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Joined: Oct 03, 2005 Posts: 1595 Location: Marshall, MI
Posted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 4:53 am Post subject:
How did we get to Homer Simpson? That is what I like about forums, you never know where you will end up. Side notes: I am going to get the title to my "junk" Yamaha YDS-3 today so...it will not be a part out bike. Second, hey Hippy Kid, I have got a 1970 Yamaha L5TA Trailmaster 100cc also. Did you know they only made the 100cc Trailmaster for one or two years max? 3. I like vending at the swap meets. You can get nuts and bull shit about bikes all day long. I have done Mid-Ohio several times. Cool! _________________ You only go around once in life, but if you do it right, once is enough!
Joined: Aug 28, 2009 Posts: 271 Location: Central IL
Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2010 8:27 pm Post subject:
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I seem to be in quite a dilemna with 62 bikes and an attic full of parts and having them worth about a bag of peanuts. Oh well, it is all fun and I made this bed so I get to sleep in it.
Steve, I just read this thread and about choked when I saw what you wrote. I have to ask if your wife sleeps in that bed too? I have five bikes and hear about it constantly. I'm betting you are a bachelor, or else you are married to a fantastic woman. I know a guy with 19 bikes in his backyard shop, and 4 more in his living room. He is, of course, a bachelor. I thought he held some kind of record, but sixty two?
A few thoughts. One is that, while the above poster has a point about passing it on to someone who will do something with it, why should I sell a bike for way less than parts, just so that it can remain intact if someone does not even value it enough to pay me a decent price. not to sound too mercenary, but you know how cheap some people can be.
I had a black bomber for sale as I need the money. No one stepped up to pay the price I was asking, which was pretty reasonable. I had a number of people wanting parts, and I knew I could part it out for more than asking price, jsut selling off the main sought after stuff. Fenders, tank, speedo etc. Not talking every little piece. So, if people are too cheap to pay what a bike is worth, then what to do. I had people offering me $300 or $700 for a pretty complete bike, including seat, tank, engine etc.
But it was so complete and restorable I didn't want to part it out if I could sell it. Thankfully, a Japanese exporter bought it, or had an employee buy it. She picked it up, paid full price, and it will be put in a container and shipped back home to japan.
Of course, there is a whole nother debate about selling things to be sent out of country, but I guess one collector and lover of old bikes is as good as another, wherever he lives.
Joined: Oct 02, 2006 Posts: 2050 Location: New Britian, CT
Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 4:44 am Post subject:
That is funny because I have people think the parts are worth peanuts because the bike is only worth X amount. They do not take into account that the part hasn't been made in over 20 years,etc. Trust me there are times that it is better to save a bike and get it running then part it out. But then this is from a guy who took a perfectly good Vetter fairing and smashed with a sledge hammer in front of a guy who thought it wasn't worth $150.00 with the mounts.
Joined: Oct 03, 2005 Posts: 1595 Location: Marshall, MI
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 6:04 am Post subject:
I would have liked to see that! I love it when a guy makes his point, and you did. I bet the guy didn't know what to think or say. Buddy, just walk away, just walk away. I remember at Mid-Ohio one year, I offered a guy too low for something at 8 AM in the morning (too early) and he went ballistic. Started yelling and screaming. Woke up the whole swap meet area and made a point to single me out as being a cheapskate. Tough game we swappers play. _________________ You only go around once in life, but if you do it right, once is enough!
I have been trying to avoid replying to this thread, but here it goes: I have to agree whole-heartedly with Mr. Chocko. As an owner of over 600 motorcycles (some show quality, some junkers we pick up out of the junkyard and everything in between) I too get tired of the lowballing cheapskates that offer you diddly for what you have. I once had a guy at work come up and say "I'd like a beginner bike for my girlfriend, something that runs real good for a couple hundred bucks...." Really? Me too! I refuse to sell anything that runs for less than $500. Here comes the hot topic....if it doesn't sell, we part it out! I know some here don't agree with that logic, but I'm not going to give it away, and if parting out 1 bike helps other people save 5 or 10 more, I feel good about it.
By the way Steve, you my friend, are by no means a cheapskate and I was certainly not implying it. But I was one of the ones that got woken up when you lowballed that guy at Mid-Ohio.....
We scrapped over 18 tons of rolling chassis, junk engines and wheels this summer. We took off most of the popular selling and valuable stuff, but the rest is recycled. Some of these parts might have sat here 10 more years, who knows. But when scrap prices went high again last summer, we moved it.
I remember about 25 years ago at the Detroit swap meet a guy had a early 70's Honda CB450 for sale. Back then, they weren't worth a whole lot - everyone wanted a cruiser and the old Jap twins and inline fours were a dime a dozen. Anyway, at the end of the day, he was asking $50 for this bike and it still didn't sell. So, they wheeled it out to the north entrance, layed it down and took a sledgehammer after it, $1 a swing.....reminds me of the Vetter fairing.
In regards to the Vetter fairing, I have to laugh. Our saying is "if it doesn't sell, I'll run over it with the John Deere!" And that my friends, has happened! _________________ Honda CB450D
´59 Benly 125 Dreamsport
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...and many more
"Yes there are two paths you can go by, but in the long run, there´s still time to change the road you´re on" Led Zeppelin
Joined: Oct 03, 2005 Posts: 1595 Location: Marshall, MI
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2010 11:35 am Post subject:
I just gave away a Honda GL1100 engine to a scrapper yesterday. Tired of tripping over it and it would probably have sat there another 10 years. Bye bye boat anchor. _________________ You only go around once in life, but if you do it right, once is enough!
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