Looks like it's an '89... Clips ons... Less than 8,000 miles on it. Sweet!
The Manager asked around and the person that's been here the longest says it was sitting in that exact spot when he got here several years ago. The license plate has been removed... The rear wheel isn't turning freely... There's rust on the tank... From the looks of it, it's been dropped several times.
Too bad it's pretty damn screwed up. Someone would have to really love this thing to get it running again. It's pretty well toasted... Some pics:
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Sorry the pics suck... Picture phone.
interesting find. I wonder how complicated it will be to get it running? if it doesnt roll freely in neutral....
ask the manager if you can file with the DMV to claim it as an abandoned vehicle, and then sell it for parts - I'll take the clip-ons and top triple (if you don't want 'em) and the front wheel and rotor
Do that! I'll take the front and rear wheel for a reasonable price.
I don't think it's in gear... I think the brakes are stuck... I haven't molested it enough to really know though. It's in pretty sorry shape. I think someone would have to have quite a bit of love to get it running.
I was kinda pinging to see what the interest was... If someone would want to fix it up I could give them all the info to take care of it. I'm sure I'd have to post a note on it and other due process crap to make sure it really is abandoned (I'm about 85% sure it is)........
I was also thinking about parting it, but I was kinda hoping it might make a good fixer-upper for someone with a love for GSs... Since Seattle seems to have a shortage of them.
It might just be too far gone to fix up... :( The clip-ons need new bars, they're bent. But, the actual tripple looks to be ok... But, what do I know? :dunno:
Just thought I'd post what I know since I've talked about it a few times already. I think RG or Bluebellylint know more about this crap... I think my desk knows more than me too... :lol:
wow. :o
I would think that after being dropped alot, the rotors might have been bent, and the brakes probably seized. Even with that, does anyone think that the engine would go bad? (I'm trying to talk myself into a free project bike :)... not that I have ever fixed up a bike :lol:)
If the manager of your building knows the tenant that left it there, there is a way you could lay claim to it (at least in Missouri).
There is an abandonment statute (here, and there may be one there too). You need to send written notice of abandonment to the tentant that left it there to their last known address (with boiler plate language). There last known address is probably at the apartment there, which is okay. Then post a copy of the notice on the property. Send the notice return receipt requested and regular mail. When it comes back, keep the envelope unopened. You actually only need ten days notice before declairing the property abandoned.
rat bike it
Quote from: RVertigoLess than 8,000 miles on it.
The odometer might have already rolled over...
Ja, man, it looks beat.
Quote from: RoadstergalThe odometer might have already rolled over...
:o Woah, 107,043 Miles on a bike? I didn't think that would ever be an issue.
mine has 78,000.
it happens with bikes that people actually ride.
:lol:
Quote from: Jake Dabandonment statute
Yeah... That's what I was thinking... Take it up with the state, wait for notice... Cheap parts/fixer-upper bike.
Quote from: RoadstergalThe odometer might have already rolled over...
I seriously don't think it has 108,000 miles on it... It looks like someone bought it, trashed it, crashed it, and ditched it. If you saw it in person you'd see that it doesn't have the type of wear that 108, 000 miles of love give it... It's the "I'm a jackass and don't take care of my bike" type of wear.
Quote from: NightRyderI'm trying to talk myself into a free project bike
Well, it wouldn't be totally free... You'd have to pay the state all the title BS and deal with moving it, etc, etc... :roll: Then the cost of fixing it. :o
I dunno... :( I just hate to see that poor '89 rotting away there.
The rust line on the tank shows where the gas level is/was.
Yeah... I saw that... Oh the horror... :?
:o that poor gs :(
Quote from: tab:o that poor gs :(
I know :( :(
I wish I were closer... my mangled heap combined with that pile might make 1 ridable bike :lol:
Dammit, I've been looking for some '89 bars and clamp for a LONG time now :( That sucks I didn't get here soon enough. Ah well, if you do get it and part it and Jazzz decides he doesn't want those, I'll call dibbs.
If I had a few hundred bucks and lived closer I'd seriously consider trying to fix that thing up. Plus I've got a spare engine lying around. Bummer.
Wow! #243! It would be a crime to let it go in pieces if at all reworkable.
The good news is that it was inside. It would be a project like my 90, except that the neglected fluids might require large scale cleaning of the engine. The tank may be done for. For sure it would need POR-15 or Kreem work. The carbs definitely would require a major rework.
The rear wheel may be a frozen/rusted chain. If the rear caliper pads were worn away prior to abandonment, the plates may be rusted to the rotor. The calipers will probably need rebuilding also.
With a day job, some steady eBay shopping, some GSTwin trading, it could be done. Of course I look at it as a restoration project.
Rattle can custom work is much quicker. :)
YOINK on complete bike. there I siad it first.
If you take it, I'll paint it with the red I was going to use on my rat before Aaron said he likes blue better.
i wanted to keep the stock white paint, (I'd probably re do it though) swap out the front end with some 41mm usd forks and put a ts 400 motor in her, and make her a track bike.
Quote from: starwalt#243!
The good news is that it was inside.
That's about the only good news on this bike...
Anyone have experience with abandoned titles in WA? I'm guessing it can't be much for all the paperwork.
OK... Update... This sucks!!!!!!!!!!
Quote from: BS WA DOL FAQHow do I claim a vehicle which has been abandoned on my property?
A property owner cannot claim ownership for an unattended vehicle. They also cannot obtain registration only or apply for a bonded title on these vehicles. The vehicle must be picked up by a tow truck operator and held for 120 consecutive hours. It is then sold at auction by the tow truck company as an Abandoned vehicle.
:x
I guess that poor GS will have to ROT!! That sucks soo bad...
or be parted out on ebay....
if it is abandoned get some one from the board that lives near by but out of state to take it and get an abandon vehicle registration from a state tha allows it
Ah man! Thats lame! Kinda makes sense though.
Just go down to the DOL or wherever, and be like, "Um, I want to regester my bike." "No I lost all the paperwork many years ago" "Um, yea.. lost it." "Nope, don't have any of it." "It was my dad's, he let it sit for 8 years." "I want to ride it, common!"
or sell it on ebay! ;p
Even better, fix it up, then sell it on ebay. Or fix it up then get it to that tow truck driver. Atleast it will probably be used as a bike, and not a parts bin if you do that. :lol:
And you don't have a friend with a tow truck? :mrgreen:
Can't you do a title search? Find out who owned it and give them a call...tell them the landlord has a bill for the storage for $bazillion unless it gets moved...if he transfers the title to you you'll take care of it.
Quote from: BadgerCan't you do a title search? Find out who owned it and give them a call...tell them the landlord has a bill for the storage for $bazillion unless it gets moved...if he transfers the title to you you'll take care of it.
+1. Or find a friend with a tow truck. Or some masked hoodlums to "help you out" 8) :nono:
Phaedrus obviously has a friend with a tow truck. I dont.
Wouldnt Rvertigo need a friend with a tow truck company?
Quote from: pantabloPhaedrus obviously has a friend with a tow truck. I dont.
I suspect that Phaedrus might
be that proverbial "friend with a tow truck".
3000 miles too far east.
Quote from: pantabloPhaedrus obviously has a friend with a tow truck. I dont.
Wouldnt Rvertigo need a friend with a tow truck company?
Yeah, a friend of mine's dad has a tow truck/flat bed company.
Anyways, if something just sort of "happens" to the bike, RVertigo would be a likely suspect if he went the shady route. :nono: Since he was the one going around asking about it.
Quote from: PhaedrusQuote from: pantabloPhaedrus obviously has a friend with a tow truck. I dont.
Wouldnt Rvertigo need a friend with a tow truck company?
Yeah, a friend of mine's dad has a tow truck/flat bed company.
So...does that make you the "masked hoodlum"? :)
*plays the song Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap* 8)
I still go for the idea of tracking down the last owner via DMV if possible and scaring them into giving it to you so they don't have to pay the storage fee.
In reality, I doubt anyone would just leave a perfectly good bike for no reason. Perhaps the original owner died, or the bike itself doesn't even work at all. But then again, if it doesn't, why keep it covered up? I suspect something odd; no one leaves a good bike behind. They would sell it, hell even give it away, something. Since it has been sitting there since like FOREVER..it was probably in pretty good shape when it was last moved.
And since a motorcycle is a pretty high value item, I would have thought family or friends of the person would have claimed it by now, or the person would have come back for it.
Maybe someone stole it and hide it there, then got scared out of the area and forgot about it, or got caught and hasnt come back for it yet.. :mrgreen:
edit: haha, maybe you should run a carfax or something on the vin. ... you can run that kind of thing on bikes, cant you?
Call the DMV and tell them that you're thinking about buying it. Ask 'em if the title is clear and how much is owed in fees. ;)
Quoteif it is abandoned get some one from the board that lives near by but out of state to take it and get an abandon vehicle registration from a state tha allows it
ahem.
I thought about trying to find the owner and seeing if they'd gift it... or sell it cheap...
But... I can't fix the damn thing anyway. I don't want to make money on it, I just wanted to see it riding down the street under a happy butt...
The Apartment manager has no clue who owned it... So, the DMV would have to get the info... Then the person that owned it would actually have to care to transfer title... And that would be after requesting a lost title replacement, etc. etc. That's all assuming the old owner is still alive and can be found... And that the bike wasn't stolen and ditched.
This state is totally in bed with tow companies... It's just wrong. :roll:
Quote from: RVertigoI just wanted to see it riding down the street under a happy butt...
:lol: :lol: