Fall Cleaning

"Decay buys too many beaters" (decay) 09/25/2018 at 18:53 • Filed to: Decay's Beaters

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I just sold 3 vehicles and an old Miata turbo kit in the last 4 days

Got rid of the Aero 50 I picked up at a garage sale last year, got it running right, but haven’t really ridden it at all with the Ruckus also in the garage.

Sold the Aprilia, cool as it is, can’t really see myself riding it much if it’s sharing time with the Grom.

Sold the 1.8 Miata turbo kit I picked up a year or so back when I thought it was a 1.6 kit.

And sold the mototrip VTX. As much as it was a great bike for the trip, I can’t really see myself riding it around town with how heavy it is. The photos from my trip certainly made for pretty epic ad :p

Feels good to be back to the core collection of beaters again, and to have all that space back in the garage! Probably won’t last very long this time either seeing as we are rapidly approaching motorcycle fire-sale season.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Decay buys too many beaters 09/25/2018 at 19:03

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Damn, what’d you sell the VTX for?

Decay buys too many beaters > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 09/25/2018 at 19:07

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Same as I paid, $2600.  L ow, but keep in mind it’s an R title.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Decay buys too many beaters 09/25/2018 at 19:24

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Damn that’s a good deal.

https://wichita.craigslist.org/mcd/d/2003-honda-vtx-1800/6698495611.html

https://wichita.craigslist.org/mcy/d/honda-vtx-1800/6691086718.html

A couple fairly cheap ones around here... hm. Maybe eventually. Thing is you can get a first gen VMax for around that.

Decay buys too many beaters > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 09/25/2018 at 19:34

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4x carbs gets a big nope from me. I’m sure they run great... until they don’t. 

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Decay buys too many beaters 09/25/2018 at 19:38

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I’m no stranger to carbs. Doing carbs on a guys Yamaha in a couple weeks then taking a look at a Goldwing that won’t start.

Decay buys too many beaters > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 09/25/2018 at 19:40

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I can make it work, but I’m not a fan of them personally on anything more than 2 cylinders. 

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Decay buys too many beaters 09/25/2018 at 20:04

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Fun fact: toss a manifold on a 4cyl goldwing and put a single Edelbrock on it

shop-teacher > Decay buys too many beaters 09/25/2018 at 23:22

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Very industrious of you!

Decay buys too many beaters > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 09/25/2018 at 23:55

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Today I learned....

I might try to convince my friend that just bought an aspencade to try it