Buying a $700 Craigslist motorcycle 

I have dyslexia, so you didn't fool me mr.

dronus but you realized it was to screw with people

LOL, you made me laugh!

I’m almost $3k into my $500 bike.

John Fair Piu

Yeah it is fun

I bought a 1990 CBR600F1 as well, for $250.00 CAD. The registration was another $95.00 CAD, because I guess SNB felt it was worth $1600.00 or something. It was not running, had no fairings, no headlight, no mirrors, no front turn signals, and the remaining turn signals didn't work as the flasher relay was busted. The horn wires were also cut, among other wiring issues. The oil cooler was also damaged and leaking oil slightly. AKA lots of problems. I'm not going the fairing route right now, as I'm too cheap. I put another ~$110.00 CAD into supplies (so far) and have most of the missing pieces all here and ready to go. Already got it running, and fixed the oil issues with a replacement oil cooler. Headlight is on now too, along with new mirrors. Now I'm just slowly converting it into a naked/cafe/street-fighter style to make it street legal again. For real, just working on it has been a learning experience all on it's own. It's much better than buying a new bike that already works, for me at least. Painting the bike will be a future project, along with the fairings, but for now it runs and drives no problem. It's inspired my buddy to bring me on a trip to Halifax so he can buy another no-start bike for under $500.00 CAD, a 1983 CB550 Nighthawk this time. Should be a fun experience for him too. Glad I have another 600F1 brother keeping the old girls alive! Viva la Restorations hahaha

its my first year as a car mechanic. but i ask myself. can i even fix etc a motorcycle, is it a lot diff. then cars when i have full experience on cars?

GloriousChannelGaming gfdf no it’s way easier cause it’s a smaller engine and less parts

@@gloriouschannel3683 Hey man, I'm a complete noob with no training at all. I got myself a bike a year ago and learned to do a lot of work since, general maintenance and replacing the wear and tear parts (sprockets, drive chain), plus repairs in brakes, electrics, subframe, and identify and fix a small fault in the engine itself. I figure if I can get to this point with just google, you (with training and maybe access to professional tools and advice) can learn to do the whole entire bike from the ground up in way less than a year.

@@gloriouschannel3683 it's simple but a bit more expensive than auto parts, in my opinion. Due to the fact that motorcycles are considered a luxury more than practical. Other than that, they are a blast to work on! 😁👍

Not anymore. People won't sell junk bikes for less than $1000 now. So many overpriced projects that aren't even worth it for $1500.

@@cesartapia610 deals still pop up. I get a few projects per year from free to $1000.

@@TomsTinkeringandAdventures That's cool, Tom. What kind of condition are they in though? If all this stuff really needed "just a carb clean" and new battery, I don't think people would sell so cheap, given that they sell really junk for a lot more.

@@cesartapia610 I got a TW200 for way cheap, just minor maintenance required. I have cash and my truck ready, gotta be quick. Happy hunting!

did you buy it?

where do you live bro? tristate area?

@@OGES-vm2fh I live in Eastern Washington.

I bought a 2004 GS500 for $1300 and sold it $2K. I used the money to buy an 883 Sportster. So essentially I paid $1300 for my Sportser if you really think about it.

Nice. I love the nighthawk. Had that on my MSF class and wanted to buy a nighthawk one day. My battery for my Honda Grom costed me over $100. The old batter was the original battery when I bought the Grom brand new.

Wow that’s great info I m going to have to try that

This is a great idea, however there are a few cautions; Propane engines require an ignition advance of 24 degrees from the gasoline setting. If there is any water in the gasoline, propane will freeze it in the jets as propane will drop to minus 40 F when vaporizing. Since you understand oxygen displacement, you have done your homework.

@@BikesandBeards that trick can also be used to find vacuum leaks or intake manifold leaks. Move the propane hose around slowly, listen for the change in the idle and theres your leak.

Dang thanks awesome

@@BikesandBeards my buddy just bought what he that was a honda rebel 250 turns out is was a venom motorsports ghost 250 wich sales for roughly 2,700 shipped to your door in a crate it was done up with decals to look like a honda rebel he paid 3,250 for his with 1,700 miles on it

@@allensailers4055 That sucks man, your buddy got screwed.

Had 1982 750 Maxim, had it for 15 yrs, put almost 50,000 miles on it, liked a lot. Great Bike adjustable handlebars were great.

Wow that’s a lot of miles

I traded 4 dually wheels for mine

Buy this one

No you don't. It's not a charity. It's all about making as much money as possible off of every single person, and you are it!

@@mountainmandale1587 that's... What charity is

can't forget about a carb clean

Joan Mezzacappa Lmao it fixes about 10% of them. Most have Stator coils. Points, Bad engine bearings, dirty carbs, or burnt Cdi boxes which are nearly impossible to fix because once it burns one box it will keep burning each new one.

wont fix tight valves

Or u know... reverse the battery bc the neg on the pos and vice versa. Had that happen to a buddy and i give him shit still to this day

Yeah I’d say - Battery, Battery Cables, Plug(s), Wires, New Fuel, and Carb Cleaner covers 90%

haha doing this with a yamaha xv 535 virago ill be soon posting a vid when it runs with a straight pipe :) IG: ferrononferro

@@ferrononferro3941 I was going to start looking for a 535 and building a cafe racer

Ah cool do you have ig where you post ur bikes?

@@ferrononferro3941 no I don't use social media. Sorry

50% of the time!

That’s awesome. There are tons are great deals out there

I can top that one.....a few years ago while rebuilding my old vintage bike, I saw a Craigslist KZ750 LTD for $250....with "blown engine" because it would not go into gear and run...I fired it up, gave the guy $200 and loaded it on a trailer and took it home....then, removed the bent twisted chain guard, straightened it and replaced the missing chain with new sprockets and chain...then took it out to the highway and did 100 mph...not bad for a $200 bike. I redid the brakes and tires, repainted it and cafe racer'd it....rode that bike for about 2 years until my rebuild was finished....plus the KZ was showing signs of needing the cams reshimmed....sold it for $400. (Only Japanese bike I have ever owned)

I am buying a maxim for 350 Canadian tommorow and am already starting to regret it

Piana?

That’s a good deal

I did forget to mention I agreed to pay the 190 she owed in storage fees. But she did add a brand new helmet and a trickle charger .

I picked up a 2002 1200 Bandit 6 years ago for $900. It had been down on both sides, but his insurance paid for all new bodywork. He hadn't installed it yet, but it all came with the bike. It ran good, but there was some clunking in the drivetrain which I attributed to the badly rusted chain. He thought it was the tranny and I didn't argue. A couple hours to install the brand new tank, bodywork, and new chain, and it looks and runs perfectly. These old Bandits are super reliable, run great, easy to hotrod if you want, and have cheap insurance because they're not a sportbike.

Well? How'd it go?

No reply I bet he did

i think it was just for the video. if nothing else he could have sold it on ebay for a good price. i don't think yamaha made a sliding backrest so doubt it was oem.

I think sissy bars should be thrown out, period. Loved it! :-)

I love my maxim

They did nothing. Front brakes were fine. If you can, watch the video from where it was brought back to SRK. 👍👍

@@danrowley6934 Not at all what happened. They said nothing was wrong with them as a joke, you could see them dragging the bike and the front wheel was totally locked up

Sometimes you get lucky..Put some brake fluid in leave cap off ,pump slowly.

Glad we could help

Wow that Indian sounds awesome I would have bought it for 400 in a heart beat

...they should not just be thrown out, but melted down & pounded into crash bars. Theres never been any accessory more counter to a bikes classic lines than a sissy bar. However. on many of the new bikes, it would fit right in.The aerodynamic, smooth flow look is out and the crushed look is in.

How much?

Anthony_5670 I picked it up for 550$. After a new springer seat and removing both fenders and swapping all the lights it sold two weeks ago for 1200

I paid too much for mine 😣

I gave 800 for mine came with a nice helmet.

bible bashing brian washed fuck wits you both are a religion the root of all evil it kills billions

Ty Johnson so true!!! These guys are real simpletons, sad & pathetic believing & spouting their dark age lies.

Yew you are correct

Did you give up? I'm about to buy one for 200$

@@Goldenfightinglink no I rode it for about 2k miles until I got in an accident. It bent the fork a bit which was something I didn't wanna fix. I fixed the headlight and handle bars to get it riding again and sold it

@@Goldenfightinglink my new project bike is a gl1100 with a spun bearing. 😭 Haven't had much luck bc getting it running bc I need to pull the motor out of the frame