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Title: Bargain VMX Bike
Post by: Simo63 on December 14, 2014, 09:23:26 pm
Was out riding with a couple of mates today (on modern bikes) and a few newbies to the group.  During one of our rest stops one of the newbies piped up that he just bought an 85 CR125 of a guy down the road for the princely sum of ....



wait for it ...






$4.

Yep, $4.  He also got a spare one the guy had bought years ago for some parts.  Put fuel in it and it fired up on the 3rd kick.  Runs like a charm he says.

I asked him about magnesium corrosion and water in the gearbox ... nope, no such problem apparently.  So I offered to buy it from him for a 250% profit margin :)

Any other stories like that?
Title: Re: Bargain VMX Bike
Post by: Lozza on December 14, 2014, 10:14:16 pm
Bargain him down from $5?
Title: Re: Bargain VMX Bike
Post by: shelpi on December 15, 2014, 06:08:19 pm
Back when I was a Water tech went to do a service and noticed on old bike under a tarp leaning up against a shed, so when I was doing the paper work with the client I says so whats the old bike and what are you going to do with ? he say itsa CZ and was going to throw it down the dump :o :'( :-X :-\ :P ??? :o >:( :( any who held me composure and loaded it onto the work ute :) :) :D :D ;D ;D and taked it home
Title: Re: Bargain VMX Bike
Post by: Tim754 on December 15, 2014, 06:25:04 pm
Found another... SL125 wreck for parts last Monday, local, negotiated it for $40. Noticed a very overgrown 10ft by 5ft tandem axle tipping trailer in the blokes yard too. Yep I asked , to receive the reply it be say to me 'Yeah $40 ......  Took the deal not realizing the fella was going to pay me the $40 bucks as was to him a good deal to "get rid of those pieces of crap in the backyard!!!) ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Bargain VMX Bike
Post by: g465b on December 15, 2014, 08:28:37 pm
 described as his old XL500 paddock basher and he wanted two cartons of beer for it, for $88 done alright, vinduro ?.(http://[URL=http://s1284.photobucket.com/user/gbankier/media/IMG_8570_zps5aef4315.jpg.html][img width=800 height=532]http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a561/gbankier/IMG_8570_zps5aef4315.jpg)[/URL](http://i1284.photobucket.com/albums/a561/gbankier/IMG_8570_zps5aef4315.jpg) (http://s1284.photobucket.com/user/gbankier/media/IMG_8570_zps5aef4315.jpg.html)[/img]
Title: Re: Bargain VMX Bike
Post by: FourstrokeForever on December 16, 2014, 08:49:01 am
Some people get all the luck.....