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Offline Killer Canary

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A tale of woe.
« on: November 22, 2012, 08:19:50 pm »
1994 ZX6E. Fixed it, painted it, sold it. New owner promptly crashed it.

1993 CBR600F2.Fixed it, painted it, sold it. New owner promptly crashed it.

1997 CBR900RR.Fixed it, painted it, sold it. New owner... oh, never mind.

2000 CBR600F4. This one survived!!!
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Re: A tale of woe.
« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2012, 10:02:50 pm »
There's a lesson here - don't sell anything!  ;D  Cliff.
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Re: A tale of woe.
« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2012, 10:13:20 pm »
+1 on what "Magpie" said !! ...cougar...
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« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2012, 01:35:14 am »
That 94 zx6 is pretty hot. I think the actual lesson here is don't sell it to someone as their first bike.
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« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2012, 04:36:25 am »
Quote from: Magpie on November 22, 2012, 10:02:50 pm
There's a lesson here - don't sell anything!  ;D  Cliff.

I think the real lesson is Don't buy a motorcycle from Killer Canary! :o ;D
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« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2012, 04:51:56 am »
Quote from: Gordon on November 23, 2012, 04:36:25 am
Quote from: Magpie on November 22, 2012, 10:02:50 pm
There's a lesson here - don't sell anything!  ;D  Cliff.

I think the real lesson is Don't buy a motorcycle from Killer Canary! :o ;D

+1! Sorry man, the bikes looked great, must have broken your heart.
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« Reply #6 on: November 23, 2012, 01:14:16 pm »
The wife wonders why I should care after I have the money, but I make the effort to ready a bike for the long haul and it's disappointing to see them trashed. And so consistently! 12 years ago, I would have given up a testicle for any one of those machines.
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« Reply #7 on: November 23, 2012, 03:34:36 pm »
I can see where the effort and care is wasted, you're right it's a heartbreaker.

Can you buy them back cheap? One day they will be classics , and you could already be sitting on a pile of great parts.
   Or sell classic Hondas to the same sort, and buy them back when they get wrecked. We could all use some parts , would almost be like selling the same one twice. May not take all the sting out of it, but  could fund more projects.
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Re: A tale of woe.
« Reply #8 on: November 23, 2012, 03:38:48 pm »
Quote from: Killer Canary on November 23, 2012, 01:14:16 pm
The wife wonders why I should care after I have the money, but I make the effort to ready a bike for the long haul and it's disappointing to see them trashed. And so consistently! 12 years ago, I would have given up a testicle for any one of those machines.
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« Reply #9 on: November 23, 2012, 03:41:41 pm »
I didn't keep track of the buyers, but I would see the bikes on kijiji later all brutalised. The ZX could have been gathered up with a pail and a grain shovel.
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« Reply #10 on: November 23, 2012, 04:39:51 pm »
Not much you can do after you sell it.  I remember selling my 70 CB450.  The kid gave me the money, I gave him the title.  With out so much as a minute warm up, he tore out of the driveway, hit the highway and I could hear him as he wound every last RPM out of each gear.  I felt like I sold the bike to a butcher.
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« Reply #11 on: November 23, 2012, 04:45:35 pm »
Not a 450! :'(
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« Reply #12 on: November 23, 2012, 05:24:20 pm »
Well if you'd stop putting Armorall on the tires Killer, people would stop crashing your bikes............... ;D
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« Reply #13 on: November 23, 2012, 05:30:28 pm »
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Well if you'd stop putting Armorall on the tires Killer, people would stop crashing your bikes............... ;D
That's just a vicious rumour started by my supplier!
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« Reply #14 on: November 23, 2012, 05:50:22 pm »
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Well if you'd stop putting Armorall on the tires Killer, people would stop crashing your bikes............... ;D
That's just a vicious rumour started by my supplier!

I dropped my shiny new CB750F twice on my way home from work due to a greasy new back tire back in 1978 Killer, the first time I thought it was kind of funny (no damage) the second time, I slid under the back of a car and took about a pound of skin and meat offa my left buttcheek and so did my mate on the back. We'd stopped laughing by then.

I was still able to ride the bike home (the car driver drove my mate to the hospital) but when I arrived home I realised that the blood between my butt and the seat had congealed, and I had to tear the scab off to separate myself from the bike. Ouch.............

We both had to have another half a pound of gravel scrubbed from the remains of our butts by an unsympathetic nurse with a scrubbing brush, and we both had pressure dressings applied on a daily basis for a couple of weeks, by the same, unsympathetic nurse, who didn't understand the term "anaesthetic", because we didn't get any of that......  Oh well, one more story I can tell the grandkids one day.............. ;D
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I was feeling sorry for myself because I couldn't afford new bike boots, until I met a man with no legs.

So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

"Crazy is a very misunderstood term, it's a fine line that some of us can lean over and still keep our balance" (thanks RB550Four)

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« Reply #15 on: November 24, 2012, 05:24:02 am »
OUCH!
I ArmorAlled a seat once, but just the once. :)
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Re: A tale of woe.
« Reply #16 on: November 24, 2012, 07:56:05 am »
One guy I sold a CB400 Hawk to kept it on the road for 10+ years.
Never cleaned it though.
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« Reply #17 on: November 24, 2012, 01:23:20 pm »
Quote from: Killer Canary on November 24, 2012, 05:24:02 am
OUCH!
I ArmorAlled a seat once, but just the once. :)

I only armorall a seat if I'm taking a hot babe for a ride on the back Killer, it may be dangerous on tires, but it does have it's uses........... ;D
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I was feeling sorry for myself because I couldn't afford new bike boots, until I met a man with no legs.

So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

"Crazy is a very misunderstood term, it's a fine line that some of us can lean over and still keep our balance" (thanks RB550Four)

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A tale of woe.
« Reply #18 on: November 24, 2012, 04:25:04 pm »
I bought a Kenny Roberts edition red/white RZ350 new back in the 80's.  Sold it in perfect condition about two years later to kid as his first bike.  He came with his dad and for 500 more I offered them all my safety gear. 1 piece Bates leathers in red/white an Aria helmet gloves boots everything.  Dad said no   Two weeks later kid lays it down in shorts and a t shirt. 


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« Reply #19 on: November 24, 2012, 04:28:21 pm »
Quote from: veloracermike on November 24, 2012, 04:25:04 pm
I bought a Kenny Roberts edition red/white RZ350 new back in the 80's.  Sold it in perfect condition about two years later to kid as his first bike.  He came with his dad and for 500 more I offered them all my safety gear. 1 piece Bates leathers in red/white an Aria helmet gloves boots everything.  Dad said no   Two weeks later kid lays it down in shorts and a t shirt. 


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"Dad" needs a kick up the arse. I hope you told "Mom" that he'd refused to buy his boy some safety gear? If you did, it'd have been fun to be a fly on the wall at their house............. ;D
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I was feeling sorry for myself because I couldn't afford new bike boots, until I met a man with no legs.

So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

"Crazy is a very misunderstood term, it's a fine line that some of us can lean over and still keep our balance" (thanks RB550Four)

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« Reply #20 on: November 25, 2012, 08:44:38 am »
RZs were never easy to find around here. That blows.
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« Reply #21 on: November 26, 2012, 09:59:03 am »
Quote from: Terry in Australia on November 24, 2012, 04:28:21 pm
Quote from: veloracermike on November 24, 2012, 04:25:04 pm
I bought a Kenny Roberts edition red/white RZ350 new back in the 80's.  Sold it in perfect condition about two years later to kid as his first bike.  He came with his dad and for 500 more I offered them all my safety gear. 1 piece Bates leathers in red/white an Aria helmet gloves boots everything.  Dad said no   Two weeks later kid lays it down in shorts and a t shirt. 


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"Dad" needs a kick up the arse. I hope you told "Mom" that he'd refused to buy his boy some safety gear? If you did, it'd have been fun to be a fly on the wall at their house............. ;D

Yeah that would have been an 'interesting' conversation!  I only knew about the accident because they brought the bike back to Malcolm Smiths Yamaha in Riverside where I'd bought it originally.  I was in there getting some stuff for my YZ 250 and the sales guy told me about what had happened.  I loved that bike really wished I'd sold it someone with a brain.
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Re: A tale of woe.
« Reply #22 on: December 03, 2012, 05:11:11 pm »
Quote from: Magpie on November 22, 2012, 10:02:50 pm
There's a lesson here - don't sell anything!  ;D  Cliff.

The lesson might be, don't buy from Killer. Hum, wonder were he got that handle?
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« Reply #23 on: December 03, 2012, 05:14:05 pm »
this forum is messing with me now...
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