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Why I'm glad I didn't buy an old bike.

Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 1:57 pm
by tim
Was driving the family wagon yesterday. Saw a guy on a cool looking old bike and detoured to check it out.

Having a 30 year old fiat 124 Sports in my youth I know full well the pitfalls of badly maintained "classic" vehicles.

I pull up to the lights just before him, put the window down, turn the radio down and look across to the left.

Up he SPLATTERS his old Honda400, roughly stalls, mutters to himself, swears and sits waiting for the lights.

Lights turn green and he starts the bike IN GEAR and catapults off again.

:D

Re: Why I'm glad I didn't buy an old bike.

Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 2:50 pm
by mike-s
sounds like he needs to clean his carbs out a bit,

Re: Why I'm glad I didn't buy an old bike.

Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 7:31 pm
by Gosling1
its just a clutch cable thats snapped........nothing at all really. Easy fixed...

Was it a twin or a 4-cyl 400 ??? Twins are boring as batshit......but a 400/4 is worth good money these days in good nick.

8)

Re: Why I'm glad I didn't buy an old bike.

Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 8:52 pm
by gpxpunk
your youth Tim, damn old are you dude???? haha

Re: Why I'm glad I didn't buy an old bike.

Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:45 pm
by tim
gpxpunk, 30 in a few months :shock:

:cry:

Dunno if it was a twin or a 4 :? at least now I know what I have to look for to sound intelligent when telling stories about bikes :) now I just gotta learn what a 4 looks like - i know a twin, that's what my bike is

Re: Why I'm glad I didn't buy an old bike.

Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 11:51 pm
by timmyrocks
sound????

Re: Why I'm glad I didn't buy an old bike.

Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 5:01 am
by mike-s
if more brupbupbup its a twin, if a bit more sewing machiney, a 4.Also do what i do if i can pick a bikes manufacturer but not the specific model from a pic and go wade through www.bikepics.com.

Re: Why I'm glad I didn't buy an old bike.

Posted: Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:08 am
by tim
I think it was a 4 ;)