Some ideas around what I'd want to get as a replacement for the GS are forming, and as usual they seem to be not that easy to find using the usual local resources like FB or CL. For cars there are meta search engines like Autotempest, is there anything similar for motorcycles or am I stuck with trawling eBay, Cycletrader, FB, CL and forums manually?
Yes, I realise I'll end up trawling the forums manually, but something meta for the rest would be nice.
This is highly relevant to my interests. I have yet to see something like this.
Not that I've found and I've been looking. you can add rumble on to your list though. It's clunky and somewhat counter intuitive to use but it has some bikes I'm not seeing anywhere else.
Use SearchTempest. Narrow the search down to motorcycles in the fine tuning boxes. That's the best I got.
Short version of suggestion I made for frenchy :
After opening local Craig's, and selecting motorcycles (or searching for specific) look for where the local Craig's is looking (name of town) . There is a drop down (or at bottom of list) that says "use map"
When ya check that, you can zoom the map out to 250 mile radius circle, and move it around different regions.
My favorite.
Can give clearer instructions if needed
Clear as mud, so far?
I'll give SearchTempest a try, thanks for the suggestion.
Searching CL with a larger radius isn't really going to be that useful as some of the stuff I'm keeping an eye out for at the moment is pretty rare (like between zero and low single digit numbers of the model currently for sale in the US). It's enough of a pain to keep up with the various forums that manually checking CL is just too much of a time sink and then I still haven't checked FBlah...
BoxheadTim said:Searching CL with a larger radius isn't really going to be that useful as some of the stuff I'm keeping an eye out for at the moment is pretty rare (like between zero and low single digit numbers of the model currently for sale in the US).
OK, now I'm curious. What's on the list, if you don't mind sharing?
If there are only a couple in the us, Craig's wouldn't seem to be the place to look, then. But I have no suggestions, never coming across "rare" and "cheap enough I can afford", except by accident!
ae86andkp61 (Forum Supporter) said:BoxheadTim said:Searching CL with a larger radius isn't really going to be that useful as some of the stuff I'm keeping an eye out for at the moment is pretty rare (like between zero and low single digit numbers of the model currently for sale in the US).
OK, now I'm curious. What's on the list, if you don't mind sharing?
I certainly don't mind, although some people might be wondering if my brain is firing on all synapses. But then again, people have apparently been asking that question for a long time 
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Here's the (abridged) list:
None of the bikes above are that expensive, the Norge probably being the most expensive and even those are about $5k-$6k in good condition.
Then there are the "can you hang on for 30s while I pawn grandma" bikes, not that these would make a usable semi-daily, but there's always space in the garage for one of these even if I have to sell off another bike:
In reply to BoxheadTim :
The first half of your list is all stuff I've looked at in the last few years. With the large radius, I can put in "motorcycles" "bmw" $125 to $5555 and search the entre US in about 15 min. Then change to moto guzzi, do it again. The price limit weeds out the ones I can't afford. (I limit to $3333)
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