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derf
09-01-2013, 06:48 PM
My old Ex500 made its way home, I am very excited! I'm not sure what I want to do with it, keep it or sell it. It is in pretty rough shape because it has been sitting outside for a few years, but it starts and runs with no issues.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/1173728_10151543323857396_993537437_n.jpg
Flexin
09-01-2013, 11:17 PM
My old Ex500 made its way home, I am very excited! I'm not sure what I want to do with it, keep it or sell it. It is in pretty rough shape because it has been sitting outside for a few years, but it starts and runs with no issues.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/1173728_10151543323857396_993537437_n.jpg

Nice. Where was it and how did you get it back? I was just thinking about my R6 today and would love to have it back.

James
derf
09-02-2013, 12:16 AM
Nice. Where was it and how did you get it back? I was just thinking about my R6 today and would love to have it back.

James

I gave it to my brother 7 years ago for his high school graduation, he rode it through college and for a few years after that. Now he lives in India and is only in the states for a month or two a year so he gave it back to me, signed the title and said to have fun.
Flexin
09-02-2013, 03:43 PM
I gave it to my brother 7 years ago for his high school graduation, he rode it through college and for a few years after that. Now he lives in India and is only in the states for a month or two a year so he gave it back to me, signed the title and said to have fun.

Nice. I can't see that happening with my old bike.

James
Gas Man
09-04-2013, 09:35 PM
Hey I think I worked on that bike! :D
derf
09-05-2013, 06:37 PM
Hey I think I worked on that bike! :D


I think you watched that bike do a head spin
the chi
09-06-2013, 10:19 AM
Thats too cool. Never happen for me tho. :-( Every bike I ever let out of my hands is crashed and totaled within 6 months (usually significantly less) and not by the person I sold it to. I figured my girls love me so much they cant being sold...:lol:
Trip
09-06-2013, 11:23 AM
I wonder where my SV is at, I kinda would like to get it back and make it naked. Someone on here saw it at Southern Powersports not long after I sold it, said it was rashed up on one side. I wonder if it is still out there....
Archren
09-06-2013, 11:50 AM
I got my first bike back after my dad passed away in 2008 (he rode it, a Buell Blast, after I moved up to a CBR600). It's in pieces right now - working on getting it cleaned up and running again.
OneSickPsycho
09-06-2013, 01:50 PM
If I had a bike with a story like that... especially an EX500... I think I'd keep it forever...
azoomm
09-06-2013, 08:33 PM
That's cool.

I'm working on getting my Dad' first bike back. It's a '69 CB350 that he brought home, in the crate, from Japan.

We think my uncle has it.
Triple
09-09-2013, 10:54 PM
I've tried tracking down bikes I've sold, but never had any success. My Nighthawk 750 pops up on Craigslist about once a year or so. My particular luggage/windshield/mirror combo is always a dead giveaway that it's actually my old bike.

Found a clean, low-mileage example of my first street bike (but not my ZR7 in particular):

http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/mcy/4042396841.html

http://images.craigslist.org/00v0v_98X0oYqwob7_600x450.jpg

I'd be very tempted if the price was closer to $2000-2500. Good chance the seller will still have it this winter...