"Pixel" (Improbcat)
07/21/2015 at 09:19 • Filed to: None
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"Pixel" (Improbcat)
07/21/2015 at 09:19 • Filed to: None | 0
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Never got a chance to go look at the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . My water heater started puking rusty water out of the taps, so the bike budget just got smaller.
I’ve scaled back my budget and expectations, and yesterday went and looked at !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . And let me tell you, that picture makes it look good by comparison to what I found when I got there. This thing was the definition of “run hard and put away wet”. Ugly, terrible repaint with peeling stickers, scratches & surface rust on the frame, etc. But the engine fired right up(though it idled a bit rough), there was good brake pads and plenty of tread on the tires. The chain & sprockets where hilariously worn though, and probably a few hundred miles from sheering the tiny nubs of teeth off the back sprocket.
Took it around the parking lot though and it pulled hard and handled pretty good. As a low-expectation project bike it wasn’t a completely terrible start.
However, I offered them $700 and they told me they were firm on $1000, as that is what they’d given for it on trade for another bike. Given I could see $250+ in parts needed without even tearing into it, I walked away.
I’ve got an email out to !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , though I’m hesitant to buy a bike I can’t take for a test drive, even at that price.
CalzoneGolem
> Pixel
07/21/2015 at 09:27 |
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A little work and you will more than double your investment.
I hate this CL trope. If shit is really so easy then why hasn’t dude guy taken care of it?
bob and john
> Pixel
07/21/2015 at 09:31 |
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GS500s are really good bikes to start on. low powered, just a bit more then a 250 so it can do hwy without wringing the ever loving crap out of it.
also fairly easy to work on.
Patrick Nichols
> Pixel
07/21/2015 at 09:35 |
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Being in NH, I’m saving to hopefully make moves on a good starter bike this fall when hopefully someone gets desperate trying to move a bike before winter. There does seem to be a lack of dual sports available used so I might have to go with something else to start. Also trying to pick up an old moped to fix up and ride for shits and giggles.
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Pixel
> CalzoneGolem
07/21/2015 at 10:25 |
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My favorite is when it comes with all the parts to do the job.
450X_FTW
> Pixel
07/21/2015 at 10:49 |
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In high school my auto shop teacher had a purple 1970 Road Runner with a 426 Hemi. When asked why purple, his response “chicks dig a purple car”