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Start here => Free For ALL => Topic started by: Scrapheap on July 25, 2011, 01:33:13 PM
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I've been obsesing over bikes that need as little maintanence as possible and/or are easy to maintain on your own.
Lately I'm obsessing over the Yamaha XS 650 because it only has 2 carbs, and is easy to work on. Another benefit is that it is one of the few street bikes with a kick starter. So if your battery or starter dies, you can still get the bike started to escape the Zombies.
Anyways, here's one that I found for sale in Oakland (about a 5 hour drive from here).
If I go up to buy it, it would be real cool to see PPK up there. He hasn't been active lately, so is there somebody here who can contact him?? It would also be cool if PPK could look at it first for me before I drive 5 hours.
I used to have a Marine Corps buddy who lived in the Bay area, but he moved. :'(
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/mcy/2501138020.html (http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/mcy/2501138020.html)
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Get this instead, yamaha DX7:
(http://www.synthmania.com/Yamaha%20DX7/Images/Yamaha%20DX7.jpg)
:zoinks:
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Or the Yamaha BD-S1065 is also nice:
(http://data.yamaha.jp/sdb/local/products/images/16209/12073/16209_12001_1.jpg)
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Lately I'm obsessing over the Yamaha XS 650 because it only has 2 carbs, and is easy to work on. Another benefit is that it is one of the few street bikes with a kick starter. So if your battery or starter dies, you can still get the bike started to escape the Zombies.
Awesome. :thumbup:
Seriously, you only go around once. It looks like it's in pretty nice shape too. 8)
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that seems cheap, and I like that it is green. go for it
even if it needs work, it is only 1000$. I dont know what such things cost, but that doesnt seem much.
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Yes and ride it often!
If it floats your boat - go for it!
Incidentally, do people name their bikes like they do trucks?
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Shouldn't it have a shaft drive?
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Welcome to MBS (multiple bike syndrome). It's a terrible affliction. :thumbup:
Yes, get it!
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I've been obsesing over bikes that need as little maintanence as possible and/or are easy to maintain on your own.
Lately I'm obsessing over the Yamaha XS 650 because it only has 2 carbs, and is easy to work on. Another benefit is that it is one of the few street bikes with a kick starter. So if your battery or starter dies, you can still get the bike started to escape the Zombies.
Anyways, here's one that I found for sale in Oakland (about a 5 hour drive from here).
If I go up to buy it, it would be real cool to see PPK up there. He hasn't been active lately, so is there somebody here who can contact him?? It would also be cool if PPK could look at it first for me before I drive 5 hours.
I used to have a Marine Corps buddy who lived in the Bay area, but he moved. :'(
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/mcy/2501138020.html (http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/mcy/2501138020.html)
You should buy the bike you took a picture of in Anaheim or as you know it as, Lil Vietnam. What are you, too pussy to go to Oakland by yourself? For someone that talks as much shit as you do, Oakland should be no worry for you.
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Shouldn't it have a shaft drive?
:oneliner:
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that seems cheap, and I like that it is green. go for it
even if it needs work, it is only 1000$. I dont know what such things cost, but that doesnt seem much.
I like the green color too. :)
$1000 is as cheap as I've seen one that wasn't a total POS.
This one is fairly original too. Most people chop these up into Choppers, Bobbers and Cafe Bikes.
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Shouldn't it have a shaft drive?
You voted for option 3, I take it.
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Welcome to MBS (multiple bike syndrome). It's a terrible affliction. :thumbup:
Yes, get it!
Welcom back Diesel!!! :2thumbsup:
Yes, and after this I want to get an older 5-600 cc Dual Sport with kick start. 8)
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You should buy the bike you took a picture of in Anaheim or as you know it as, Lil Vietnam.
Your research is very poor butcofe, I don't recall ever taking a pic of a bike in Anaheim, and that area isn't called Lil Vietnam, that area is in a different city in Orange County.
What are you, too pussy to go to Oakland by yourself? For someone that talks as much shit as you do, Oakland should be no worry for you.
I've been to Oakland before. It's largely a nigger ghetto. I have no fear of going there, as it will be daytime. I wouldn't go there at night though.
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I'm beginning to think this guy is jerking me around. He keeps insisting that there's no back fees at the DMV, but he wont give me a plate # or VIN # to confirm with the DMV that there's no back fees.
Oh, well, I found a simmilar XS 650 on ebay in Lancaster (that's about 2 hours less of a drive).
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p5197.c0.m619&item=320734226762&viewitem=&category=80650 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p5197.c0.m619&item=320734226762&viewitem=&category=80650)
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bump!
(http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac19/rogerkent/Craigslist-Other/f038760a.jpg)
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I wish I could take pictures of some motorcycles. If I could, I'd look kewl.
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I wish I could take pictures of some motorcycles. If I could, I'd look kewl.
You'd LOOK kewl, but you'd still be an assclown. :hahaha:
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Here's the one im bidding on on ebay. 8)
(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/$(KGrHqN,!hUE3u01owE)BOLwP(RKPw~~_3.JPG)
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Here's the one im bidding on on ebay. 8)
(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/$(KGrHqN,!hUE3u01owE)BOLwP(RKPw~~_3.JPG)
Hope you get it, it looks great. 8)
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Get this instead, yamaha DX7:
(http://www.synthmania.com/Yamaha%20DX7/Images/Yamaha%20DX7.jpg)
:zoinks:
Ah, those were the days.
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Get this instead, yamaha DX7:
(http://www.synthmania.com/Yamaha%20DX7/Images/Yamaha%20DX7.jpg)
:zoinks:
Ah, those were the days.
Did you have parachute pants and a Michael Jackson jacket?? :orly:
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Get this instead, yamaha DX7:
(http://www.synthmania.com/Yamaha%20DX7/Images/Yamaha%20DX7.jpg)
:zoinks:
Ah, those were the days.
Did you have parachute pants and a Michael Jackson jacket?? :orly:
:laugh:
No. I never actually owned a DX7 but I remember reviewing it for a magazine.
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Here's the one im bidding on on ebay. 8)
(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/$(KGrHqN,!hUE3u01owE)BOLwP(RKPw~~_3.JPG)
Good luck.
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Here's the one im bidding on on ebay. 8)
(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/$(KGrHqN,!hUE3u01owE)BOLwP(RKPw~~_3.JPG)
Nice license plate!
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The bike looks better in this one.
(http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac19/rogerkent/Craigslist-Other/f038760a.jpg)
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Oh, and go for it, Scrap. You want it.
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It needs a shine on that pipe.
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The bike looks better in this one.
(http://i881.photobucket.com/albums/ac19/rogerkent/Craigslist-Other/f038760a.jpg)
Those are 2 different bikes, you fucking retard!!! :hahaha:
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It needs a shine on that pipe.
You're just the man for the job too!!! :ATM:
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Do they only come in that shade of green? :zoinks:
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Do they only come in that shade of green? :zoinks:
Green was unique to 78' bikes AFAIK.
Throughout the years, they were mostly red or black.
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Did you buy the bike?
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Did you buy the bike?
No, got out-bid by someone with deeper pockets than me. :-\
The one for sale up in Oakland turned out to have $572 in back fees at the DMV. :(
I'll keep looking for my vintage Cafe Racer project bike. 8)
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Better luck next time, then.
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Better luck next time, then.
There's been a new development.
The owner of the bike on ebay has emailed me saying that the high bidder hasn't responded to his emails of phone number yet. Since I was the second highest bidder, he says he'll sell me the bike if the auction winner doesn't contatct him. 8)
Looks like I might have my cafe racer after all. :2thumbsup:
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Better luck next time, then.
There's been a new development.
The owner of the bike on ebay has emailed me saying that the high bidder hasn't responded to his emails of phone number yet. Since I was the second highest bidder, he says he'll sell me the bike if the auction winner doesn't contatct him. 8)
Looks like I might have my cafe racer after all. :2thumbsup:
:2thumbsup: Let us know.
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Better luck next time, then.
There's been a new development.
The owner of the bike on ebay has emailed me saying that the high bidder hasn't responded to his emails of phone number yet. Since I was the second highest bidder, he says he'll sell me the bike if the auction winner doesn't contatct him. 8)
Looks like I might have my cafe racer after all. :2thumbsup:
Is that the first one or the one with $572 of back fees at the DMV?
I'm glad that you knew to check for back fees at the DMV, by the way. I would not have thought to do that.
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Better luck next time, then.
There's been a new development.
The owner of the bike on ebay has emailed me saying that the high bidder hasn't responded to his emails of phone number yet. Since I was the second highest bidder, he says he'll sell me the bike if the auction winner doesn't contatct him. 8)
Looks like I might have my cafe racer after all. :2thumbsup:
Is that the first one or the one with $572 of back fees at the DMV?
I'm glad that you knew to check for back fees at the DMV, by the way. I would not have thought to do that.
The first one (stock one in Oakland) is the one with $572 in back fees.
The second one (cafe racer with white wall tires, in Lancaster) is the one that was on ebay that i have shot at getting.
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DAMNIT! I hate this waiting game.
I won't know untill sunday if I have another shot at this bike.
I want to be RIDING this bike by sunday!!! :tantrum:
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Not that many days left.
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Well, I think I've finally found my bike.
It's a 78' with 13,000 miles on it.
It's owned by a guy who seems quite knowledgeable about the XS 650 and he's asking $1600.
The thing that sucks is that it's up in the Stockton area, 5 hours drive from here. :tantrum:
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Well, I think I've finally found my bike.
It's a 78' with 13,000 miles on it.
It's owned by a guy who seems quite knowledgeable about the XS 650 and he's asking $1600.
The thing that sucks is that it's up in the Stockton area, 5 hours drive from here. :tantrum:
If the guy is for real and not another scammer, then it's worth the drive.
:crossed:
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I once drove from Alabama to Texas with my mother in my little brother's pickup truck to take a used tail light assembly from a junkyard to our brother and bring back a motorcycle from that brother to our little brother. I took along a pistol for protection and it was a fun trip.
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Well, I think I've finally found my bike.
It's a 78' with 13,000 miles on it.
It's owned by a guy who seems quite knowledgeable about the XS 650 and he's asking $1600.
The thing that sucks is that it's up in the Stockton area, 5 hours drive from here. :tantrum:
If the guy is for real and not another scammer, then it's worth the drive.
:crossed:
I doubt he's a scammer, he seems pretty straightforward and has obviously (from talking to him) owned several of these bikes.
He doesn't seem like he's trying to screw with the price, unlike the other guy in Lancaster, and is asking slightly below Kelly Blue Book value.
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Mate I am a little envious. I love riding bikes. At the same time though I have entertained the idea in abstract I can not bring myself to buying a "road bike". Not after the accidents. too many ways I simply just would have been dead.
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Mate I am a little envious. I love riding bikes. At the same time though I have entertained the idea in abstract I can not bring myself to buying a "road bike". Not after the accidents. too many ways I simply just would have been dead.
Afraid you'll have a run-in with "Toecutter"?? :zoinks:
(http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r103/motox0x0/Toecutter2-1.jpg)
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Meh...how bad can he be? He wears massacra
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Well, I think I've finally found my bike.
It's a 78' with 13,000 miles on it.
It's owned by a guy who seems quite knowledgeable about the XS 650 and he's asking $1600.
The thing that sucks is that it's up in the Stockton area, 5 hours drive from here. :tantrum:
If the guy is for real and not another scammer, then it's worth the drive.
:crossed:
:indeed: You know you want one. ;D
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Well, I think I've finally found my bike.
It's a 78' with 13,000 miles on it.
It's owned by a guy who seems quite knowledgeable about the XS 650 and he's asking $1600.
The thing that sucks is that it's up in the Stockton area, 5 hours drive from here. :tantrum:
If the guy is for real and not another scammer, then it's worth the drive.
:crossed:
:indeed: You know you want one. ;D
I just think these parallel twin bikes make the coolest vintage racers.
I'd get a Norton 850 Commando or Triumph Bonneville, but I can't afford one, and the parts are hard to find.
I can make this bike look like it's ready to race the 1969 24 hours of Daytona amd do it for half what a British bike would cost. 8)
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Well, let us know.
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Well, let us know.
Since Stockton isn't too far from the Bay Area, I might swing by to see PPK while I'm in that neck of the woods. :thumbup:
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Well, let us know.
Since Stockton isn't too far from the Bay Area, I might swing by to see PPK while I'm in that neck of the woods. :thumbup:
You should. Take pictures and tell us all. :thumbup:
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Imagine this in British Racing Green with disc brakes and a 2 into 1 exhaust.
That's the look I'm going for. 8)
(http://throttleyard.com/wp-content/plugins/PostviaEmail/images/1970_Yamaha_XS650_Full_Fairing_Race_Street_Bike_Cafe_Racer_For_Sale_Front_resize.jpg)
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British Racing Green is awesome. It should be a very cool bike.
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OK, this shit is just pure fucking WIN!!! :2thumbsup:
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-na_xNiM1pcg/TkWuuLlx74I/AAAAAAAAFXI/_WwPXkj0KKY/s1600/cz-motorbike-babes.jpg)
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Moar WIN!!! :thumbup:
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UzMiXxgNn84/TkWlJGVpuXI/AAAAAAAAFW8/_XgrYHPA1ZU/s1600/smoking-moto-guzzi-girl.jpg)
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Moar Win! :headbang2:
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nNntogo8ZZg/TkWLjBokp1I/AAAAAAAAFWc/soIY_0lv6XQ/s640/royal-enfield-babe.jpg)
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I think I need one of those bikes too. :drool:
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OK, this shit is just pure fucking WIN!!! :2thumbsup:
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-na_xNiM1pcg/TkWuuLlx74I/AAAAAAAAFXI/_WwPXkj0KKY/s1600/cz-motorbike-babes.jpg)
:2thumbsup:
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OK, this shit is just pure fucking WIN!!! :2thumbsup:
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-na_xNiM1pcg/TkWuuLlx74I/AAAAAAAAFXI/_WwPXkj0KKY/s1600/cz-motorbike-babes.jpg)
:2thumbsup:
With that beautiful background, they couldn't dust the bike? Lazy, lazy, lazy.
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What background? What bike? ???
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OK, here's the bike that I ended up scoring for $1,000. Had to drive over 300 miles to pick it up though. :( It sat in a motorcylce repair shop for over 25 years and has less than 13,000 miles on it. A true "barn find". 8)
(http://i55.tinypic.com/1p798m.jpg)
As you can see from the handlebars, this is the Cruiser model (called "Special"), but the reason I bought it, if you look at the rear wheel, is that it has rear disc brakes. A rarity on the XS 650. It also has provisions for twin front discs which would give it awesome stopping power, a necessity for racing use. 8)
So all it needs is a different seat, different handlebars, different wheels (spoke wheels that are lighter) a race fairing and a paint job.
I also plan to give the engine a big bore kit. I found a 750cc kit for sale, but I hear rumor that 900cc kits exist and I'd go for one of those. 8)
It looks a bit ugly now, but it will be a kick-ass Cafe Racer here in a few months. :headbang2:
BTW, thanks to PPK for taking the picture. :thumbup:
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:2thumbsup: Very nice!
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(http://i55.tinypic.com/1p798m.jpg)
bump.
This motorcycle has been completely taken apart and is currently waiting on $1000+ of parts to show up on my front doorstep.
I'll take some pics durring the build process. :thumbup:
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Awesome. :thumbup:
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OK, this shit is just pure fucking WIN!!! :2thumbsup:
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-na_xNiM1pcg/TkWuuLlx74I/AAAAAAAAFXI/_WwPXkj0KKY/s1600/cz-motorbike-babes.jpg)
:2thumbsup:
With that beautiful background, they couldn't dust the bike? Lazy, lazy, lazy.
It's so the girls could get dirty.
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Scrap, paint it orange and black and get a job.
Oh wait. Here are no jobs.
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Scrap, paint it orange and black
Orange and black are the colors of Hardley Dumninson. >:( :thumbdn:
and get a job.
Oh wait. Here are no jobs.
Any chance of me getting in with the longshoremen?? :zoinks:
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Next time they hire I will let you know.
You and half a million other people will be in a lottery for 10,000 foot in the door part time casual jobs.
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Next time they hire I will let you know.
You and half a million other people will be in a lottery for 10,000 foot in the door part time casual jobs.
Is it a good ole' boy system there??
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Next time they hire I will let you know.
You and half a million other people will be in a lottery for 10,000 foot in the door part time casual jobs.
Is it a good ole' boy system there??
What isn't? I hate that America no longer rewards merit of any kind.
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Next time they hire I will let you know.
You and half a million other people will be in a lottery for 10,000 foot in the door part time casual jobs.
Is it a good ole' boy system there??
What isn't? I hate that America no longer rewards merit of any kind.
That's why we're headed downhill.
It's about who is sucking whose cock and not about who is actually making things happen.
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Easy solution....suck cock.
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Easy solution....suck cock.
I have an overwhelming inability to do that, both figuratively and literally.
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Doomed to rebuilding yamahas out of your garage.
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Doomed to rebuilding yamahas out of your garage.
At least I'm not pissing away my money on Hardly Harleys. ::) 8)
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At least.
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BTW, I don't consider working on bikes in my garage to be "doomed".
If i won the lottery, I'd probably be doing the same thing.
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Hopefully. You would hire a crew and pay them a fair wage.
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Hopefully. You would hire a crew and pay them a fair wage.
I'd hire people and pay them a fair wage, just not to work on motorcycles. :elvis:
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But I digress...
this threaed is lacking in XS650 spam. :green:
(http://www.xs650chopper.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/XS650-Caf%C3%A9-Racer_0727.jpg)
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(http://weblogsurf.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/yamaha-xs650-11.jpg)
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(http://www.xs650chopper.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/noid-versand_2-1024x768.jpg)
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Perhaps invent a bitch seat with a dildo on it.
Oh myyyyyyyy.
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Perhaps invent a bitch seat with a dildo on it.
Oh myyyyyyyy.
That would work much better on Hardly Harley.
Their engines vibrate a lot more. ::)
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I think the vibrator would have to do with the shocks and suspension
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I think the vibrator would have to do with the shocks and suspension
That would be painfull, if you hit a big bump.
I think it would be better to install a fleshlight on the gas tank.
But seriously, people shouldn't buy Harleys.
It would be better if people bought Jap bikes made in the US. 8)
the inlne 4 cylinder is so far superior to the 45deg V-twin. :facepalm2:
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Or learn to ride the shocks
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BTW, I'm headed up to Cayucos today to buy another motorcycle.
I found a 1985 Honda Nighthawk CB650SC for sale for $200.
It needs a bit of work, but it's all there.
If all else fails, I can part it out and make that much money for the parts on ebay. 8)
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BTW, I'm headed up to Cayucos today to buy another motorcycle.
I found a 1985 Honda Nighthawk CB650SC for sale for $200.
It needs a bit of work, but it's all there.
If all else fails, I can part it out and make that much money for the parts on ebay. 8)
Those were nice bikes. Hope it's not too bad. :thumbup:
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Gonna end up being Scrap's Bike Boneyard out there. :hahaha:
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He has one post at the bottom of page 4.