First bike ltd550

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First bike ltd550

29 Aug 2015 01:20
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hello. My name is shark. I'm 25 and live in sf Bay Area. I wouldn't normally say that but I don't feel safe saying what city I'm in. Lol damn creeps. But anyhow. I got a beat up 80 ltd550 from a buddy for about $250. It started but has a lot of problems. I'm hoping to get it going with y'all help and build a bobber.

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Re: First bike ltd550

29 Aug 2015 01:23
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Didn't really get a good pic b4 I put it on my patio

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Re: First bike ltd550

29 Aug 2015 07:25
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Welcome. Ed

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Re: First bike ltd550

29 Aug 2015 08:18
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They are really nice bikes. Why would you want to hack it up?
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Re: First bike ltd550

29 Aug 2015 11:08
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Well to me they are super ugly. The bike was somewhat dumped on me. And I'm still torn between messing with it or just selling. My dream bike is a ninja 650r which I might be able to pick up in a month or so

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Re: First bike ltd550

29 Aug 2015 11:12
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Sharkman wrote: Well to me they are super ugly. The bike was somewhat dumped on me. And I'm still torn between messing with it or just selling. My dream bike is a ninja 650r which I might be able to pick up in a month or so
If you feel that way, I wouldn't spend any time at all on it... just move it along. The Ninja, which you really want, is so radically different, there is no reason for you to hesitate on the decision.
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29 Aug 2015 11:20
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I know and I was going to do enough to get it running it ok and resell it to double or triple my money. My lady wants me to keep it since I got it for so cheap. She said it would be cool to have 2 bikes

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Re: First bike ltd550

29 Aug 2015 11:42
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This how the bike looks now. Took the carbs off to clean them and removed the gas tank and seat. The fairing is coming off as well. Don't know if I should keep going. But the project does seem like it would start off fun. I have the handle bars picked out along with eh solo seat and headlight









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29 Aug 2015 11:46
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If I put everything back together and cleaned the bike . How much could I get off a bike in this condition. It does run .

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29 Aug 2015 12:44
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Take the faring off for sure. Pics of the bike together?
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Re: First bike ltd550

29 Aug 2015 15:24
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Your best bet might be to work through the problems if you can do it cheaply, then flip it for some more $$$ for your Ninja. I answered your live lighting circuit problem, which clearly isn't being powered off the igniton switch.

Loads of bikes get hacked up but only the minority get really nicely done, doing it well probably costs more time and cash then you might think.
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Re: First bike ltd550

29 Aug 2015 15:35
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Sometimes they are out right DANGEROUS.
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