DOTS Seattle spirit of vehicles past

Kinja'd!!! "leicester" (leicester)
06/15/2014 at 18:51 • Filed to: None

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walking down the street and came across my old B2500 that I sold a few years back. Looks like the current owner's taking pretty good care of it. 190k on the clock.

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DISCUSSION (8)


Kinja'd!!! jkm7680 > leicester
06/15/2014 at 18:58

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Awesome! The best thing about getting rid of cars is being able to keep tabs on them.


Kinja'd!!! leicester > jkm7680
06/15/2014 at 19:10

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yeah, that's #2. Found my 1st motorcycle several months ago, as well. It didn't look anywhere near as good...


Kinja'd!!! jkm7680 > leicester
06/15/2014 at 19:11

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What kinda bike was it?


Kinja'd!!! leicester > jkm7680
06/15/2014 at 19:26

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1994 Yamaha Seca II (xj600)


Kinja'd!!! jkm7680 > leicester
06/15/2014 at 21:52

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Very nice! You enjoyed it?


Kinja'd!!! leicester > jkm7680
06/16/2014 at 00:31

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yup - cheap and fun. great starter bike. Here it was as I sold it:

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...and as I found it a few years later...

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(bad potato photo - but it was pretty rashed up and had a bit of duct tape bodywork.)


Kinja'd!!! jkm7680 > leicester
06/16/2014 at 06:27

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Damn, you should have just repo'd it back from the owner. That isn't very nice looking. I can't even imagine how it runs.


Kinja'd!!! leicester > jkm7680
06/17/2014 at 16:14

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While I would would have loved to take that bike back and restored it, I have to let it go, as it's not my vehicle anymore - The new owner(s) could have wrecked it, cafe'd it out, put the engine into a go-kart, whatever.

Mostly I was glad to see it still on the road, no matter the condition, as it was most likely another person's first bike as well. It certainly had a couple of scars from me learning on it, and any motorcycle will eventually find its most favored position - on its side.

FWIW, the new owner of the pickup is keeping it much cleaner than I ever keep mine...