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Old 11-21-2012, 03:32 PM
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"if he's never used it how does he know ?"

That made me laugh hard





Bagged the GL 1000


This will be a bit of fun
 
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Old 11-21-2012, 06:27 PM
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^Well, that thing won't do the PDT so my question to you is........
 
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Old 11-21-2012, 09:24 PM
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Awe relax TBT -
Nope I have my sights on a few PDR candidates

There's a DRZ 400 down on the Cape with 15.8 miles on it
for short money it just needs a Baja Street Kit for the PDR
in the Process of haglin that one, then there's an 09 KLR for
short $ and I have an potential investment coming up in a
PC800 I hope to sell on / flip real fast to double up the $$$$
on the original investment

Beginning to think this could be a fun p/t bidness flipping
bikes !

Wheel- in and dealin man
 
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Old 11-22-2012, 02:02 AM
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And of course you won't forget to give Uncle Sam his rightful share of any profit that you may make by buying and selling these bikes will you?

Yeah right.

 

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Old 11-22-2012, 05:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Shadow
That's a CX not a CBX, Teeks. The adverts confusing - small difference from 2 to 6 cylinders.
Interesting comment from the owner "only ever used mineral oil - she doesn't like synthetics" - if he's never used it how does he know ?
There are plenty of those here - esp 500's. $8K is crazy for that bike.
Thanks Shadow, hadn't even noticed that he had misdescribed it. It's probably still a worthy bike thou? A CX Turbo with such low mileage? there's probably not a whole lot of them around.

I happened to start talking to a guy at the local servo tonight, he told me a very disturbing Mk1 Cortina GT story, which now makes me wonder why I ever sold mine.
 
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I just picked up a free '75 Fiat spider. Gonna' a lot of work
 
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Old 11-22-2012, 05:33 AM
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Originally Posted by wooferdog
I just picked up a free '75 Fiat spider. Gonna' a lot of work
Very cool; lets start a Fiat spider rebuild thread, just because we're all a bit good at doing internerd research and it would be a bit of fun to help you out.
 
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Old 11-22-2012, 08:10 AM
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Well Tony as you very well know the cost of restorations comes
right out of any capital gains that result ! then there's brokers
fees, advertising and marketing expenses, travel to see buyers
and on and on , so at the end of the day yes - Uncle will owe me
some relief due to the expenses incurred in the course of these
business activities.

Simple accounting practices ! .....not to state the obvious


Free is always great Woof - how's she look ?



Originally Posted by kiwi TK
And of course you won't forget to give Uncle Sam his rightful share of any profit that you may make by buying and selling these bikes will you?

Yeah right.

 
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Old 11-22-2012, 12:56 PM
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I can't ride the CX500 because my kneecaps get rammed into the heads.

Has anyone run a search on "Goldwing Supercharger"? Yep! They make a blower for the older wings. There is a sharp looking GL1000 running around where I live. I would love to own it and put that blower on it.

Also, there is also a 2-barrel carb kit that replaces the 4 original carbs, but I'd go with the blower.
 
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Old 11-22-2012, 03:24 PM
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Goldwing Supercharger"? Yep! They make a blower for the older wings.

You and Pete are two extremely bad influences on members !

How much ? ya know me


However when I get there to pick this up I plan to turn it over by hand
a few times and make sure it has good compression could be a good
reason it's been in a shed 30 years ----- cam belts !!
 


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