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Old Oct 10, 2016 | 04:22 PM
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Dude, how cool of you to get your pops a bike. Good on you! That bike will mean the world to him. Hopefully you guys will get in a lot of good riding time together.

Enjoy!
 
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Old Oct 10, 2016 | 06:18 PM
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From what I can see of the front of the forks (pretty clean), the wheels look clean and the shiny alum. covers can be polished up with your favorite polish (I use Mothers Mag & Alum). Good on you and I'm sure your dad appreciated the gift. Have fun.
 
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Old Oct 10, 2016 | 08:51 PM
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Originally Posted by emerican19
12k? Or 120k miles?
12000

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From what I can see of the front of the forks (pretty clean), the wheels look clean and the shiny alum. covers can be polished up with your favorite polish (I use Mothers Mag & Alum). Good on you and I'm sure your dad appreciated the gift. Have fun.
​​​​​​​Yeah he is gonna Polish it, looked like the bike sat outside for God knows how long. We had to use wheel acid to clean up the wheels. They were nasty as hell.
 
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Old Oct 10, 2016 | 10:55 PM
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Originally Posted by emerican19
12k? Or 120k miles?
...I think he said 12 million - this is before the cam chain tensioner thing, right?
 
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Old Oct 11, 2016 | 04:02 AM
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...I think he said 12 million - this is before the cam chain tensioner thing, right?
It's an EVO, you don't have to worry about all that LOL
 
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Old Oct 11, 2016 | 05:53 AM
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cleaned up really nice
 
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Old Oct 11, 2016 | 07:03 AM
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I can't understand people who leave their bikes outside when they are trying to sell them. One guy near me had the bike sitting in his driveway for 2 years, with a for sale sign.

Hope that bike cleans up nice, and you have some nice rides together.
 
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Old Oct 11, 2016 | 11:11 AM
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Nice find, wish I could do the same for my pops, but do to shoulder injuries he cant ride anymore.


If a bike is well maintained, staying outside for its life really isn't a bad thing, most cover mine has seen in the last 6.5yrs is a rain cover. I do wish I had a garage for it though.
 
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You found a real nice deal on that bike. I hope to one day make such a find.
 
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