Original owner listed it on Craigslist. I was one of 136 emails he got and somehow I walked away with it.......................................
He pulled the factory pipes and put Denco chambers,48 tooth sprocket, air cleaners and upped the mains for the better breathing. He said he scared himself too many times on it and just pulled it into the garage in 1978 and forgot about it. The factory pipes are beautiful and he saved the aircleaner and centerstand. Feel like I pulled it out of a time warp. Think I'll be gettin her running next week.
2000 ZRX (the green ones are fastest)
72 GT750 (almost done)
73 RV 125
72 RV 90 X 2
Now proudly displaying membership number 91 in the Ugly Fat Old Bastards Motorcycle Club.
rngdng wrote:Please don't tell me you paid 500 bucks for it!!!!
Lane
He had it listed on Craigslist for $500 Lane. I sent him an email telling him the bike was worth more than that and that I'd like to come out and make him an offer. I did and we hit it off pretty well. He gave the first guy dibs on it, then that fella sorta put the high pressure on and the owner just decided he didn't like him, he didn't want to sort through the 130 or so other emails so he called me and said the bike was mine. I paid more than $500 but it was still a hell of a deal.
2000 ZRX (the green ones are fastest)
72 GT750 (almost done)
73 RV 125
72 RV 90 X 2
Now proudly displaying membership number 91 in the Ugly Fat Old Bastards Motorcycle Club.
I've already had an offer for it today via the Transatlantic cable. I'm thinkin I wanna ride this for a bit before it ends up under some skinny Brits bum. Lookit this bonus too.............
It had this Econo racer kit installed @ 500 miles................................
2000 ZRX (the green ones are fastest)
72 GT750 (almost done)
73 RV 125
72 RV 90 X 2
Now proudly displaying membership number 91 in the Ugly Fat Old Bastards Motorcycle Club.
New plugs, drained and refilled with GN2 2 stroke, cleaned the carbs and installed a new battery. Sputtered 2nd kick, started, idled and ran up and down the street on the 5th kick. Love the Denco chamber sound.
2000 ZRX (the green ones are fastest)
72 GT750 (almost done)
73 RV 125
72 RV 90 X 2
Now proudly displaying membership number 91 in the Ugly Fat Old Bastards Motorcycle Club.
rngdng wrote:Please don't tell me you paid 500 bucks for it!!!!
Lane
He had it listed on Craigslist for $500 Lane. I sent him an email telling him the bike was worth more than that and that I'd like to come out and make him an offer. I did and we hit it off pretty well. He gave the first guy dibs on it, then that fella sorta put the high pressure on and the owner just decided he didn't like him, he didn't want to sort through the 130 or so other emails so he called me and said the bike was mine. I paid more than $500 but it was still a hell of a deal.
Well, first CONGRATULATIONS for hitting the rice burner lottery of a lifetime. But after reading your story it seems there was a bit more than luck of the draw involved. So, it reminds me of this quotation from General George S. Patton: “A good solution applied with vigor now is better than a perfect solution applied ten minutes later.” In one swoop you snagged a keeper, and the Denco gear is icing in the cake! And speaking of the Brit that wanted the bike, this is what many mere mortals have to go through to get just one nice motorcycle...
NOTE: click on the link, then click on the cover of the magazine, then click on the small magazine pages at the bottom of the screen to read an article about a man who had to buy THREE 1971 H1's to get one restored H1!
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1968 Suzuki T500 Cobra
1970 Suzuki T500 Mark III [rebuild project]
1970 Kawasaki 500 Mach III - H1
1975 Kawasaki 750 Mach IV - H2
1970 Yamaha R5 350
1984 Yamaha RZ350L [acquired September 2015]
Lookit this bonus too.............
