Motorcycles BS Thread 2.0

Digging the pink metal mullisha, that's awesome! 50cc? 80?

 

pw50 fantastic first bike




my first wipe out was on a yellow pw50, great times

 

New Tacoma World member, long time motorcycle lover here -

Here's my 1972 Suzuki GT380




It's a 3cyl 2 stroke and quite a lot of fun. I get comments asking what it is basically every time I'm at the gas station.

 

PW50. 2004-2005 the guy rebuilt the top end , replaced the clutch, rebuilt the carb and rebuilt the brakes. $650 with the training wheels.

 

I was just about to guess an H1, until I saw it was a Suzuki (I was scrolling up)

 

That is a freaking sweet bike, welcome! I love two stroke road bikes.

 

good price looks clean, solid buy!!
at that price you can easily recoup it if you ever wanted, they hold their value

 

one more month.. its going to be a long one. Im already researching parts

 

All this scrambler talk has me looking for a bike I dont need. This little gem just popped up that has my interest. My research has led me to conclude that old bikes with lots of problems that need carb work and are missing parts are more valuable than new bikes that run perfectly and need nothing.

https://denver.craigslist.org/mcy/d/wheat-ridge-1969-honda-cl350/7158369985.html

 

Yep!

 

thats the bike that I learned that I hate carbs and will never own one again.. well, mine was a 74

 

Welcome, cool bike bet it sounds great.

 

He just did the carbs so assuming it was done right I should have a little time before needing to do that. Looks like a clean bike overall.

 

kick start only, 6v battery, and a 2x4 for a seat. It was a cool bike, until I flooded the carbs at the bar after kicking a few times. Then I thought.. a FI bike wouldnt have done this to me haha

 

If you are trying to talk me out of this bike, I am listening. The caveat is you must talk me into another.

 

I like your thinking. Supermoto!

 

Oh, Im not. If you want to tinker and like carb stuff, then it might be ok. I found mine had some issues staying around 55. And stopping was another issue with front/rear drum brakes.

Like trucks, what is going to be the use of the bike? Just to get off road a little bit?

 

Yep, that's the desired use. I have the triple for my street riding. Theres some dirt in between my apartment and some of the roads that get me outta Denver without hitting highway. I love the ducati scrambler we've all been getting erections over, but as a second bike I dont need, that 8k price tag for a used one is out of the question so I am looking at older scrambler style bikes in the sub $2500 price range

 

Obligatory warmup video clip

 

That noissssse, love it. That triple sounds like almost nothing else, almost vaguely rotary sounding.