I can't believe this S#@$!!

Bikegeezer · Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 5:43 pm Post subject: I can't believe this S#@$!!

So I go to a meeting of my local Gold Wing nuts club today. It's held in a vacant building owned by Bob Parsons (Mr. Go Daddy) who owns six different dealerships in town. They just moved out of this building and spread the various dealerships to three other buildings. On the ground floor, there is a pile of old bikes with tags on them indicating they were abandoned by their owners and discovered in the shop when they cleaned it out. Among that pile is a 1972 Honda CL350 in absolutely pristine condition with 1293 miles on it. I mean, not a single blemish. The control switches are still shiny black. All original gray cables are like new. Chrome, paint, and mufflers are flawless. OMG

So I start asking the service manager...err, what's the story on those bikes on the ground floor? I figured I'd run to the shop and offer the sales manager $1,500 for it. He says, You can forget about the scrambler. That's mine. A guy showed up at the shop wanting to get rid of it, so the boss took it. I asked about it, and he gave it to me. I was like a deer in the headlights. Still can't believe it. The new owner plans to use it for commuting to work. It'll get treated right, but not by me. Boohoo

Stu

dorT500 · Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 6:12 pm Post subject:

I can't stop shaking my head....I guess I will have to go stick it in a vise for a few minutes. shake

butch8231 · Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 6:23 pm Post subject:

WOW!!!

Russell · Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 7:07 pm Post subject:

I know it's a dog eat dog world out there, and I have a soft liberal underbelly, but wasn't there a point where some-one might have said to the PO of that bike. "Hey...there are people out there who would just love to have your machine in their shed. They would cherish it as much as you have.They'd be very happy to pay a fair price for it."

I read Bikegeezers detailed guidance to other old bike lovers avidly, one for the knowledge I gain but secondly because a fundamental decency towards others shines through.I enjoy the values that seem to be part of his contributions to the forum.

I like a bargain as much as the next person but c'mon!

Bikegeezer · Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2011 9:57 pm Post subject:

Does this mean you'll buy me a red deer meat pie next time I'm over there? LOL.
I agree. Someone might have told that guy what he had. But this dealership is one of those fancy, shmancy bike boutiques where the boss, the salesmen, and all the mechanics are under 40. It's possible that none of them actually realized there's a market for old bikes like that. I just wish I'd been there when the guy brought the bike in. It'd be in my garage now, and the owner would be a bit richer.

Stu

650hardtail · Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2011 7:39 am Post subject:

i had the h2 out last weekend and stopped by my neighbors...a guy there said he knows where there is a bike that looks like that
at his friends house under a tarp in the yard..and the guy doesnt know how to fix it....
waiting anxiously to hear back about it...lol

Russell · Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 2:07 pm Post subject:

Stu...if you make it out here on a bike venison pie's are easy,you should also try the Mussels at Havelock,Whitebait fritters at Hokitika,sausages at Tuatapere,oysters at Bluff,Wallaby pie at Waimate and Fish'n'Chips at Akaroa. To do that you'd pretty much circumnavigate the South island and as Henry Cole discovered recently that is a ride that would be hard to be disappointed with.
Actually up here in the North Island is pretty special on a bike as well but the South is something else again!