Just picked this up. Real rough, but an easier project than most of the stuff I've done lately. It will be nice to work on something that's a little more straightforward. Besides, for 500 bucks I'm not risking much.

 

I have one just like it with only 2,600 miles. She's in much better shape than yours but it probably won;t take much to get her looking good!

 

Best color ever, exactly like mine. At $500 that's a no brainer. Congrats.

 

This thread is useless without more pics.

 

Plenty of pics when I tear it apart. It's been stored outside, the brakes are seized and the gas is spoiled. I have another bike ahead of it that I have to finish assembling (and sell) before I start on this. The guy gave me a bunch of new plastic with it but I'm going to sell that on eBay to offset some of the cost of buying it. I'm curious to see how little I can spend but still have something that's really road worthy. I might do some track days on it.

 

This makes me sad. I don't know why people do this.

Mine passed road worthy about 100k ago.

 

I don't understand it, either. The guy didn't have a garage but instead of spending money on a shed he bought two Harley V-rods that are sitting out in the weather, too.

On the other hand, $500.00 bikes don't come from good owners.

 

There is a lot of truth to that. I picked up a bike for free. The owner had been riding it on salted roads and it need some love.

 

Nice find... i also agree that I don't know why people leave bikes outside but like you said 500.00 dollar bikes dont come from good owners....

 

At least it was being ridden. I know a guy who has a Suzuki Savage the he bought new and has ridden year-round in Massachussetts for 8-10 years. It's rusting into oblivion but you can't say it wasn't used.