Unnecessary Motorcycle Shopping With Mercedes: Send Help

"Mercedes Streeter" (smart) 10/18/2018 at 16:42 • Filed to: unnecessary motorcycle shopping with mercedes, unnecessary car shopping without E90M3, Two Wheels Good

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The end of season fire sale has begun! Despite the title I’ve actually chosen what I want my next two bikes to be...

First up, a previous entry’s contender for my fourth slot is making a comeback.

The barn find CB125S is sitting at $600 and the guy is absolutely firm on it. I mean, it’s a running 70s bike with 3k on the odometer and basically will only need a further carb cleaning and new rubbers. I think it’s a decently fair price. I mean, when was the last time you’ve seen a 70s bike not only wearing its factory paint, but also with a pristine factory seat?

I’ve held back from buying this thing and I may give in if the next entrant doesn’t post their contact info.

Suzuki GS500E. Ugh. Despite this thing not being a vintage bike I want it so much.

I showed it to my girlfriend when it was posted 17 days ago and she told me to buy it right away and she’d even help me go and get it. Her and I have been wanting to do a cafe project and we both love this. She sees it as a retro-modern take on a cafe racer. I can’t get enough of the frame treatment in back and how the front was tidied up. We would put our own finishing touches on (that seat’s gotta go) and enjoy the heck out of it as our first couple’s toy.

Alas, despite 17 days on CL and nowhere else, still no contact info. I also stalked that Yamaha RD250 and it made it 14 days without contact info.

The instant the RD250 got a contact button I sent an offer. Unfortunately I’ve been far outbid by other people. Looks like the guy will probably get like $1k for it. Nice. I still hope this guy will wonder why he’s not getting responses and edit the ad. I would do everything in my power to give that guy 5 Benjamins.

The next one is a Yamaha DT175, also for $600 . This would definitely scratch my two stroke itch and it looks just as good as this one does. It’s also a consideration once I give up on that Suzie.

The final entry here is interesting because it involves my winter bike. Previously I said the Gambler Chuckus would become my winter daily, however between its shite welds (salt would have a field day unless I sprayed them in bedliner or something) and paltry 150cc engine, it probably won’t be as fun as I think it would be.

Instead, I will pick up a CF Moto Fashion 250 (Helix clone) from another Gambler. $400, will run with a new battery and maybe carb clean, basically no miles, and the guy lives down the street. Can’t beat that! The large fairings will also help keep the cold off me.

After that I’ll either sell the Chuckus (or another phone from my collection, not sure) or turn it into a full on “minibike” for the next Gambler 500. If I keep it I’ll figure out a way to carry it on the roof of the next smart I’m buying.

Note: To clear any confusion, if I get any one of these that isn’t the GS500E, we won’t be doing our cafe project. She knows how much I love the stock look of old bikes. :)

Pearson Hurst > Mercedes Streeter 10/18/2018 at 16:49

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I love my CB125. Great commuter bike, and, around here at least, $600 is a steal for a runner.

My X-type is too a real Jaguar > Mercedes Streeter 10/18/2018 at 16:51

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That CB125 is awesome and I’d consider it NP

benjrblant > Mercedes Streeter 10/18/2018 at 16:53

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I think it’d be a shame to cut such a clean bike into another cafe racer but that’s just my opinion. $600 seems a heck of a deal for a clean running CB125.

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Mercedes Streeter 10/18/2018 at 16:53

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a 70s bike with 3k on the odo?

geeeez... did they use to drive to the mailbox and back all these years?

the price seems about right... but that engines gonna be lazy as fuck

Decay buys too many beaters > Mercedes Streeter 10/18/2018 at 16:54

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Funny how “limit of three slots” a few months back becomes 4.... becomes 5....

My $0.02, get the 2 sm oke. Totally different engine character.

Mercedes Streeter > benjrblant 10/18/2018 at 16:55

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Oh no, if I get any of the bikes that isn’t that Suzie it isn’t being made into a cafe racer but being restored. The CB125 especially would be made showroom clean.

vondon302 > Mercedes Streeter 10/18/2018 at 16:55

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That blue 125 is a steal.

benjrblant > Mercedes Streeter 10/18/2018 at 17:01

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oh oh, ok. good to hear!

Mercedes Streeter > Decay buys too many beaters 10/18/2018 at 17:03

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Shhhhh! I actually still only have covered storage for three motorcycles. The winter bike gets stored outside (under a cover, of course) and the Chuckus (should I not sell it) would be stored on top of the smart I want to buy in January.

The 2 stroke is so compelling...it’s the same price as the CB125S as well!

Mercedes Streeter > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 10/18/2018 at 17:06

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but that engines gonna be lazy as fuck 

It would take “slow bike fast” to a whole new level and I may even get my butt kicked by Groms. lol

bob and john > Mercedes Streeter 10/18/2018 at 17:06

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you do NOT want a GS500 trust me.

horrid, slow, finiky bikes that are w orth exactly shit all

Mercedes Streeter > bob and john 10/18/2018 at 17:09

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Ya know, I should listen to you more often. You were right on the money about the Buell and the Rebel. Finicky is a concern since this one has had its bits gone through and relocated for the cafe look.

Decay buys too many beaters > Mercedes Streeter 10/18/2018 at 17:17

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bob and john > Mercedes Streeter 10/18/2018 at 17:24

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literally, there are so many other weird, neat, cool options for those price points....the ONLY advantage they have is that thye are newer.

but they are SUCH shitty bikes. carbed, slow, heavy, air cooled. ran like shit stock, let alone when someone tinkered with it

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Mercedes Streeter 10/18/2018 at 17:29

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Why don’t you own that 175 already?

Mercedes Streeter > bob and john 10/18/2018 at 17:35

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Noted! My new desire is that DT175 and I’m setting up a deal with the owner as I type. lol

benjrblant > Mercedes Streeter 10/18/2018 at 17:44

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I really like that cb125. Scoured local CL for one, no dice. $600 is a steal though.

Mercedes Streeter > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 10/18/2018 at 17:48

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Because it’s 30 miles away! lol Looks like the guy may be free tomorrow. ;)

Quadradeuce > Mercedes Streeter 10/18/2018 at 17:55

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I’ve been meaning to add  my Dad’s old 2 stroke Suzuki on one of your posts.  Hasn't run in 25 years.  Only worth a couple hundred bucks, so I just keep it around. Maybe one day I'll fix it up when I run out of other projects.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Mercedes Streeter 10/18/2018 at 17:56

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so fucking jelly. That and the Goldwing fill me with “want”. I’m hoping to get a full-dress GL1100 to daily next year.

Mercedes Streeter > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 10/18/2018 at 18:07

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It just got a greater “girlfriend seal of approval” than the GS500E, so we’re basically a full go! She even wants me to keep it stock. Only issue is the lack of a title, however I can easily get around that since it has a small engine. It’ll be cheaper to register than if it had a title. lol

Mercedes Streeter > Decay buys too many beaters 10/18/2018 at 18:53

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Deal is pending on the smoker. ;)

Mercedes Streeter > Quadradeuce 10/18/2018 at 18:55

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Where do you live again? Because holy shite I’d love to give that a second lease on life.

Quadradeuce > Mercedes Streeter 10/18/2018 at 19:17

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About 3 hours from you. But this bike holds a bit of nostalgia for me. My dad owned and sold several Suzuki's. I think this was his first and he never got rid of it.  I'll get it running someday, maybe when my boys are a little older.  

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > Mercedes Streeter 10/18/2018 at 21:35

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Speaking of GS500Es, I found one near me for $13 00.

It hits all the right spots for me - a medium powered standard bike capable of hitting the highway while still being relatively fashionable.

Pickup_man > Mercedes Streeter 10/19/2018 at 09:20

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One note on the DT175, parts are a little tough to come by and a little spendy. M ake sure it runs good and has good compression because no one makes pistons for the early ones, and the cheap Chinese ones don’t fit, even though they say they do . It’s expensive NOS or nothing. I had a basket case one once and lost some money on it because a new piston was worth more than the bike was in it’s current state. 

DipodomysDeserti > Mercedes Streeter 10/19/2018 at 09:40

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Get the smoker. That Yamaha looks great.