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Old Oct 8, 2012 | 03:35 PM
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my kid found this bike -- he was gonna trade a car for it-- as soon as i saw it it was HELL NO!! they destroyed the bike. its got a weld on hard tail with a jack shaft -- it pretty much needs to have adult supervision -- they LOL LOL even have the push rod tube clips on wrong.. they have the center part that has the spring allll they way at the top in the rocker box -- and the clip in the middle-- realy bozos -- well you tell me what ya think its worth and then i'll tell what i paid ..
 
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Old Oct 8, 2012 | 04:22 PM
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I woulxdnt have paid more than $1500, provided motor runs good
 
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Old Oct 8, 2012 | 04:31 PM
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I'm not sure what you have there but I've never seen a "Right Hand Drive" chain assembly like what is on this bike ... it's definitely not from HD ... it looks like some sort of "Jack Shaft" ... Good Luck with your "project" Brother ... Save the Shovels
 
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Old Oct 8, 2012 | 06:08 PM
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Kids, you can't love em and you can't shoot em. So you are left with guiding them. There is some unique engineering there. The chain would rip your leg off if it came loose. There are some good parts on it, and put on the right bike would look good.
I would say you got it for free. You stuck a gun in the guy's mouth for trying to sell it to your son. I would be a little pee'od.
 
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Old Oct 8, 2012 | 08:47 PM
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Kids, you can't love em and you can't shoot em. So you are left with guiding them. There is some unique engineering there. The chain would rip your leg off if it came loose. There are some good parts on it, and put on the right bike would look good.
I would say you got it for free. You stuck a gun in the guy's mouth for trying to sell it to your son. I would be a little pee'od.
nahh i didnt stick a gun in his mouth.. i told my kid "let me see this bike first" when he showed up with it on a trailer first thing i saw was that big *** back tire and i KNEW someone has been playing jessie james choppers -- and yup its a real f*ck up of a assembly -- i told the boy "get this guy over hear" he came - we talked i told him his options -- #1 either sell the parts or fix it right and make it worth something -- and thats when he said hes in debt - i said what ya want for it?? he said -- now get this $6000 -- took me a min or 3,4,5,6,7 to stop laughing -- i said no really take it home .. he said make me an offer-- i told him its's been destroyed -- i told him $1000 he said 2000 i said BYE -- he called someone and then said ok -- he went and got the title -- i called my laywer and the next day everything checked out -- bingo..

people like most of us dont need to stick a gun in a squirts mouth - like my daddy said -- theres boys that fight and men that wrestle -- dont f*ck with the wrestlers ..
 
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Old Oct 9, 2012 | 12:13 AM
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So rather than takin your boy for 5K why not let him keep it and help him make it right.
 
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some responses make NO sense..
 
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Old Oct 9, 2012 | 12:07 PM
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As far as I'm concerned you got a good deal. Parts alone make it worth the bike.

Go thru it, make necessary mod's and you'll have a kick *** shovel. It's not what other people have done it's what you do with it to make it your own.

Good luck!
 
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