Well, I had a line on a couple of different 75's that I had high interest in in the last few days.
One, I took a fellow member on this forum up on his offer to go inspect one in Colorado that seemed to good to be true. Gut instinct was correct and it was a bit of a bust...mileage didnt equal clues on the actual bike (read different speedo installed most likely).
Had another I was pursuing on eBay over in Pennsylvania talked into a price of $4600'ish (reserve wasn't met yet but via phone we settled on a price), wasn't perfect but certainly a worthy contender. Only thing I was hemming and hawing on was it had a tank liner in it, I only found this out by my insistence he have a look in tank for rust or liner. It had a reddish tinted/clearish liner in it....this spooked me a bit, not gonna lie. Tales of Mailman's unfortunate situation still linger in my mind...
Well, in my deliberation (dragging my feet?)...I see the bid went up to $5,000 and reserve is met...I'm out.
Ideally I'd really like to find a survivor, there has to be one out there somewhere. I hate when I get this itch and get on the hunt for something specific...kinda becomes an obsession.
Just came on here to vent, thanks for listening....the hunt continues.
One, I took a fellow member on this forum up on his offer to go inspect one in Colorado that seemed to good to be true. Gut instinct was correct and it was a bit of a bust...mileage didnt equal clues on the actual bike (read different speedo installed most likely).
Had another I was pursuing on eBay over in Pennsylvania talked into a price of $4600'ish (reserve wasn't met yet but via phone we settled on a price), wasn't perfect but certainly a worthy contender. Only thing I was hemming and hawing on was it had a tank liner in it, I only found this out by my insistence he have a look in tank for rust or liner. It had a reddish tinted/clearish liner in it....this spooked me a bit, not gonna lie. Tales of Mailman's unfortunate situation still linger in my mind...
Well, in my deliberation (dragging my feet?)...I see the bid went up to $5,000 and reserve is met...I'm out.
Ideally I'd really like to find a survivor, there has to be one out there somewhere. I hate when I get this itch and get on the hunt for something specific...kinda becomes an obsession.
Just came on here to vent, thanks for listening....the hunt continues.