So, it's like this. I've been looking at Craigslist for a month or two looking for a simple air cooled 80s ujm to wrench on. I've always enjoyed wrenching, as long as it wasn't my daily driver, and my kids love to learn and help where they can. It's taken a month or two because everyone in DFW seems to think their rusted out, sat in a field 20 years, never had a title, not stolen, hunk of crap is worth at least 2k. The few good deals I found were gone by the time I made contact.
Last night, an ad for a cb500 came up at a reasonable price. No picture, email only. Email sent. Super great guy calls me back says it's a good candidate for reviving, plus he has a bunch of spare parts.
Let me find a trailer and I'll be there in a hour.
What you see in the pictures is a vstrom, surrounded by a 71cb500, another cb500 frame, engine and rear end. An 82 cb900 basket case, and enough parts to finish all three with a lot of extra parts left over. It's all rough, but most looks salvageable. I'm going to spend the next few evenings going through everything and trying to figure out what path to take. I may use this thread to document progress or happenings.
I wanted a project, and got a new occupation!
So, uh... What's next? Anyone in the Arlington that knows what this stuff is worth want to earn a beer or three and help me decide?
I'd like to have at least one rideable motorcycle at the end, and thought about selling off the pieces that I won't need to fund that, but the more I think about it, it I can get two or all three, why not?
Last night, an ad for a cb500 came up at a reasonable price. No picture, email only. Email sent. Super great guy calls me back says it's a good candidate for reviving, plus he has a bunch of spare parts.
Let me find a trailer and I'll be there in a hour.
What you see in the pictures is a vstrom, surrounded by a 71cb500, another cb500 frame, engine and rear end. An 82 cb900 basket case, and enough parts to finish all three with a lot of extra parts left over. It's all rough, but most looks salvageable. I'm going to spend the next few evenings going through everything and trying to figure out what path to take. I may use this thread to document progress or happenings.
I wanted a project, and got a new occupation!
So, uh... What's next? Anyone in the Arlington that knows what this stuff is worth want to earn a beer or three and help me decide?
I'd like to have at least one rideable motorcycle at the end, and thought about selling off the pieces that I won't need to fund that, but the more I think about it, it I can get two or all three, why not?