OT: just offered a new bike |
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OT: just offered a new bike |
ruddyboys |
Dec 17 2004, 04:08 PM
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Hummel eigentümer Group: Members Posts: 594 Joined: 3-March 04 From: Monroe, NY Member No.: 1,749 Region Association: North East States |
A friend has a Honda CM450 he needs to get rid of. The bike was sitting around for about a year, he got it from another friend and drove it around for 2 years. Is this bike worth fixing up?
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larryp |
Dec 17 2004, 06:52 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 311 Joined: 9-May 03 From: Greenwich CT Member No.: 675 |
First bike I ever owned was a CM400T. Same thing as that, but with 32 fewer CCs. It has a single front disk, a drum rear, it is SMALL, a two-level seat, Honda ComStar wheels, etc. I paid 1200 for it brand spanking new.
If you ride already, then you don't want it. If you are learning to ride (and don't, by the way; I tell everyone that so unless they are compelled to ride they walk away), you still don't want it. As mentioned, it will make a nice kart. But that's it. 20 year old brake lines, 20 year old seals and rubber, crap clutch, no power, bad forks, a clapped out shock. Oh, and a solid chain. Pass. If it was PERFECT it is still a piece of poo. "Fixing up"? Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! |
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