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Offline Mr.E

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Re: Post a pic of your latest purchase
« Reply #4380 on: Aug 16, 2012, 00:13:23 »
Got the last part of the bike auction in today. An 86 Kawasaki en450. I dunno, bobber? Science project? Lawn art? We will see, it was only 30 bucks...


 
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Re: Post a pic of your latest purchase
« Reply #4381 on: Aug 16, 2012, 10:06:41 »
hack off th
Got the last part of the bike auction in today. An 86 Kawasaki en450. I dunno, bobber? Science project? Lawn art? We will see, it was only 30 bucks...


 

Hack off the rear and hardtail it following the angle of the frame and could be a cool bobber. lower the front a bit to decrease the rake.  For 30 bucks if the motor turns you could have a sick bobber for little $$ invested.
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Re: Post a pic of your latest purchase
« Reply #4382 on: Aug 18, 2012, 00:26:35 »
1980 gs450 for cheap and it runs.
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Offline Hoosier Daddy

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Re: Post a pic of your latest purchase
« Reply #4383 on: Aug 18, 2012, 05:37:38 »
The E-bay seller accepted my offer! Got the whole set for cheaper than the head gasket alone.
Finally going to make headway on "Rock-It's" engine.
 
 
 
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Offline Hoosier Daddy

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Re: Post a pic of your latest purchase
« Reply #4384 on: Aug 18, 2012, 05:46:26 »
Oh yeah... and the Wifey moved me up to the 21st century. This thing is INTENCE! No more "Flip Phone" for H-Daddy.... Never liked texting on a touch screen with these sausage fingers, so I got a Droid-4 with a slide out
 
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Offline Big Rich

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Re: Post a pic of your latest purchase
« Reply #4385 on: Aug 18, 2012, 07:24:54 »
Awesome score Cloyd! I may have missed it, is there a thread for it somewhere?

Hoosier, I used to have a slider Droid like that, for the same reason. I actually disliked the miniature keys for texting though, and ended up just using the touchscreen anyway. Depending on your keyboard app, there may be a "speech to text" option.
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Re: Post a pic of your latest purchase
« Reply #4386 on: Aug 18, 2012, 07:34:01 »
Hoosier- gotta love it, nice score. 

I was at a swap meet last weekend and a guy had a box filled with NIP full gasket sets for the '73 Commando.  All I needed was the primary cover gasket, but got the whole set for $30- yipeeekayaaaa!  Now I am tempted to refresh all the gaskets, lol.

Offline Mr.E

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Re: Post a pic of your latest purchase
« Reply #4387 on: Aug 18, 2012, 09:24:57 »
hack off th
Hack off the rear and hardtail it following the angle of the frame and could be a cool bobber. lower the front a bit to decrease the rake.  For 30 bucks if the motor turns you could have a sick bobber for little $$ invested.

Kinda what im thinking. Not sure about the hardtail tho. I wasn't very kind to my back when I was younger, and the roads around here are a nuisance too. Likely it will become a bobber for my wife in the coming years. Right off the bat it needs carbs, radiator, and a belt. We will see!

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Re: Post a pic of your latest purchase
« Reply #4388 on: Aug 18, 2012, 11:20:18 »
For these in yesterday for the 77. Gotta love networking with ppl at swap meets.

 

 

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Re: Post a pic of your latest purchase
« Reply #4389 on: Aug 18, 2012, 12:42:52 »
Score!
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Re: Post a pic of your latest purchase
« Reply #4390 on: Aug 18, 2012, 20:45:30 »
New gauge bracket for the Thrux- my friend is a machinist and whipped one up today- siginificantly drops the gauges and flatens them out.



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Offline Ringo

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Re: Post a pic of your latest purchase
« Reply #4391 on: Aug 18, 2012, 23:43:04 »


Picked her up yesterday.

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Re: Post a pic of your latest purchase
« Reply #4392 on: Aug 18, 2012, 23:47:26 »
Sa-weet!  I'm really Jonesin' for another sportbike.  Still hoping for a ZX10R one day...
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Post a pic of your latest purchase
« Reply #4393 on: Aug 18, 2012, 23:49:11 »
You suck. That is all

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Re: Post a pic of your latest purchase
« Reply #4394 on: Aug 19, 2012, 00:07:02 »
Wow that's a looker!

...looks like some gold-chainer is planing on blessing us with another Billet abortion. I cant wait...