Cheep Bike Challenge <$1500 - Page 51

Scrapvalue · 03-05-2011, 05:39 AM

A little action shot!

Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadu · 03-05-2011, 06:44 AM

Way back in late (October or so) '07 I was checkin' out the 'Other for Sale' section of another BBS I'm on, and saw this, an '81 Yamaha XS400:

That's pretty much what it looked like when we brought it home, minus the 1/2" of garage dust & dirt it had on it from sitting. The ad read '$500 OBO'. PO said it ran, but poorly and he didn't know why. I didn't care, it was clean (relatively speaking, meaning no rust or pits in the chrome), complete, came with a box of miscellaneous spare parts, and I needed a bike on which I could teach my now-wife how to ride. We loaded it up in my truck without so much as a test ride and I traded the guy a Springfield 1911A1 wide-body for it, straight up.

Got it home, cleaned it up super-duper good, bought a new battery, put fresh gas in it.

Tried to start it up and it would chug-a-lug for a few revs then die. I ripped into it and found one of the dual carbs looked like this:

I went to a race board I'm on and asked if this could be fixed, or did I need to source a new carb body. More than half the respondents told me that cheap, early '80s, Japanese pot metal can't be welded. A fabricator I know in N. Ga. (honestly, the best welder I've ever seen or heard about) got on there and took it as a challenge that he could fix it. So we drove up there, and for free, just the bragging rights, he fixed it. He got it to look like this:

Put it all back together and she ran like a top after I dialed in the float height and all that.

My wife and I both rode that bike on and off for all of 2008 (about 1,500 miles) until December '08 when she bought her current ride, a 2008 Ninja 250. It was a great trainer bike for her and we sold it to a kid for $800 in the early spring of '09.

Swillmongrel · 03-29-2011, 12:17 PM

This was a long time ago (early '90s) but the mid '70s Yamaha TX500 my buddy is standing next to was purchased at a garage sale for $35. My '82 GPZ550 was pretty high buck, I paid $800 for it. We rode them from Minneapolis to Washington D.C. and back. I have tons more to post when I can find the pictures. Out of 15 or so bikes, I've only paid more than $1000 maybe three times, the most paid being $3000.

rudolf35 · 03-29-2011, 03:29 PM

After lurking in this thread I finally get to join! I picked this little one up for $1,200!

A 1986 K75S in drive home condition. At this time the bike on the way back to running order after having repaired the body damage and giving it a good going over.

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Yokomo · 03-29-2011, 03:32 PM

old lookin bike that still looks good!

Big Red One · 03-29-2011, 06:41 PM

I need to get some better pictures, but here's my $1000 1984 VF700, the most expensive bike I've ever bought:

and my $900 XR600R:

I don't have pictures of my pristine $600 Kawasaki KZ550LTD or the $250 CSR250 I got from a buddy.

Draechon · 03-30-2011, 07:37 AM

Am I insane? I have a fondness for weird things. I didn't know where else to ask this, but I saw this ad for a crazy bike this morning. It's a semi-cafe racer bike that is really odd, but it's picking away at my senses and I'm thinking of offering the guy $400. If I got it, I probably would just get one of those DS all-in-one digital cluster unit things, fix the oil leak and the rough idle (maybe just a bad tune with the "rebuilt carbs" and "ported intake"), sort out the swingarm/rear brake thing later.

I have a 1992 Yamaha FZR 600 with a 1998 FZR 600 motor and wiring harness. Small oil leak, idles ruff, no upper fairing or cluster, toggle switch ignition, no rear seat , back rim is off a 2000 suzuki katana 600 to make it easier to buy tires, rear brake removed, extended 6", flipped clip ons, lowered 2.5" in front, ported intake, carbs just rebuilt. lost title so sold with bill of sale, asking $550 or best offer. Just got laid off, first reasonable offer takes it. well over 2 grand invested. text or call [omitted] for questions.

red450 · 03-30-2011, 07:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rudolf35

After lurking in this thread I finally get to join! I picked this little one up for $1,200!

A 1986 K75S in drive home condition. At this time the bike on the way back to running order after having repaired the body damage and giving it a good going over.

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Man, I wish I had this kind of luck when I was looking for a K75 before I got my SECA II. Beautiful!

Mgbgt89 · 03-30-2011, 06:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Draechon

Am I insane? I have a fondness for weird things. I didn't know where else to ask this, but I saw this ad for a crazy bike this morning. It's a semi-cafe racer bike that is really odd, but it's picking away at my senses and I'm thinking of offering the guy $400. If I got it, I probably would just get one of those DS all-in-one digital cluster unit things, fix the oil leak and the rough idle (maybe just a bad tune with the "rebuilt carbs" and "ported intake"), sort out the swingarm/rear brake thing later.

I have a 1992 Yamaha FZR 600 with a 1998 FZR 600 motor and wiring harness. Small oil leak, idles ruff, no upper fairing or cluster, toggle switch ignition, no rear seat , back rim is off a 2000 suzuki katana 600 to make it easier to buy tires, rear brake removed, extended 6", flipped clip ons, lowered 2.5" in front, ported intake, carbs just rebuilt. lost title so sold with bill of sale, asking $550 or best offer. Just got laid off, first reasonable offer takes it. well over 2 grand invested. text or call [omitted] for questions.

That thing just REEKS of stolen to me. No title, Missing easily sold parts, toggle switch igntion, etc.

red450 · 03-30-2011, 07:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mgbgt89

That thing just REEKS of stolen to me. No title, Missing easily sold parts, toggle switch igntion, etc.

+1 Definitely run the VIN.

Blackshirt · 03-31-2011, 03:24 PM

I bought this '81 Honda CB750F for $550 in 1990. It had under 5K on the odometer and was running well. It cost me another thousand bucks to get it the way I wanted it, but I rode it for 10 years with hardly a problem.

lake_harley · 04-08-2011, 03:47 PM

Just brought home today....$250.00....1982 Yamaha 750 SECA

Front brake problem (cable operated front master cylinder), carbs will need to be cleaned/rebuilt for sure (standard procedure isn't it?), sticking clutch plates, and who knows what else.

The longer I look at it, the more I like it

, Veg-O-Matic wheels and all!

Lynn

nedodjija · 04-09-2011, 05:13 PM

I got this today for $1000 and my AK47 plus 500 rounds. The total is $1600, which is $100 more than the limit, but since I am the creator of the thread, here she is:

Egodriver71 · 04-09-2011, 07:20 PM

DAMN good $1600 investment there!!!!

PJungnitsch · 04-09-2011, 08:18 PM

Wow, that's crazy good.

I bought this 1982 Yamaha Vision in 1987 for $1350.00. Went to Canadian Tire and got side bags and a helmet, leathers (of a kind) at Sears, bungeed my old backpack to the gas tank, wrapped my camping gear in a feed sack and a garbage bag and spent 5 months crossing Canada with it.

Rode it every summer after that until it blew up in 2004, then sold the parts for $1000.00 on ebay.

03-05-2011, 05:39 AM	#751
Scrapvalue Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Feb 2007 Location: Petoskey, Michigan Oddometer: 140	A little action shot! Attached Images __________________ I ain't scared, just a little concerned about my personal well being, that's all! There's a fine line between COURAGE and STUPIDITY!

03-05-2011, 06:44 AM	#752
Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadu 1 Less Car Joined: Nov 2010 Location: Road Atlanta, GA Oddometer: 227	Way back in late (October or so) '07 I was checkin' out the 'Other for Sale' section of another BBS I'm on, and saw this, an '81 Yamaha XS400: That's pretty much what it looked like when we brought it home, minus the 1/2" of garage dust & dirt it had on it from sitting. The ad read '$500 OBO'. PO said it ran, but poorly and he didn't know why. I didn't care, it was clean (relatively speaking, meaning no rust or pits in the chrome), complete, came with a box of miscellaneous spare parts, and I needed a bike on which I could teach my now-wife how to ride. We loaded it up in my truck without so much as a test ride and I traded the guy a Springfield 1911A1 wide-body for it, straight up. Got it home, cleaned it up super-duper good, bought a new battery, put fresh gas in it. Tried to start it up and it would chug-a-lug for a few revs then die. I ripped into it and found one of the dual carbs looked like this: I went to a race board I'm on and asked if this could be fixed, or did I need to source a new carb body. More than half the respondents told me that cheap, early '80s, Japanese pot metal can't be welded. A fabricator I know in N. Ga. (honestly, the best welder I've ever seen or heard about) got on there and took it as a challenge that he could fix it. So we drove up there, and for free, just the bragging rights, he fixed it. He got it to look like this: Put it all back together and she ran like a top after I dialed in the float height and all that. My wife and I both rode that bike on and off for all of 2008 (about 1,500 miles) until December '08 when she bought her current ride, a 2008 Ninja 250. It was a great trainer bike for her and we sold it to a kid for $800 in the early spring of '09. __________________ 2009 Suzuki DR-Z400S 2007 Aprilia SR50R Factory 2005 Yamaha FZ-6

03-29-2011, 12:17 PM	#753
Swillmongrel Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Apr 2005 Location: Oceanside, CA Oddometer: 109	This was a long time ago (early '90s) but the mid '70s Yamaha TX500 my buddy is standing next to was purchased at a garage sale for $35. My '82 GPZ550 was pretty high buck, I paid $800 for it. We rode them from Minneapolis to Washington D.C. and back. I have tons more to post when I can find the pictures. Out of 15 or so bikes, I've only paid more than $1000 maybe three times, the most paid being $3000. __________________ 1983 Moto Guzzi LeMans III 1981 Moto Guzzi Monza 1964 Ducati 250 Monza 5 speed project 1963 Ducati 250 Scrambler 4 speed project

03-29-2011, 03:29 PM	#754
rudolf35 Warped & Twisted Mind Joined: Jun 2008 Location: Arlington, TX Oddometer: 713	Finnaly get to join this club, K75 $1,200 After lurking in this thread I finally get to join! I picked this little one up for $1,200! A 1986 K75S in drive home condition. At this time the bike on the way back to running order after having repaired the body damage and giving it a good going over. . . __________________ 2012 H-D Nightrod, 2005 H-D FXDC-I, 1999 Jeep Sahara, 1998 H-D XL1200S, 1973 Honda CL350 K5, 1971 BMW R60/5

03-29-2011, 06:41 PM	#756
Big Red One If yer gonna be one... Joined: Mar 2006 Location: Helena, Montana Oddometer: 184	I'll play... I need to get some better pictures, but here's my $1000 1984 VF700, the most expensive bike I've ever bought: and my $900 XR600R: I don't have pictures of my pristine $600 Kawasaki KZ550LTD or the $250 CSR250 I got from a buddy. __________________ I don't understand people. Fortunately, I don't really need to.

03-29-2011, 03:32 PM	#755
Yokomo Gorilla Adventurer Joined: Sep 2008 Location: The Little Apple Oddometer: 1,951	old lookin bike that still looks good!

03-31-2011, 03:24 PM	#761
Blackshirt Adventurer Joined: Mar 2011 Location: Waldheim, Louisiana Oddometer: 31	I bought this '81 Honda CB750F for $550 in 1990. It had under 5K on the odometer and was running well. It cost me another thousand bucks to get it the way I wanted it, but I rode it for 10 years with hardly a problem. __________________ "I'd rather be ashes than dust..."

04-08-2011, 03:47 PM	#762
lake_harley Studly Adventurer Joined: May 2009 Location: Uniontown, MO Oddometer: 614	Just brought home today....$250.00....1982 Yamaha 750 SECA Front brake problem (cable operated front master cylinder), carbs will need to be cleaned/rebuilt for sure (standard procedure isn't it?), sticking clutch plates, and who knows what else. The longer I look at it, the more I like it, Veg-O-Matic wheels and all! Lynn Attached Images lake_harley screwed with this post 04-08-2011 at 06:12 PM

04-09-2011, 05:13 PM	#763
nedodjija ^OP Studly Adventurer Joined: Nov 2008 Location: Pocatello ID Oddometer: 606	I got this today for $1000 and my AK47 plus 500 rounds. The total is $1600, which is $100 more than the limit, but since I am the creator of the thread, here she is: Attached Images __________________ Stroms will invade Poland

04-09-2011, 07:20 PM	#764
Egodriver71 Rider of something Joined: Nov 2009 Location: Jacksonville, FL Oddometer: 1,188	DAMN good $1600 investment there!!!! __________________ Thomas Mann Jacksonville, FL NFL TOR map 1930 Indian 101 Scout (the first bike)(still in the garage) 1986 Yamaha Radian (first modern bike)(sold) 1996 Kawasaki Vulcan 500 (the wife's problem child)(sold) 1996 Kawasaki Eliminator 600 (the wife's 'bad' girl) 1999 Kawasaki Concours (the Warbird)

04-09-2011, 08:18 PM	#765
PJungnitsch Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Mar 2006 Location: Edmonton, Alberta Oddometer: 352	Wow, that's crazy good. I bought this 1982 Yamaha Vision in 1987 for $1350.00. Went to Canadian Tire and got side bags and a helmet, leathers (of a kind) at Sears, bungeed my old backpack to the gas tank, wrapped my camping gear in a feed sack and a garbage bag and spent 5 months crossing Canada with it. Rode it every summer after that until it blew up in 2004, then sold the parts for $1000.00 on ebay.

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