What's the worst bike...
- Jeff.Saunders
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5-6 years ago I get a call from an older person wanting to sell a gold wing cheap. He did say it was rough from being outside for a few years...
...$100 is cheap even for a rough goldwing - so my son and I load up the trailer and go look. His house is a run down farm building surrounded by worse condition shacks. He leads us back past a couple of collapsed buildings and points to this bike embedded in the ground. All you see less than half the bike above ground. According to the owner it was parked up about 10 years previous and fell on it's side and stayed there. We opted to leave it... I wish we could have given it a full burial...
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Michael
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These pics have been described as like a where's Waldo sort of thing before.
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edit: I don't know why the second pic won't show up automatically
Andy
Akron, Ohio
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78 KZ 1000 A2
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76 KZ 900 The definition of a barn find
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KZ 750 times 3, KZ 650 times 8 Sold 1 down to 7
KZ 550 times 2 80 440LTD-Sold
81 CSR 305-Sold 81 Yamaha XS650 Special
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You should have tried the PEANUT OIL on that one!!
Look good as new in no time. :laugh:
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Andy
Akron, Ohio
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76 KZ 900 The definition of a barn find
76 KZ 900-Sold gone to Denmark
KZ 750 times 3, KZ 650 times 8 Sold 1 down to 7
KZ 550 times 2 80 440LTD-Sold
81 CSR 305-Sold 81 Yamaha XS650 Special
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the motors insides look brand new....
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Hey Geoff, I somehow think I may need a bit more than peanut oil to bring this one back. But can I suggest a new avatar for you?
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82 Suzuki GS 1100
74 Yamaha RD 350 (My two stroke toy)
77 Kawasaki KZ 650B-1 (My putt around bike)
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i have a 11/73 z1e in my shed /shop right now that had been in a fire then left outside for 9 yrs....i really wish i'da taken a picture before i took it apart...hindsight...even the coils and the nylon worm drive that the clutch cable hook onto were melted....tires cooked...grommets baked ect...it was in a garrage with a whole group of kz's when the garrage burned..i was told that a while later the owner passed and the bike was pushed under a tree for years....
the motors insides look brand new....
Craig is there any chance they were deep frying a turkey with peanut oil in the garage that burnt down
These clowns had a major fire and a firefighter got hurt during this stunt on a local radio station last month. Criminal charges are pending on the DJ that did this. Thats right "peanut oil" did this
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73 Kawasaki Z1
07 HD CVO Ultra Classic
82 Suzuki GS 1100
74 Yamaha RD 350 (My two stroke toy)
77 Kawasaki KZ 650B-1 (My putt around bike)
80 Indian Moped (My American Iron)
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75 Suzuki GT550
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79 RD 400 Daytona Special
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74 Honda QA 50
Tampa FL
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I am going to hit that old airbox again tonight and if I have any oil left I will fry some chicken for my dinner.
Thanks for the avatar Andy- pretty cool! I won't use it though because you guys will think that I have shares in a peanut farm. [/url]
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I was told there was a low mileage 350 Honda SuperSport near me.
I went to check it out and it had been sitting in a pine grove 20+years. The chain had rusted and i had to winch it onto the trailer.
I gave the owner 10 bucks for it.
I parted it out on eBay and i forget what i made but it was around $750.00. The tank went for $250.00. :woohoo:
The front forks brought about the same and the exhaust brought over a hundred. Roy
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Back to the subjest.
I was told there was a low mileage 350 Honda SuperSport near me.
I went to check it out and it had been sitting in a pine grove 20+years. The chain had rusted and i had to winch it onto the trailer.
I gave the owner 10 bucks for it.
I parted it out on eBay and i forget what i made but it was around $750.00. The tank went for $250.00. :woohoo:
The front forks brought about the same and the exhaust brought over a hundred. Roy
Is that so? I have a friend that has a Honda 350 four that is in the condition Jeff spoke of. I have looked at the bike extensively thinking the same thing but I did not think anything was salvageable on the bike. And it is complete. I could probably get the bike for 10 bucks to. I may have to take another look at it now that I know what some of the parts are worth. You got me thinking now
73 Kawasaki Z1
07 HD CVO Ultra Classic
82 Suzuki GS 1100
74 Yamaha RD 350 (My two stroke toy)
77 Kawasaki KZ 650B-1 (My putt around bike)
80 Indian Moped (My American Iron)
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Long Gone
75 Suzuki GT550
74 GT 380
79 RD 400 Daytona Special
72 Honda CL 175
74 Honda QA 50
Tampa FL
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