Cheep Bike Challenge <$1500 - Page 135

baldman1 · 02-27-2013, 10:10 AM

Bought for $300.00

Bought for $350.00

Got for free

Bought for $350.00

WhatThaFrig · 02-27-2013, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by baldman1

Bought for $350.00

You didn't buy that, you stole it! Great score!

jas67 · 02-27-2013, 08:00 PM

1976 CB360T, $300.

RedRocket · 02-28-2013, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by baldman1

Bought for $350.00

WTF???????

Lets hear it

mikesova · 03-01-2013, 03:13 PM

2005 T-dub. 1350$

Winter is the absolute best time to buy bikes.

_CJ · 03-01-2013, 03:23 PM

Bought one of these for $1400, the other for $1500. Not so sure my decision to sell the 4x4 and replace it with a motorcycle is saving me any money.

dhallilama · 03-02-2013, 10:23 PM

ok... some stuff that's currently in my garage

bought for way under $1500 as a complete with tons of spares, not started in over 30 years...
'67 harley xlh. ridden hard and often. it's my daily driver for months on end.

have well under a grand into this thing, whatever ya want to call it
'77 yamaha IT250, YZ jug/piston, buncha jive done to it

this old enough to count? less than $1500. my other daily driver.
'89 gsxr 750, 884cc and gobs of Yoshimura thrown at the motor. all the speed and none of the handling of new open class bikes.

i've got some other bikes too, but none that were bought complete for under $1500... more just stuff that was pieced together and ended up costing way, way more than they're worth.

Yokomo · 03-03-2013, 07:02 AM

Cool! Welcome to the site!

ben2go · 03-03-2013, 08:11 AM

That's a HD I'd actually ride.

MiteyF · 03-03-2013, 10:28 AM

^^ that's what I was thinking. Choppers/bobbers usually do NOTHING for me, but seeing a ratty vintage ride that actually gets RIDDEN is awesome. And that old GSXR is tits!

Mambo Dave · 03-03-2013, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by dhallilama

ok... some stuff that's currently in my garage

bought for way under $1500 as a complete with tons of spares, not started in over 30 years...
'67 harley xlh. ridden hard and often. it's my daily driver for months on end.

Much respect for that ride.

How would one get any of that, let alone as a complete bike, for far under $1500?

dhallilama · 03-03-2013, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by MiteyF

^^ that's what I was thinking. Choppers/bobbers usually do NOTHING for me, but seeing a ratty vintage ride that actually gets RIDDEN is awesome. And that old GSXR is tits!

Thanks... That sporty is my favorite bike by a long shot. Nimble, barely over 400lbs, simple (no batt, magneto + kick only), an absolute blast to ride.
Brakes are utter shit, even with ferrado shoes and being arced properly.
Over 100 and things get blurry from the vibration.
Grab a handful of throttle in any gear at any rpm and the wheel comes up to say hi...

The "ratty" part, though... :(
J/K... I know its not for everyone. Me, i love vintage choppers (as in the real deal)... And most anything with wheels and an engine.

Mambo Dave · 03-03-2013, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by dhallilama

Thanks... That sporty is my favorite bike by a long shot. Nimble, barely over 400lbs, simple (no batt, magneto + kick only), an absolute blast to ride.
Brakes are utter shit, even with ferrado shoes and being arced properly.
Over 100 and things get blurry from the vibration.
Grab a handful of throttle in any gear at any rpm and the wheel comes up to say hi...

The "ratty" part, though... :(
J/K... I know its not for everyone. Me, i love vintage choppers (as in the real deal)... And most anything with wheels and an engine.

Are the parts available to re-create a bike like that?

I was looking at '67 xlh's, and they don't seem raked out as much. And that super low profile seat - is that still available? or is it custom?

MiteyF · 03-03-2013, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Mambo Dave

Are the parts available to re-create a bike like that?

I was looking at '67 xlh's, and they don't seem raked out as much. And that super low profile seat - is that still available? or is it custom?

Choppers are SUPPOSED to be custom. Nowadays, a "chopper" is usually a bunch of pre-made bullshit somebody orders from a catalog and throws on a Harley, has somebody paint it candy-uber-flake purple, and then they call it a "custom" because it's not how it came from the factory.

dhallilama · 03-03-2013, 05:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mambo Dave

Are the parts available to re-create a bike like that?

I was looking at '67 xlh's, and they don't seem raked out as much. And that super low profile seat - is that still available? or is it custom?

there's nothing off the shelf on the bike; it's all hand made... triple trees, bars, seat/pan, sissy bar, oil bag, exhaust, damn near every bracket on it, all started as stock material. heavily modified frame, narrowed tank, list goes on and on.
made it all in my 100 year old carriage house, mostly in the wee hours of the morning before work, over the period of a year or two. all welding on this one is oxy/acetylene, even the aluminum.

there's a build thread on jockey journal if'n you're curious.

i'm building another... a '59 xlh, but it'll be mostly stock. i really like old harleys... but the newer ones do nothing for me. most newer bikes, for that matter. the GSXR is my newest bike and was a huge leap into
"modern" times for me. even with dirtbikes, anything past the mid 80s, meh...

02-27-2013, 08:00 PM	#2013
jas67 Studly Adventurer Joined: Oct 2011 Oddometer: 531	1976 CB360T, $300. __________________ Moto Guzzi: 2009 Moto Guzzi V7 Classic, 2006 Breva 1100 Honda: 1996 VFR750, 1990 VTR250, 1976 CB400F, 1976 CB360T, 1975 CB550, 1975 CB400F 1975 CB360T, 1974 CB350F, 1973 CL450, 1970 CL175, 1968 CL175(2), 1967 CB160(2), 1967 CL160 Yamaha: 1973 RD350

03-01-2013, 03:13 PM	#2015
mikesova Beastly Adventurer Joined: Apr 2009 Location: Gladwin, Mi Oddometer: 1,378	2005 T-dub. 1350$ Winter is the absolute best time to buy bikes. __________________ 2009 Kawasaki KLX250S 2001 Yamaha TTR125 (Wife's bike) 2005 Yamaha FZ6

03-01-2013, 03:23 PM	#2016
_CJ Kick'n it old-school Joined: Dec 2010 Location: The 719, Yo. Oddometer: 758	Bought one of these for $1400, the other for $1500. Not so sure my decision to sell the 4x4 and replace it with a motorcycle is saving me any money. __________________ 1990 DR350 1978 XS650 Scrambler http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=824521 http://youtu.be/WyMzXajM4qw http://youtu.be/8k49qhD3CwE

03-03-2013, 07:02 AM	#2018
Yokomo Gorilla Adventurer Joined: Sep 2008 Location: The Little Apple Oddometer: 1,951	Cool! Welcome to the site! __________________ bikes

03-03-2013, 10:28 AM	#2020
MiteyF Beastly Adventurer Joined: Jul 2010 Location: As NW as the US gets Oddometer: 1,006	^^ that's what I was thinking. Choppers/bobbers usually do NOTHING for me, but seeing a ratty vintage ride that actually gets RIDDEN is awesome. And that old GSXR is tits! __________________ People tell me I have a motorcycle problem. I tell them, I may have problems, but motorcycles are the solution.

02-27-2013, 10:10 AM	#2011
baldman1 n00b Joined: Jan 2013 Oddometer: 7	Bought for $300.00 Bought for $350.00 Got for free Bought for $350.00

03-02-2013, 10:23 PM	#2017
dhallilama Adventurer Joined: Apr 2012 Location: Portland, OR, USA Oddometer: 33	ok... some stuff that's currently in my garage bought for way under $1500 as a complete with tons of spares, not started in over 30 years... '67 harley xlh. ridden hard and often. it's my daily driver for months on end. have well under a grand into this thing, whatever ya want to call it '77 yamaha IT250, YZ jug/piston, buncha jive done to it this old enough to count? less than $1500. my other daily driver. '89 gsxr 750, 884cc and gobs of Yoshimura thrown at the motor. all the speed and none of the handling of new open class bikes. i've got some other bikes too, but none that were bought complete for under $1500... more just stuff that was pieced together and ended up costing way, way more than they're worth.

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