Posted: Sat Aug 08, 2009 10:57 pm
The highest seller at the auction were a couple Indian Chiefs. When I was there on Thursday, there was a guy down on his hands and knees with a clipboard and an inspection mirror by one of the Indians. He wasn't going to bid on a pig in a poke.
The rest had a lot of suspicion. There were an awful lot of bikes with no paperwork.
And I really blew it on the Jawa speedway bikes. I could have had one for a little over 2 grand. I would probably never even start it. Either leave it original or polish it. One of those is like having an old wire wheeled Indy Car. They represent an era, in this case not over yet.
When I talked to the "owner" of the CBX, I knew it smelled funny. He had supposedly paid $500 to get the carbs cleaned, rebuilt, and synchronized. When he installed them, they had inter-carb leaks. How do you synchronize off the bike? I thought that was done running.
The rest had a lot of suspicion. There were an awful lot of bikes with no paperwork.
And I really blew it on the Jawa speedway bikes. I could have had one for a little over 2 grand. I would probably never even start it. Either leave it original or polish it. One of those is like having an old wire wheeled Indy Car. They represent an era, in this case not over yet.
When I talked to the "owner" of the CBX, I knew it smelled funny. He had supposedly paid $500 to get the carbs cleaned, rebuilt, and synchronized. When he installed them, they had inter-carb leaks. How do you synchronize off the bike? I thought that was done running.