Cheep Bike Challenge <$1500

[Abdelhub]

300 bux and some elbow grease....took it 2000 miles on a trip in september from seattle to the nevada/oregon desert....had a few roadside fixes but otherwise ran great...



on the alvord dry lake bed
be careful out there,

Mike

[Abdelhub]

i try to clean up for the ladies of southeast oregon.....

[Yokomo]

Originally Posted by Abdelhub

300 bux and some elbow grease....took it 2000 miles on a trip in september from seattle to the nevada/oregon desert....had a few roadside fixes but otherwise ran great...

That's awesome! I'm envious. I wish I had the guts to take off and do that!

[SteelB12]

Hell, that's what I would probably sell mine for (if I were to part with it), but mine has 75K on it.

Originally Posted by brockmub

Couldn't pass up this 2002 Bandit 1200 that needs a lot of TLC. PO wanted $1500, I talked him down to $900. Going to be posting some questions on how to repair/upgrade this bike over in the RoadWarriors section.

[Dorzok]

Rrrrrr. Stupid tapatalk.

[jrswanson1]

1974 Honda CL360, $700


1985 Honda Nighthawk 700S, $1200


1983 Honda Magna V45, $200

[bk brkr baker]

Not in modern times, but,



$900 in '79 It's a '75 Ducati 860 GT, the way it's pictured is after I changed the look from stock-square style.



$250 in the mid 80's .1971 Ducati 450R/T



$600 in early 80's. It's a '62 Bonnieville.



$250 in '78 it's a '67 TR6 R that I made some modifications to.

I still have these. They're in my permanent collection.

[bogey78]

Originally Posted by Abdelhub

Front page material here. Great looking shot.

[blaine.hale]

Funny. I have a similar pic with a bike that I bought for I think $1400 or $1500

[zataomm]

Originally Posted by Abdelhub

300 bux and some elbow grease....

Let me know if you feel like doubling your money.

Those Tiger 750's are great bikes, congratulations of the deal of a lifetime.

[Rango]

Originally Posted by Abdelhub

300 bux and some elbow grease....took it 2000 miles on a trip in september from seattle to the nevada/oregon desert....had a few roadside fixes but otherwise ran great...



on the alvord dry lake bed
be careful out there,

Mike

I like that jacket...
...oh, and the bike of course.
Cheers

[lnewqban]

Hello everyone!

I am new to the forum, live in South Florida and I just discovered and have been fascinated with this amazing thread......... and with old bikes in general.

A couple of questions:

I can do any restoration work myself, except chroming rusted parts.
How difficult or costly is that? How do you guys do it?

In general, how to estimate the fair price for a project (or just old) bike?

Example: How much would you pay for this local Seca II?:

http://miami.craigslist.org/brw/mcy/3514069100.html

Thanks in advance

[Mambo Dave]

He needs to get rid of it.

if you're willing to do the work and chance having to get the spark plug thrads cleaned up...

Offer him $400 if the miles are low (i can't see that he stated the miles) and if everything seems good.

If it's a good bike after the head-fix, I think it'd be worth it.

For $400, you could e-bay the parts and make money I'd bet. Get it before someone else buys it for e-baying


I'm in Pomano Beach if you want me to try to look at it, not sure where you are.

Originally Posted by lnewqban

Hello everyone!

I am new to the forum, live in South Florida and I just discovered and have been fascinated with this amazing thread......... and with old bikes in general.

A couple of questions:

I can do any restoration work myself, except chroming rusted parts.
How difficult or costly is that? How do you guys do it?

In general, how to estimate the fair price for a project (or just old) bike?

Example: How much would you pay for this local Seca II?:

http://miami.craigslist.org/brw/mcy/3514069100.html

Thanks in advance

[Badjuju]

Wow! Just found this thread, so I had to put something in it. Bought this several years ago from the original owner with just over 18K on the clock for $1200(ish). Not running since approx '98 and totally gummed up in the fuel system, but otherwise appeared that it hadn't been too badly abused, chopped, wrecked, raced, stunted or anything else that usually befell these sweet little rockets. Missing a few stock parts but had all the OEM tupperware in great shape.



So, I pulled everything apart, started looking at used MC yards for some of the lost items, and completely went thru the carbs.









Got the carbs back in and tank on, addressed a few QA issues with gas leaking everywhere, freshened the brakes F&R, gave her new coolant, and put her clothes back on!







Still have some tuning to do to get the fueling right at mid- to high-RPM, but she runs pretty well with no electrical gremlins or suspension glitches.

[zap2504]

Originally Posted by Mambo Dave

He needs to get rid of it.

if you're willing to do the work and chance having to get the spark plug thrads cleaned up...

Offer him $400 if the miles are low (i can't see that he stated the miles) and if everything seems good.

If it's a good bike after the head-fix, I think it'd be worth it.

For $400, you could e-bay the parts and make money I'd bet. Get it before someone else buys it for e-baying


I'm in Pomano Beach if you want me to try to look at it, not sure where you are.

Agree completely w/Mambo Dave. Clean carbs and clear title are big pluses. This is one of the last models in the venerable Yamaha XJ series (see http://xjbikes.com/ for all things XJ - including any parts you may need from Chacal); kind of like a heavier 550 Seca with a mono-shock rear and a sport fairing. Not sure about the chrome question as this bike didn't have much (maybe something on the fork tubes?). Chrome is usually easily cleaned up by buffing. You can get parts re-chromed (you need to specify "show chrome" or 3-layer to get the proper depth) but it is not cheap.