One Less Toy.. (Update)

"Mercedes Streeter" (smart)
02/26/2019 at 21:17 • Filed to: Two Wheels Good

Well this is weird. The person who was supposed to pick up the KE100A didn’t show. The next buyer was a savvy feller who checked the VIN and figured out I’ve been bamboozled.

Apparently this is a 1974 Kawasaki G5, yet I had a title for a 1979 KE100A. I should have known this. When I researched the KE100A I couldn’t find that tank decal as an option. But I did with the G5. I believed the old man when he said it was a KE100A. That was a bad choice. The buyer also brought a compression tester and found it to be under spec. In the end, I was still able to sell it, but for $50 less than I paid for it. Considering the title issues, low compression, and the fact that it wasn’t the model I advertised, I call it a win.

New lesson learned: VIN check everything no matter how trustworthy the seller appears.

Original post:

So the barn find Kawasaki KE100A will be going to a new home today.

I’ve been kicking around the idea of selling it. Now that I really am at peak motorcycle for my income and storage space, I have no need to have two tiny enduros. That has kinda been hampering my motivation to restore it. The GSX project is already taking over the YouTube part of why I got the KE100A. Well, just like with the Blast and the Rebel, if I don’t have a firm emotional attachment to a bike I will get rid of it!

A member of my Gambler 500 team has been in love with it ever since I posted it. So I pitched the idea to my team and almost immediately received an offer a little greater than what I paid for it. Even accounting for fuel and trailer rental, I still come out a little on top. So what the heck, I accepted the offer.

If I replace it (which I have no current plans to), I would love something like a CBR600R F3, F4i, or maybe try to pry that adorable Aprilia RS50 off the seller I got the GSX from.

Yay, I am capable of downsizing! :D

DISCUSSION (17)

bob and john > Mercedes Streeter
02/22/2019 at 14:57

you arent downsizing if you immidieatly planning on replacing it with something else.

Mercedes Streeter > bob and john
02/22/2019 at 14:59

I did say no current plans. lol

*A month later* “I dragged another one home!”

facw > Mercedes Streeter
02/22/2019 at 15:05

And yet you immediately outlined a plan for replacing it . ..

Mercedes Streeter > facw
02/22/2019 at 15:17

Damn...you saw straight through that hole.

Well, while those are the bikes I’m interested in, I don’t have any final plans on picking one up yet?

shop-teacher > Mercedes Streeter
02/22/2019 at 15:24

Yeah, we’re onto you!

bob and john > Mercedes Streeter
02/22/2019 at 15:25

you immidieatly said in the post stuff you are planning to replace it with.

look, I get bike hoarding and collecting, of all people here I do. but dont kid yourself.

Darkbrador > Mercedes Streeter
02/22/2019 at 16:29

ooo oh ... I had one like that, barn redneck backyard find, in 175cc displacement ... loved that thing. It became a wall ornament after the local bike expert mechanic mushroomed the end of the crankshaft while trying to extract the flywheel to set the points ...

That in turn convinced me to become a decent grease monkey myself and take care of my own bikes. There is good and bad in everything, I guess ?

Mid Engine > Mercedes Streeter
02/22/2019 at 16:31

use the cash and buy a trailer, those u-haul rental fees are killin’ ya

Mercedes Streeter > Mid Engine
02/22/2019 at 16:52

Trailer’s on hold for now. I have no place to store one (not even one of those nifty folding ones) , not at least until I move my collection to a better storage location in the Spring.

shop-teacher > Mercedes Streeter
02/26/2019 at 21:58

Well, that sucks that you lost $50, but all things considered that's not too expensive of a lesson.

Fuckkinja > Mercedes Streeter
02/26/2019 at 22:53

I seem to end up with all of the derelict Honda’s. I clean them up and keep them. Every once in a while I sell a couple and upgrade. Only one of my bikes does not have a price tag.

Bikes are cheap. Have fun with it.

Mercedes Streeter > shop-teacher
02/27/2019 at 12:37

Shoot, even if the title were correct I probably would have lost a little cash on it unless I sold it to someone who didn’t know better or was just going to use it as a trail bike , so either way I’m happy. :)

Now to enjoy the extra space........................................................................for now.

There’s a neat Kymco 125 for sale in your neighbourhood, btw. ;)

shop-teacher > Mercedes Streeter
02/27/2019 at 12:38

Linky?

Mercedes Streeter > shop-teacher
02/27/2019 at 12:45

Welp, the one I found has been sold, but there is a 150 nearby! Sent to your Facebook lol

Mercedes Streeter > Fuckkinja
02/27/2019 at 21:35

That’s why I stay at the bottom of the market. When I get bored with a bike I can sell for what I paid! :) Right now my GS850G and the GL1100 are the ones that don’t have a price tag. ;)

I don’t think I’ve seen you around here. W elcome to Oppo!

Fuckkinja > Mercedes Streeter
02/27/2019 at 22:15

Thanks. For the invite.

Fuckkinja > Mercedes Streeter
02/27/2019 at 22:22

I’m new but learning.