Bike talk: Motorcycle/Scooter chat thread!

[94RS]

Thinking the engine failure may happen sooner than later.


Fucking guy just tried to take off, stalled it about 8 times. Finally gets it running, and the damn thing sounds like a backed up toilet, then sets off at super high RPMs just to keep it running :lol:

 

[R13]

Sounds like it's already dying :lol:

 

[R13]

Yep. R6 boy either fell behind on payments, or killed the r6. He now has one of the early 600rr's that was basically a rebodied f4i.

 

[94RS]

Does he leave it parked outside by chance?


Free ignition switch if so :rolf:

 

[R13]

Ecu too... :rolf:

 

[94RS]

You need an ecu too? :lol:

 

[R13]

Depends.

There's no way to tell which is wrong with it. Might be the switch, might be a dead ecu. Only way to know is try one or the other until one works.

 

[94RS]

Apparently some guy on FB in the Buell group is selling an RR1000 that only has 200 miles on it... And it hasn't been started since 1990.


How do you willingly let a "1 of 50 made" bike deteriorate...

 

[R13]

I swear... unappreciative mother fuckers like that are always the ones with super rare shit like that

 

[94RS]

And he's trying to get 25k out of it.

 

[R13]

Is he by chance from one of these fucking hick states?

Hillbillies love trying to sell you FUBAR'd shit for premium prices completely ignoring the fact that they need full restorations.

 

[94RS]

Apparently NY. Which makes that even worse.... Guy says it was "garaged and covered," but I only believe half of that.

Either way, it's gonna need a full restore.... Which will be damn near impossible given that Buell doesn't exist, Harley probably doesn't stock anything for the XR1000 engine anymore, and only 50 were made to begin with 30+ years ago.

 

[R13]

It looks like it's stored in a damp ass underground basement/garage like I have and my brother's mustang almost fucking ruined because he left it down there for a year and a half. Interior was molded, brakes were rusted and almost seized up, and the paint got fucked up from all the fiberglass insulation dust that was all over it from the unfinished ceiling.

 

[94RS]

And that's on a mustang.... Now picture a bike where everything was rare when new :lol:

 

[R13]

That's also been there for 27 years

Probably an old fat bastard that can barely ride too... that's usually how it goes :lol: