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I know, this being a sportbike forum, most of you will probably go EEWWWW, when you see these pictures, but I'm looking for a good starting bike, not the best looking bike.
This bike is a 1985 Honda Shadow, 500cc. It has all sorts of silly stuff on it to make it look like a Hardley Movingson. The deal is $500 as shown. The guy is also willing to throw in any of his old helmets, and he said he has a full face he can give. He also has the repair manual to throw in.
He's selling this bike because the guy got old and crippled, so he had a volkswagen trike made for him, so he rides that instead. He's just some weird guy that works at the National Guard that I met while I was going some contract work for the National Guard. He says that it had lost some power and ran a little hot before he stopped riding it. He says that a mechanic said it was a bad carb, but since he doesn't know bike mechanics well, and was having the trike built, he left it as is and tarped it for the last two years. So, maybe a little project to get running, hopefully not more than 500 dollars extra.
So, what do you guys think?? Good starter, learner bike??
(BTW, first post since the new site started. First time caller, long time listener
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EDIT: Some ugly pictures of a Honda Shadow made to look like a harley. Nothing more to see here. Deleted to save bandwidth.
This bike is a 1985 Honda Shadow, 500cc. It has all sorts of silly stuff on it to make it look like a Hardley Movingson. The deal is $500 as shown. The guy is also willing to throw in any of his old helmets, and he said he has a full face he can give. He also has the repair manual to throw in.
He's selling this bike because the guy got old and crippled, so he had a volkswagen trike made for him, so he rides that instead. He's just some weird guy that works at the National Guard that I met while I was going some contract work for the National Guard. He says that it had lost some power and ran a little hot before he stopped riding it. He says that a mechanic said it was a bad carb, but since he doesn't know bike mechanics well, and was having the trike built, he left it as is and tarped it for the last two years. So, maybe a little project to get running, hopefully not more than 500 dollars extra.
So, what do you guys think?? Good starter, learner bike??
(BTW, first post since the new site started. First time caller, long time listener
EDIT: Some ugly pictures of a Honda Shadow made to look like a harley. Nothing more to see here. Deleted to save bandwidth.