Arizona bikes burn

[oldyzman]

Its kind of ironic,
He started a sale on 1st July 2013
http://azmikesvmxbikes.com/id75.html

Brett

[Rookie#1]

Its kind of ironic,
He started a sale on 1st July 2013
http://azmikesvmxbikes.com/id75.html

Brett

Now doesn't this inspire confidence! 

11: I ENCOURAGE YOU to get a big trailer and a huge wad of cash and DRIVE HERE IN PERSON to visually inspect each bike first. PLEASE NOTE!! NO TEST RIDES and NO STARTING OF BIKES. You may visually inspect each bike's compression, spark, appearance, mechanical control functions, etc. to your hearts content but there will POSITIVELY ABSOLUTELY be NO STARTING or RUNNING of these bikes.

[RED ALERT]

Although this fire was in Arizona, I'm sure it's not Arizona Mike's as some seem to be thinking.

[VMX247]

Although this fire was in Arizona, I'm sure it's not Arizona Mike's as some seem to be thinking.

Geez Red~~You saying there is more than one of these places in Arizona     

[ola_martin]

From the pic link above.... Please don't let what looks like a KSI have burned....

[Rossvickicampbell]

sorry guys - have to agree with those that say leave him to himself.  I don't get to ride because of work committments and have 2 bikes - am I a hoarder?  Am I the death of VMX racing, does it matter whether I have 2 or 10.  If I can't ride and want to restore bikes is that such a wrong thing.  I always thought VMX was the broader aspect - including restoring and riding.

[Andrew L]

To restore and not ride defeats the purpose of restoring they may as well have stayed a pile of shite in the corner.

[TM BILL]

The percentage of bikes that are truly NOT  for sale is very ,very small . It is far more likely ,that some people are NOT prepared to part with their money  and offer the seller a fair price .   There are plenty of VMX bikes on the market right now and the interest is very little ( unless you give them away or let people ride them for free ) . I have more than 10 looking for a good home .If the new owner wants to race them every weekend , he can  

Absolutley agree 100%  there are more VMX bikes available than there will ever be riders , the attitude that people owning and storing as many bikes as they choose is keeping others from the sport is deluded at best 

[Husky500evo]

The percentage of bikes that are truly NOT  for sale is very ,very small . It is far more likely ,that some people are NOT prepared to part with their money  and offer the seller a fair price .   There are plenty of VMX bikes on the market right now and the interest is very little ( unless you give them away or let people ride them for free ) . I have more than 10 looking for a good home .If the new owner wants to race them every weekend , he can  

Absolutley agree 100%  there are more VMX bikes available than there will ever be riders , the attitude that people owning and storing as many bikes as they choose is keeping others from the sport is deluded at best 

I couldn't agree more with these posts (and it's not very often that I totally agree with Wasp  ). It seems that a large proportion of this forum always expect a champagne quality product for a beer budget price. I have to admit that I am probably a hoarder, but if I hadn't rescued the 40 or so bikes that I own, they would mostly have ended up as landfill or thrashed to death on a saltpan by some bogan. It annoys me to see that  whenever someone advertises a tidy or desirable bike for sale at a reasonable price, the armchair experts of this forum emerge to criticise and pick it to bits. This is why I usually advertise bikes that I have for sale in the Just Bikes magazine, as it seems to avoid most of the aggravation.

[YZ250H]

I have to admit that I am probably a hoarder, but if I hadn't rescued the 40 or so bikes that I own, they would mostly have ended up as landfill or thrashed to death on a saltpan by some bogan.

One of those you saved is in my care Mark.  I love it. 

[Rossvickicampbell]

Mavman - you have to be kidding right!  Let something stay a pile of shite and disappear for ever because it won't be ridden?  Even the purests who advocate riding would say that is wrong - even in your opinion it should be the "lesser of two evils"!!

[albrid-3]

sorry guys - have to agree with those that say leave him to himself.  I don't get to ride because of work committments and have 2 bikes - am I a hoarder?  Am I the death of VMX racing, does it matter whether I have 2 or 10.  If I can't ride and want to restore bikes is that such a wrong thing.  I always thought VMX was the broader aspect - including restoring and riding.

I am a proud restorer , all projects are paid for , I have done my riding with the bikes when they where brand new in the respective era . Therefore if I need my fix to have a ride on them ( which is not often  )  I go to a property with family or friends and camp, ride, shoot  or what ever and NO politics . All this ride at all cost is only benefiting MA and nobody else . If I want to ride every weekend , I would get a new KTM and line up in the open class . Then I can see how good (or bad  ) I really am . The scores of the past are on the board and can not be changed  . We can only celebrate the era but cannot turn the clock back and rewrite history . So , hoard , restore , treasure or run them into the ground , do what you have to , as long as EVERYBODY  is allowed to do  what they love doing . 

Don't forget the buying and selling, if a person enjoys doing that, then there is no harm done.

[TM BILL]

sorry guys - have to agree with those that say leave him to himself.  I don't get to ride because of work committments and have 2 bikes - am I a hoarder?  Am I the death of VMX racing, does it matter whether I have 2 or 10.  If I can't ride and want to restore bikes is that such a wrong thing.  I always thought VMX was the broader aspect - including restoring and riding.

I am a proud restorer , all projects are paid for , I have done my riding with the bikes when they where brand new in the respective era . Therefore if I need my fix to have a ride on them ( which is not often  )  I go to a property with family or friends and camp, ride, shoot  or what ever and NO politics . All this ride at all cost is only benefiting MA and nobody else . If I want to ride every weekend , I would get a new KTM and line up in the open class . Then I can see how good (or bad  ) I really am . The scores of the past are on the board and can not be changed  . We can only celebrate the era but cannot turn the clock back and rewrite history . So , hoard , restore , treasure or run them into the ground , do what you have to , as long as EVERYBODY  is allowed to do  what they love doing . 

Don't forget the buying and selling, if a person enjoys doing that, then there is no harm done.

Dead right , if that's what butters your cracker go for it  However it becomes a standing joke when someone continually publicly states "this ones a Keeper " then promptly sells it on 

[Bitten]

So it is Arizona Mike or another collector of all things 2 wheeled?

[firko]