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modernbeat Dork
1/16/12 12:22 a.m.

CarKid1989 wrote: From what i hear i just gotta keep at it and be..gulp...patient Ill keep my eyes peeled

Not patient. Persistent.

Capt Slow Dork
1/17/12 2:00 p.m.

Don't worry, a perfect one will turn up immediately after you stop looking and buy something else!

914Driver SuperDork
1/17/12 2:18 p.m.

That happened to my brother right after he got married, the perfect girl came along.

joey48442 SuperDork
1/19/12 1:00 p.m.

My buddy bought a really nice Yamaha DS7 for 300 bucks or so. He just saw it sitting and made an offer. He looked for a bike all over the state and then found this one across the street from his dads house.

Joey

Taiden SuperDork
1/19/12 1:03 p.m.

joey48442 wrote: My buddy bought a really nice Yamaha DS7 for 300 bucks or so. He just saw it sitting and made an offer. He looked for a bike all over the state and then found this one across the street from his dads house. Joey

These are the best deals. I was just talking to someone in my FORTRAN class, apparently his grandfather has a garaged 49 chevy truck from texas that he doesn't drive anymore. I asked if I could buy it, but I know I can't afford it right now. Nonetheless, I doubt I would have been able to find that kind of thing any other way than just poking around here and there.

CarKid1989 Dork
2/15/12 11:07 p.m.

Found a 2007 Honda Rebel 250. Needs motor. 500$.

Im 6ft 3in 200lbs. However i had fun on the CB200 i had.

Worth buying? Maybe flip it?

skierd Dork
2/16/12 1:38 a.m.

Not with "needs motor" since you can find them for that running. Patience. Pick a particular bike and pursue it. Focus.

dculberson HalfDork
2/16/12 3:43 p.m.

I've never had good luck finding rideable $500 bikes. I second the idea that $1000 seems to be a plateau for them. The only bikes I've bought for less than that ended up being a headache .. and at least one that I paid more than that for.

Rusnak_322 HalfDork
2/20/12 8:43 p.m.

These look like they could be fun -

http://cleveland.craigslist.org/mcy/2792071510.html

1984 Kawasaki KLX-R Enduro - $800 (North Royalton)

I have two bikes that I want to sell together. One is an 84 and the other is an 85 and they're both KLX-R 600's.

The 84 was running before I put it away, not in perfect condition, but ran well. When I took it out of storage, the fuel float level needs adjusted because it's bogging out at high RPM's and has trouble cold-starting.

The 85 has all the parts needed to put it together, but as of right now, it's sitting completely disassembled. Everything's included from the frame, to the sub frame, to the rims, to the wiring and the motor.

There is a title for the 84 but not the 85.

EvanB SuperDork
2/20/12 8:57 p.m.

Get those and sell me the basket case one for cheap so I can put it together

CarKid1989 Dork
2/20/12 8:59 p.m.

EvanB wrote: Get those and sell me the basket case one for cheap so I can put it together

how much you willing to pay for the basket case.

this could work out well for us both. Especially since i go past columbus going to dayton fairly frequently....

EvanB SuperDork
2/20/12 9:03 p.m.

How much would you sell it for?

Considering I would have to put it together, find some inevitably missing parts, and get a title, I would pay $200 or so. Unless you need a 1.6L Miata engine?

CarKid1989 Dork
2/20/12 9:25 p.m.

$200 hhmmmm lemme get in contact with the guy

CarKid1989 Dork
2/20/12 9:25 p.m.

$200 hhmmmm lemme get in contact with the guy

stroker HalfDork
2/20/12 10:07 p.m.

joey48442 wrote: My buddy bought a really nice Yamaha DS7 for 300 bucks or so. He just saw it sitting and made an offer. He looked for a bike all over the state and then found this one across the street from his dads house. Joey

He paid three hundred bucks for a DS7?

Okay.........