Hi! Classic first post thread, whaddya think about the bike

[mr. happy]

Welp, 750 without pissing the guy off too much was low enough I came away with it.

gsJack. You are right, tires are in fact mounted correctly.  I've raced mountain bikes at a high enough level where I thought there was no way that could be right but directional arrows don't lie.

Pics'll probably come tomorrow, or later on.  The seat has about an inch of play side to side, and naturally seems to sit to the left, which added to the bent look I'm sure.  The rear plastics also do have a bit of play in them, but it looks like once something is in the center back there, they should be a bit more stable.  They aren't to a point where it's worrisome at all.

The paint on the frame is clearly just a rattlecan done over the original silver with absolutely no prep work at all.  It looks like whoever did it took a fair amount of time taking things apart and painting them individually (sprockets, dash, pegs, etc.)but had absolutely zilch for painting knowledge so it all is just peeling/flaking off a few years later.  I think someone must have been going after a mad max sort of look.

I took off the seat, as well as the rear plastics and went over the entire frame with a flashlight, and couldn't find any stress marks.  The bar ends are good, (on these bars) and the right side certainly was slid on once at least.  The engine cover and the exhaust both have scratches.  The plastics weren't broken, and the red underneath there matches the red on the paint chips on the tank, so the tank and plastics appear to be from the same bike, presumably this one.  VIN number also happily matched everything, as well as the mileage on the title, and from what I could tell it really looked like the tach and speedo had been together since day 1, so either the entire dash was replaced before any painting happened, or she really is only 7 grand into her life.

I didn't get to start the bike cold yet, but it's 40 degrees here and cooling off as we speak.  Biggest problems otherwise were the high beam cuts out if the bars are in the right position, about 20 degrees to the left, right rear turn signal bulb appears to be dead, (front left blinker just stays on, not blinks) and the horn didn't work.  Once I looked down and plugged the ground back in to the horn, it worked perfectly, and I'm thinking the high beam blip won't be too hard to track down and insulate.

It has the K and N filter, so making sure it was rejetted is in the future, as well as doing something about the paint.  Adidas, I imagine you'll be getting a PM in the next day or so about some of those reflectors and a fender  , and other than that, I think it's time to drink some beers.  Congrats to me, and thanks for your help, guys.

Cheers

Oh, and 

[dropitlow88]

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