Don't know if this is even feasible, but posted in old thread about donations, but lets see if it'll actually work!
Do you guys have enough random stuff built up to help a man build a working, running bike from a pile of parts?
If you got something, feel free to donate it to me!
When done, if this works, I will start a vote for a gstwin paint scheme, and do it!
Feel free if you got it to send parts that aren't even on a stock GS! I don't care about oem, just cool.
Stuff I have :
Box of bolts
Rear tail light
full set of front fairings (cracked), no headlight or fairing stay.
stock rear turn signals (somewhere)
center stand (missing one of the bearings)
Adidasguy did it. He made Phenix from a pile of parts.
Wish I would have known this 2 weeks ago. Could have shipped you randomness from OH, or dropped them off the next time I go to FL to see Mickey Mouse.
EDIT: Scour craigslist. I'm sure there are parts bikes and others out there that are being given away for next to nothing. It's winter after all...
Quote from: jestercinti on December 06, 2012, 10:35:06 PM
Adidasguy did it. He made Phenix from a pile of parts.
Wish I would have known this 2 weeks ago. Could have shipped you randomness from OH, or dropped them off the next time I go to FL to see Mickey Mouse.
Oh, but this is different. This is a pile of donated parts! :thumb:
I have spare parts. Lots of rims and stuff. Postage would be the beeiitttccchhhh.
Come to Seattle. Help build 3 bikes and in exchange for your help you ride one home. Free fire extunguisher included.
Ps: what happened to the insurance settlement?
Quote from: adidasguy on December 07, 2012, 12:33:30 AM
I have spare parts. Lots of rims and stuff. Postage would be the beeiitttccchhhh.
Come to Seattle. Help build 3 bikes and in exchange for your help you ride one home. Free fire extunguisher included.
Ps: what happened to the insurance settlement?
They paid out for the bike, $2800 for the bike, almost 1k for replacement gear and the accessories I had on it (shoei helmet, taichi pants, jacket, gloves, the 89 clipons, crash guards, headlight)
Pat, if your serious about that, I get 4 weeks of vacation this year, I will take you up on that offer.
i has a sad, you let them scrap a set of 89s!
Quote from: crzydood17 on December 07, 2012, 07:39:18 AM
i has a sad, you let them scrap a set of 89s!
I was afraid that if I took them off, I would have lost the insurance claim.
After she wrote the check, she had me sign the title over, took pictures, and asked me if it was safe to leave it there until the next day when they could pick up their property.
Xune, that's a long drive from WA to where you live. It would be an epic trip though.
Quote from: jestercinti on December 07, 2012, 08:02:01 AM
Xune, that's a long drive from WA to where you live. It would be an epic trip though.
It would be chock full pictures of every rest stop from Seattle to central Florida!
Quote from: xunedeinx on December 07, 2012, 07:35:49 AM
They paid out for the bike, $2800 for the bike, almost 1k for replacement gear and the accessories I had on it (shoei helmet, taichi pants, jacket, gloves, the 89 clipons, crash guards, headlight)
I'm glad to hear they paid out a little bit for the GS. I've always wondered what I would get if something happened to mine.
Just curious, what was the year and miles?
Do you know if they took any off for the lack of fairings?
Check this out. $400, but depending on how desperate, maybe talk the guy down. Always worth a drive to Daytona: http://daytona.craigslist.org/mcy/3434285036.html
EDIT: Upon reading the CL listing again, may be a lot of work and not worth the repair.
dude did you not read that craigs list... it says it spun over a lot easier... thats a broken cam chain a lot of the time...
Is it just me, or does that look like Tombstone81's bike?!
- Bboy
Edit: I really think it is! Look at the chain guard, and the swingarm sticker, forkbrace, handle bars and grips, blue underlighting, front sigs, white overlays... the list goes on
(http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/315337_4135828395229_1001507758_n.jpg)
http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=58225.440
You know, it kid of does. He lives in PA, but this one's in FL.
Stranger things have happened though...
Gotta be Tomb's bike,...
"Fire extinguisher included" (http://www.motohouston.com/forums/images/smilies/laughing6.gif)
I got a crap load of left overs to get rid of,....
Randomness...Went to Orlando.craigslist.org to help out Xune, and look what we found?.
Pm'd Tomb. I have not seen him on here in a while.
Lol I PM'd him too...
400 bucks? Get it back in the community! lol
- Bboy
Maybe he is in Florida now, certainly is the same bike or a "tribute" bike :)
Reading Tomb's older posts, he traded his GS for a Honda sometime in August or so:
http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=61479.0
Just crazy luck about the possibility of this being Tombs bike, that's all.
Quote from: jestercinti on December 07, 2012, 11:32:31 AM
Reading Tomb's older posts, he traded his GS for a Honda sometime in August or so:
http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=61479.0
Just crazy luck about the possibility of this being Tombs bike, that's all.
Just got a PM from Tomb. It's his bike. Sold it some guy in Connecticut. He said it's unknown how it got to Florida.
Wild. :dunno_black:
Yep, got similar message.
Someone needs to save that bike! Daytona is just too far for me though... *cough* Xune *cough*
- Bboy
I typically make it to FL 1 or 2 times a year. My son likes Mickey Mouse.
It will be gone by the time I make it back in 2013.
I'd nab it for that price, if it was here in Houston. Then try to stuff a bigger engi-,....wait never mind.
I really wish I had the cash or I would. Anyone wanna grab it up for me, and I'll give you a hundred a week?