** December 12, 2009, 11:08:55 AM »

So sad to see it run that way. My favorite place i go is about an hour drive. Everything piled on 15 foot high shelves in a smallish shop. This guy is a true lover of bikes, and not greedy. He would rather see the parts move through the shop quickly and get other bikes back on the road, Which is how a junkyard should be run. Money made on volume and fast turnover instead of huge profit margins on individual parts. I found the place by accident, and piled my bike with as many nighthawk parts as i could strap to it, for 35 bucks. Easily 250 bucks worth of stuff on ebay.

He even threw in bungie cords so i could get all this stuff home. Really nice guy, too bad he only deals in smaller bikes. No luck getting GL1000 forks from him.

moham · « **Reply #59 on:** December 12, 2009, 06:44:40 PM »

Quote from: MCRider on December 04, 2009, 07:34:09 PM

I see you're in AZ, I hope that yard is too. Keep that stuff dry until someone claims it.

Man, I don't want to see what else is hiding in those piles besides lovely motocycle bits...I'm guessing you will run into a bunch of scorpions, several black widows the size of your fist and maybe a rattler or two...you guys can have it all, I ain't getting my hands near it...

Zaipai · « **Reply #60 on:** December 12, 2009, 11:24:16 PM »

Quote from: moham on December 12, 2009, 06:44:40 PM

Quote from: MCRider on December 04, 2009, 07:34:09 PM
I see you're in AZ, I hope that yard is too. Keep that stuff dry until someone claims it.

Man, I don't want to see what else is hiding in those piles besides lovely motocycle bits...I'm guessing you will run into a bunch of scorpions, several black widows the size of your fist and maybe a rattler or two...you guys can have it all, I ain't getting my hands near it...

It just maybe worth it to get the part you are looking for tho.

MötleyRöx · « **Reply #61 on:** December 13, 2009, 08:39:23 AM »

Don't forget the tetanus shot!!

Zaipai · « **Reply #62 on:** December 14, 2009, 07:35:43 PM »

Quote from: MötleyRöx on December 13, 2009, 08:39:23 AM

Don't forget the tetanus shot!!

Still worth it! Trying to talk the wife into going to that area for vacation next summer!

she is not buying it tho.

Elniniomuchachos · « **Reply #63 on:** February 16, 2010, 06:23:18 PM »

Where exactly in AZ is this?
I live by Downtown Phoenix, and need some parts.

Hasenkopf · « **Reply #64 on:** February 16, 2010, 06:55:56 PM »

dammit.... stop teasing me, and let this thread die a decent death....

gnarlycharlie4u · « **Reply #65 on:** May 10, 2010, 02:21:17 PM »

oh my gawd it's like Mecca for SOHC owners... actually some of that is rather disturbing.
urgh i'm so conflicted. it's like a beautiful trainwreck.
part of me wants to be sick, part of me has to look. ALL of me wants every one of those hondas out of there.

and GSX69bun... I'm sorry

Hush · « **Reply #66 on:** May 10, 2010, 02:31:29 PM »

Oh no I had to look again!!

Every time I see this lot I want to say a Karakia (prayer) for the bikes that will not be salvaged to ride again.
What a damn waste, but I suppose they just get swamped with what they have.
My local bike wrecker (only one for 200 miles) had an epiphany at Xmas time and decided he wanted to do something else, he sold some stuff, gave away some stuff but dumped all his tanks and seats (some irreplaceable in todays world) and sent the rest (including all the bits for my partners 82 GSX400) to the wreckers as scrap!!!!!!!

I better not need any of that stuff any time soon!

gmonkey · « **Reply #67 on:** May 10, 2010, 05:30:59 PM »

Shangri-F'ing-la!

Quote from: srust58 on December 04, 2009, 04:01:50 PM

This could be the basis for a new reality TV show. Take several people and see who can be the quickest to build a running bike from parts scavenged from the yard. It would be much more interesting than that OCC crap.

There was a show pretty much like that. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkyard_wars

Frankencake · « **Reply #68 on:** May 10, 2010, 06:09:08 PM »

I've posted this here before but no one has noticed. There is this place in Central New York called K&R Cycles. It is this kind of place but most of it is INSIDE. There is a pile of rotting motors outside but this guy just take bikes apart and tosses the parts in to piles inside an old chicken barn. There is a room where the floor is covered 1' deep with brake hoses; another covered with wiring harneses. Gas tanks? You bet. Forks, frames, exhaust. It is in Barton, Ny on Rt. 17c. The owners name is Kenny Rogers. He's great. Ask him about his Norton. 607-699-3957 DON'T CALL HIM AND ASK HIM IF HE HAS BLAH BLAH BLAH!!! He won't know. He is an old country boy so be polite or he'll make you pay. I'm not kidding!

Hush · « **Reply #69 on:** May 10, 2010, 06:47:30 PM »

Always wondered what Kenny did after recording Coward of the County?

gnarlycharlie4u · « **Reply #70 on:** May 11, 2010, 06:02:23 AM »

Quote from: Cupcake Hunter on May 10, 2010, 06:09:08 PM

I've posted this here before but no one has noticed. There is this place in Central New York called K&R Cycles. It is this kind of place but most of it is INSIDE. There is a pile of rotting motors outside but this guy just take bikes apart and tosses the parts in to piles inside an old chicken barn. There is a room where the floor is covered 1' deep with brake hoses; another covered with wiring harneses. Gas tanks? You bet. Forks, frames, exhaust. It is in Barton, Ny on Rt. 17c. The owners name is Kenny Rogers. He's great. Ask him about his Norton. 607-699-3957 DON'T CALL HIM AND ASK HIM IF HE HAS BLAH BLAH BLAH!!! He won't know. He is an old country boy so be polite or he'll make you pay. I'm not kidding!

Thanks for that... you're right I never noticed it either. I suppose I'll have to make a roadtrip sometime now won't I?

Quote from: Hush on May 10, 2010, 06:47:30 PM

Always wondered what Kenny did after recording Coward of the County?

lol! seriously...

spill · « **Reply #71 on:** May 11, 2010, 07:02:05 PM »

If I could buy the whole thing for $50K, I'd consider moving to AZ and employing my brother, nephews, and niece for about 10 years cleaning that stuff up, organizing it, and selling it on the cheap. As long as I could eat well, have a roof over my head, and help like-minded people restore vehicles I think I'd be much happier than "knowledge" working for the rest of my life. Anybody want to help me draw up a business plan or give me a loan? I'm halfway serious. I'm reading Shop Class as Soulcraft by Matthew Crawford and it's making me think (never a good thing for complacency). GnarlyCharlie, you ready to move to AZ too? My brother could build a custom shop and I bet he could find a slip on Lake Mead for your boat. Ha ha!

seaweb11 · « **Reply #72 on:** May 11, 2010, 10:53:27 PM »

25 members here at $2000.00 each.

Then we give Shenanigans a pair of coveralls and a new computer with a paypal account

Hush · « **Reply #73 on:** May 11, 2010, 10:59:08 PM »

Sounds like a plan Seaweb.

Frankenkit · « **Reply #74 on:** May 11, 2010, 11:59:41 PM »

woohoo!

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Author Topic: Now THIS is a motorcycle stash... (Read 33760 times)

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