Picked this up today.
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Picked this up today.
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.
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.
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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.
http://www.ozebook.com/cpotw/documents/register.html
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Re: Picked this up today.
what a peach and look at the milage.
i am green with envy.
mark
i am green with envy.
mark
She will never be pretty but hoping she will be a fun ride.
1973 SUZUKI GT750K.=SOLD
yamaha speedtwinn 100 barn find =SOLD
1x 1973 kawasaki H1 (restored)
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1982 YAMAHA RD350LC.
1985 RZ350N
1973 SUZUKI GT750K.=SOLD
yamaha speedtwinn 100 barn find =SOLD
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Re: Picked this up today.
Holy crap - what a find.
I would gladly sell both my children for such a specimen
I would gladly sell both my children for such a specimen
Digger
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Re: Picked this up today.
Congrats. As you know thats one rare find. It looks very nice and those pipes are a thing of beauty.
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Re: Picked this up today.
Heck - I'd throw in the neighbour's kids as wellDigger wrote:Holy crap - what a find.
I would gladly sell both my children for such a specimen
Ian
If at first you don't succeed, just get a bigger hammer !
If at first you don't succeed, just get a bigger hammer !
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Re: Picked this up today.
it looks like a demo bike lol. thats crazy!! ive seen 07's that didnt look that great!
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Re: Picked this up today.
Please don't tell me you paid 500 bucks for it!!!!
Lane
Lane
If you stroke it more than twice; you're playing with it.
Too many bikes, too much time, ENOUGH SPACE, FINALLY! Never enough money.........
Too many bikes, too much time, ENOUGH SPACE, FINALLY! Never enough money.........
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Re: Picked this up today.
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.rngdng wrote:Please don't tell me you paid 500 bucks for it!!!!
Lane
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.
http://www.ozebook.com/cpotw/documents/register.html
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.
http://www.ozebook.com/cpotw/documents/register.html
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Re: Picked this up today.
Just goes to show that honesty really is the best policy and sometimes the good guys win out. Congrats man.
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Re: Picked this up today.
I AM jealous. CONGRATS DJ!!!!!
Lane
Lane
If you stroke it more than twice; you're playing with it.
Too many bikes, too much time, ENOUGH SPACE, FINALLY! Never enough money.........
Too many bikes, too much time, ENOUGH SPACE, FINALLY! Never enough money.........
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Re: Picked this up today.
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.............rngdng wrote:I AM jealous. CONGRATS DJ!!!!!
Lane
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.
http://www.ozebook.com/cpotw/documents/register.html
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.
http://www.ozebook.com/cpotw/documents/register.html
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Re: Picked this up today.
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.
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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.
http://www.ozebook.com/cpotw/documents/register.html
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.
http://www.ozebook.com/cpotw/documents/register.html
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Re: Picked this up today.
That is a one in a lifetime find.
Congratulations (I would never sell that one.)
Congratulations (I would never sell that one.)
1954 Harley ST165 basket in the attic
1972 Suzuki GT750 project in the works
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1972 Suzuki GT750 project in the works
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Re: Picked this up today.
really Digger? you may need them in ya old ageDigger wrote:Holy crap - what a find.
I would gladly sell both my children for such a specimen
If I wanted to make a life-long career out of
working with the mentally retarded I would
have opened a Harley Davidson Dealership
working with the mentally retarded I would
have opened a Harley Davidson Dealership
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Re: Picked this up today.
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...djfisher22 wrote: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.rngdng wrote:Please don't tell me you paid 500 bucks for it!!!!
Lane
http://issuu.com/portfoliogm/docs/classicbikeapril2010" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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]
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]