Arizona Bone Yard

[oldjapanesebikes]

Taking a break from the cold in Calgary and poking around the Phoenix area this week. We (SWMBO'd and I) visited a motorcycle bone yard near Payson the other day - quite the place. Several interesting Suzies as well as every other make, but also a few very rare smokers. Interesting place to visit if you get a chance.

A shot of the yard. This captures perhaps 1/3 of the yard.



These are a pair of 1964, 50cc German DKW's - I could be wrong, but I think only about 200 of this model were imported into the USA.



This is a 1954(?) Rex, made in Munich - the tank is wrong, but the rest of it is mostly there. Note the front forks.



A Kawasaki tank - one of several I saw with the older logo - as well as the bikes of course - one A7 but rough, lots of triples.



Glad I visited - just sad to see them all sinking into the scrub and bush - in a few years what's there won't be worth the effort to haul it out of the mud as the owner is more of a hoarder than a seller.

[tz375]

Nice one Ian. Thanks for sharing.

And as they say on C/L, they "used to run"............

[Suzukidave]

There was a yard here in Jacksonville that looked close to that and when i visited there on parts finding missions all i could think about when looking at all the bikes ( like you said ) sitting there rotting into the mud and they were all once someones pride n joy when nice and new . Kinda sad really that people go though the same process only we cannot be saved , cleaned up with a fresh coat of paint and made new looking again

[titan performance]

OJB....what a place ! I would need at least a day to rummage through that lot. Could you not pick up some bargains?

[oldjapanesebikes]

OJB....what a place ! I would need at least a day to rummage through that lot. Could you not pick up some bargains?

I tried, but the short answer is 'no'.

[Rustygt550]

Any pictures of any suzuki's?

[oldjapanesebikes]

Lots of Suzies there, but I didn't take photos. The three GT750's I saw were so buried in other things that you really had to get close to be sure what they were - there is barely a foot between rows, and each row is stacked so to try and get a good look was a major undertaking, never mind trying to get one out. He did have what seemed to be a mostly intact '74 in blue - gauges looked as if they may have been salvageable and the chrome rings on the front fork lowers were both still there, but I couldn't get close enough to see what the pipes looked like, and someone had pulled the plugs, so the engine was most probably welded solid.

The first photo I posted shows the Yamaha row right to left in front of me, then the Honda row, then Suzuki, a row of ATV's and then a few rows of assorted. Kawasaki was behind me and heaps more out of the photo frame to the left. If anyone else is out that way, the '74 GT750 is just to the left of that stacked truck in the left of the frame along side an old English girder forked frame with a Villiers engine in it.

[Coyote]

There is a similar place here in town, but it's all under roof. Last time I was there. there were 4 or 5 buffalo's in various stages of dis-assembly. Bought several things from them over the years. I bought a used voltage regulator for my GS1000 as the one on the bike was shot. Still going strong and less than half the price of a new one.
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