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Re: Somebody please save this bike!
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 11:32 am
by tenni128
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!
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2011 11:52 am
by mattcfish
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.
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.
Re: Somebody please save this bike!
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2011 4:11 pm
by jjwithers
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?)
Re: Somebody please save this bike!
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 7:07 pm
by Major Softie
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?)
I''m a NorCal boy, but I feel like I saw them because I can still sing the Zappa "Eddie are you kidding?" lyrics.
