Motorcycles BS Thread 2.0

It would have been totaled then at least

 

Run 'Em down!

 

Nooooooooo

 

Yesss. So I'm pretty sure the motor is toast. Gonna start tearing it down

 

Does it turn over?

 

My "new to me" wanna be bike

 

Kinda. I clicked the starter And it sounds rough. Should I just see if it'll start?

 

Maybe wait until you put more oil in it first.

 

do you have anything to lose at this point?

 

Already did that, lol

 

No I guess not

 

Then see if it'll start. Worst case is that it doesn't, in which case the motor's smoked and you'll have to tear it down anyway.

 

Didn't start.

Guess it's either a full rebuild or go buy a new bike

 

I can see the Craigslist ad now:
"Great bike. Low miles, ridden gently. Always performed all my own maintenance. Won't start, not sure what the problem is. Don't have time to mess with it. Asking $4k firm"

 

done this before?

 

No, but I've always bought my motorcycles used. There's a LOT of absolute shit bikes for sale on CL with descriptions like that. I especially like the "never down" description, and you get there and the plastic and muffler's fresh but the case looks like somebody took a belt sander to it.

Edit- Why am I telling you this? You've bought used bikes. You know how people are.

 

mine has only been abused slightly

 

@AR15xAR10 still looking for a supermoto to add to your stable?

One just came up for sale in the midwest, just needs a little work to get it to 100%


sucks that it happened right after the bb chris

 

Anyone recovering from Daytona?