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another CL optimist

Discussion in 'Hangout Lounge' started by Polock, Mar 3, 2017.

  1. Stumplifter

    Stumplifter Well-Known Member

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    Joe, at that price we should all get two ;)
     
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    I don't even know where to start!

    "relatively new tires" - Relative to what? 1982?
    "rebuilt from the ground up" - So, handlebars, gauges and a seat?
    "converted into a cafe racer" - See above! It already looked like a café racer, so...
    "a head turner" - Maybe they're looking at all the scuff marks and greasy fingerprints.

    Sheesh!
     
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    Wow, that is really bad to even put that on line to sell....sad.

    Here is another bobber that is hitting the road before it is done...
    https://brainerd.craigslist.org/mcy/d/1982-xj-750-bobber/6548519516.html

    This one could be a good deal?
    https://madison.craigslist.org/mcy/d/1982-yamaha-maxim/6546622800.html

    Must be spring cleaning day on bobbers
    https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/dak/mcy/d/82-yamaha-maxim-bobber-project/6490844805.html

    Had to add this one...I think that seat rest is one of the hard to find parts? For the price I would get this for a parts bike...too far away :(
    https://omaha.craigslist.org/mcy/d/motorcycle-project/6549277071.html
     
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    Not for the two from Minnesota. We're in the middle of getting another 6 inches (of snow, Matti!).
     
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    Hmmmm, motocross bars, headlight that will annoy aircraft, brake light/license plate that will catch your leg, nice seat sitting up on top of the frame, foot pegs and controls in stock position. Yes sir that is a garu-damn-teed cafe racer. Other than it's not what he says it is, it's clean looking in the pictures.
     
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    Still looks better than my sort-of stock XJ :p
     
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    Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder?
     
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    It’d take a lot of beers. And whiskeys. No coke. No ice. Straight up. And no light beers either. We r talking IPA’s
     
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    Go for double IPAs and take them intravenously!
     
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    God, that's a travesty. It looks wrong on so many levels. I mean, to be fair, he seems to have executed well on his mods, but... *shudders* Awful taste, IMHO.

    Definitely an optimist.


    Oh, that poor bike :(
     

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