Somebody please save this bike!
Re: Somebody please save this bike!
That thing went for $3000! I figured for $1000 (my max bid) , if you re-did the seat and hit it with about 8 gallons of CLR it'd look passable. Who knows what kinda shape it was in mechanically, but if it was sitting like that all those years it likely needed more than some break-free in the cylinders and a fresh battery.
Re: Somebody please save this bike!
What a great project though! It's a California bike. I bet most of the causmetic damage was due to the sun. The internals may be in amazingly good shape.tenni128 wrote:That thing went for $3000! I figured for $1000 (my max bid) , if you re-did the seat and hit it with about 8 gallons of CLR it'd look passable. Who knows what kinda shape it was in mechanically, but if it was sitting like that all those years it likely needed more than some break-free in the cylinders and a fresh battery.
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1975 BMW R90/6
1975 BMW 2002
1971 VW Westfalia
1985 VW Vanagon
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Re: Somebody please save this bike!
About 5-10 years ago, you could have bought a solid runner for $3000.
Prices for these beauties are INSANE!!!!! (anybody remember crazy eddie commercials?)
Prices for these beauties are INSANE!!!!! (anybody remember crazy eddie commercials?)
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Re: Somebody please save this bike!
I''m a NorCal boy, but I feel like I saw them because I can still sing the Zappa "Eddie are you kidding?" lyrics.jjwithers wrote:About 5-10 years ago, you could have bought a solid runner for $3000.
Prices for these beauties are INSANE!!!!! (anybody remember crazy eddie commercials?)
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