Everyone's buildin a bobber, then they want a 200% profit on their POS

[The Buddha]

One thing these fools have not got into their thick skulls ... other than the fact that they are not metal magicians and their garbage aint worth squat ... turning heads is almost always bad if it is in general populace. Most of the population doesn't know one bike from another. They will glaze over most of it ... park a Duc 916 next to a GS500 and 99% of the people cant tell the difference after walking past ... however park one of these stretched and slammed Green painted Busa's and they instantly know someone been ducking wiht it a lot. They think it must have cost a lot of $ and they do look at it, they know its out of the normal ...

Throw in a ratty a$$ "bopper" in the mix and they definetly know someone has been shopping for bike parts @ the scrap heap and know he dont have the scratch to build that busa, or he would have.

Turning heads is a good way to tell people you have more $$$ than common sense ... or neither.

Cool.
Buddha.

[ryott52]

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/mcy/2659570790.html

How many companies build Harley engine clones? And how many go out of business within two or three years?

[BrianKD]

How many people boast or whine or guilt-trip in their Craigslist ad about how much money they spent in new parts?

http://scranton.craigslist.org/mcy/2667193068.html

At least he didn't whip out the "My loss is your gain" line.

[uninhibited]

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/mcy/2659570790.html

How many companies build Harley engine clones? And how many go out of business within two or three years?

Holy handlebars Batman 

How many people boast or whine or guilt-trip in their Craigslist ad about how much money they spent in new parts?

http://scranton.craigslist.org/mcy/2667193068.html

At least he didn't whip out the "My loss is your gain" line.

But it is nicely personalised by the phone number 

[The Buddha]

Why do people write the number in letters ?
To avoid being called ?
To avoid being called by non english speakers ?

To avoid being called by people too stupid to read that "two" and know it means 2 ... oops that eliminates their target market.

As an aside ...

I love seeing the phrase "will not ship" yea you fool, people are falling all over themselves to ship this trash after paying you exorbitant $ you are asking to wherever and pay shipping too.

Cool.
Buddha.

[BrianKD]

Choo! Choo! Here comes the My-loss-is-your-gain-train!

http://allentown.craigslist.org/mcy/2611049217.html
http://allentown.craigslist.org/mcy/2601868604.html
http://allentown.craigslist.org/mcy/2629443681.html
http://allentown.craigslist.org/mcy/2629443681.html

She's coming into Shady Station carrying boxcars filled with of bills-of-sales, bad investments, out-of-state owners and "let's meet at the bank and you can deposit the money"

[uninhibited]

^^ You forgot to mention "Would consider firearms as a partial trade."

[ryott52]

I don't know about y'all but I always try and throw in a free used firearm with every purchase of a vehicle with no title. What could possibly go wrong?

[redhawkdancing]

http://uglyassbikes.net/   

[ryott52]

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/mld/mcy/2640676853.html

Nothing quite like a modified fuel system...

[dohabee]

Why do people write the number in letters ?
To avoid being called ?
To avoid being called by non english speakers ?

To avoid being called by people too stupid to read that "two" and know it means 2 ... oops that eliminates their target market.

As an aside ...

I love seeing the phrase "will not ship" yea you fool, people are falling all over themselves to ship this trash after paying you exorbitant $ you are asking to wherever and pay shipping too.

Cool.
Buddha.

I think the purpose is to fool the automated software that spammers use to gather phone numbers from CL ads.

[yamahonkawazuki]

http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/mcy/2659570790.html

How many companies build Harley engine clones? And how many go out of business within two or three years?

Holy handlebars Batman 

How many people boast or whine or guilt-trip in their Craigslist ad about how much money they spent in new parts?

http://scranton.craigslist.org/mcy/2667193068.html

At least he didn't whip out the "My loss is your gain" line.

But it is nicely personalised by the phone number 

the 883c wouldnt be a bad price IF it werent cut up. that kinda jacks the KBB all to hell.

[The Buddha]

I think the purpose is to fool the automated software that spammers use to gather phone numbers from CL ads.

OK that is stupid, how many spam calls have I got ? I am on CL a lot, atleast 10 ads and I never have got a single spam call.
In fact I dont have an email address even one that is anonymised, so I have to be called or texted and I dont get any spam email or call.

Cool.
Buddha.

[yamahonkawazuki]

i have 3 times. on my truck, my gs, and a goped.

[The Buddha]

http://charlotte.craigslist.org/mcy/2672942011.html

Did you know you can "cam" a bike an extra 200 cc.
Oh yea - 2000 SUZUKI INTRUDER M.C.1400cc cammed out to 1600cc runs & drives great clean bike,fast,powerful great ride. SHOW BIKE 1 of a kind $2,000 custom Paint job $7,000 invested. Will sell for $4,500. Or trade for land. Call or text or email(606)260-1419 thanks


Yup, I think I want to call him and ask him to put an "estended arm" for an extra 1000 cc and then I'll buy it.

Cool.
Buddha.

[BaltimoreGS]

http://charlotte.craigslist.org/mcy/2672942011.html

Did you know you can "cam" a bike an extra 200 cc.
Oh yea - 2000 SUZUKI INTRUDER M.C.1400cc cammed out to 1600cc runs & drives great clean bike,fast,powerful great ride. SHOW BIKE 1 of a kind $2,000 custom Paint job $7,000 invested. Will sell for $4,500. Or trade for land. Call or text or email(606)260-1419 thanks


Yup, I think I want to call him and ask him to put an "estended arm" for an extra 1000 cc and then I'll buy it.

Cool.
Buddha.

Noirth Carolina is a lot more vertical than I remember when I was there...   

Picking up an old KZ650 this weekend Buddha, any love lost if I chop one of those up??

-Jessie

[ryott52]

http://charlotte.craigslist.org/mcy/2672942011.html

Did you know you can "cam" a bike an extra 200 cc.
Oh yea - 2000 SUZUKI INTRUDER M.C.1400cc cammed out to 1600cc runs & drives great clean bike,fast,powerful great ride. SHOW BIKE 1 of a kind $2,000 custom Paint job $7,000 invested. Will sell for $4,500. Or trade for land. Call or text or email(606)260-1419 thanks


Yup, I think I want to call him and ask him to put an "estended arm" for an extra 1000 cc and then I'll buy it.

Cool.
Buddha.

Noirth Carolina is a lot more vertical than I remember when I was there...   

Picking up an old KZ650 this weekend Buddha, any love lost if I chop one of those up??

-Jessie

Buddha probably won't mind unless you try and turn an insane profit when you're done with it. If you do I think you're obligated to post your ad on here for all of us to give an opinion.

[NorwayGT1]

hey buddha check this master piece out...

http://charleston.craigslist.org/mcy/2672774405.html

[Big Rich]

hey buddha check this master piece out...

http://charleston.craigslist.org/mcy/2672774405.html

He forgot: "the kickstand is not included or needed, the bike rests on the mufflers"

My biggest issue is the asking price and lack of title. With no title, it is basically a bunch of parts bolted together. And I'm not seeing $2500 worth of parts in those pics.......

[The Buddha]

That is shockingly crappy. WTF it is fuggggly.

Baltimore: KZ650's dont have any real value ... cut em, chop em whatever ... meeeh. Buy em cheap ride em do what you want and sell em cheap is the accepted wisdom on it. Even the hardcore KZ guys would do that, so meeeh. The shock value of this one is in 1. The price, 2. How crappy it looks, and 3. No title and 2500 WTF, Of course who would steal a KZ650 ... so its prolly not stolen ... but 2500 WTF.

Cool.
Buddha.