Re: So...I'm tossing the idea around...

Posted by motogrady on Jan 28, 2017; 1:01am
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/So-I-m-tossing-the-idea-around-tp4061890p4061901.html

Been in the market for one for a good year.

Always wanted to ride cross country and back, coast to coast.
Would love to do it on a Road King or Ultra Glide, but those mothers are cost prohibitive to myself.

Last year, was a beautiful black 84, sat on the side of the road in a guys front lawn, wouldn't budge off 3,500.

Last month, at the local auction, there was a low use Aspencade.
Auctioneer told me a week in advance the guy wanted at least 1,100.
Took 2 k with me, waited all day, it never went up.
Pissed me off, auctioneer said the guy changed his mind and was having 2nd thoughts, and was a kind of weird individual to deal with.  Left a card, haven't heard a thing.

A few guys have warned me about the frame deal, along with the alternator.  The alternator goes, I hear you have to jack the motor half out of the frame, and that some guys actually replace them with ones out of a car.

On the plus side, power galore, and you can run a car tire on the rear, for a lot less coin, and a lot more miles.