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Offline fmctm1sw

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Looking at a bike tomorrow...
« on: January 03, 2011, 06:31:53 PM »
Trying not to jinx it.  Story is he had it running and took the engine apart to address an oil leak.  He snapped a cylinder head stud and gave up on it.  Has a title.  Trying to get there tomorrow.  The rest if the bike ended up in boxes somehow too..
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Re: Looking at a bike tomorrow...
« Reply #1 on: January 03, 2011, 06:57:28 PM »
Good luck never know what you might find.
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Re: Looking at a bike tomorrow...
« Reply #2 on: January 03, 2011, 06:59:30 PM »
Another tree fiddy?
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Re: Looking at a bike tomorrow...
« Reply #3 on: January 03, 2011, 07:01:43 PM »
My bike came in boxes, the PO had removed the engine because it had an annoying oil leak, I thought I'd run it just to see how it performed before tearing it down.
Then I did something the PO never thought of....I gave it a new oil filter and some clean oil, has not leaked a drop since (2 years) and just been out on motorway at 80 mph, engine sweet as a nut, sometimes we get a bargain. ;)
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I think the thing I most like about motorcycling is the speed at which my brain must process information at to avoid the numb skulls who are eating pies, playing the ukulele, applying make-up etc in the comfort of their airconditioned armchairs as they make random attempts to kill me!!!!!!!

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Re: Looking at a bike tomorrow...
« Reply #4 on: January 03, 2011, 07:10:05 PM »
Sounds like it could be a good deal! The asking price is reasonable enough! For my area anyway.
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I think I'll be busy going for a ride.

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Re: Looking at a bike tomorrow...
« Reply #5 on: January 03, 2011, 07:15:12 PM »
yeah a 350.  I lucked out on that CT90 I got too.  $100 mostly there plus a non locked up engine.
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This is not a pod thread
This is not a #$%* on my vacuum gauges thread
This is a help or GTFO thread.

1973 CB350F
1973 CB350G
1975 CB550K
1983 GL650I
1973 CB750K3 (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=92888.0)
1984 Kawasaki KLT-250 (AKA 3 wheeler of death)
1994 Honda TRX300
1999 Honda TRX250

Offline Hush

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Re: Looking at a bike tomorrow...
« Reply #6 on: January 03, 2011, 09:02:09 PM »
I've had a Suzuki TC90 and a Suzuki CT90, the TC was a trail bike with high and low ratios, the CT was a basic sort of road commuter bike. :)
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I think the thing I most like about motorcycling is the speed at which my brain must process information at to avoid the numb skulls who are eating pies, playing the ukulele, applying make-up etc in the comfort of their airconditioned armchairs as they make random attempts to kill me!!!!!!!

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Re: Looking at a bike tomorrow...
« Reply #7 on: January 04, 2011, 05:22:39 PM »
Failure!  So I get there and there really isn't much to recommend this bike other than the fact he had a title for it.  A lot of rust and not all in boxes like I had been led to believe (so I couldn't put it in my van).  I asked him if he had any offers and he said a guy offered him $100 for it.  I said, "Ok, I'll go $140 but I need to come back for it."  Just as I'm about to give this guy $40 to hold it, his phone rings.  Some other guy wants to look at it.  I said, "ok, just let me know what his offer is and call me back."  He offered $150 and this guy was still there when he called me.  I was like "$10?"  I said "ok, $160" and he's talking to the other guy while I'm there on the phone.  I grew tired quickly of this live auction format and told him to just let the guy have it.  The money would probably be better spent on my 550 anyway...
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Dude is that a tire ? or an O-ring..??

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This is not a pod thread
This is not a #$%* on my vacuum gauges thread
This is a help or GTFO thread.

1973 CB350F
1973 CB350G
1975 CB550K
1983 GL650I
1973 CB750K3 (http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=92888.0)
1984 Kawasaki KLT-250 (AKA 3 wheeler of death)
1994 Honda TRX300
1999 Honda TRX250

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Re: Looking at a bike tomorrow...
« Reply #8 on: January 05, 2011, 01:38:03 AM »
OK who undercut our mate for the bike, come on own up we know you did! >:( ;D
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I think the thing I most like about motorcycling is the speed at which my brain must process information at to avoid the numb skulls who are eating pies, playing the ukulele, applying make-up etc in the comfort of their airconditioned armchairs as they make random attempts to kill me!!!!!!!
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