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<blockquote data-quote="PALMER84ONE" data-source="post: 189309" data-attributes="member: 6">Return of the whore-der. Surfing CL I ran across another bike. 02 YZ 250, will not shift past third. I send the guy an email and offer repair or purchase on the cheap. He was asking 12 for a bike that doesn't work. He called me and we talked, exchanged emails, he and his buddies already had it apart and replaced some things. Didn't fix it, same problem! So I sent him a rough estimate for repair. Come to find out, he is a service man, owned the bike for 3-4 months, and it never did shift past third. This leaves me to believe the original owner knew that and sold this poor first time dirt bike buyer a POS. the young man didn't test drive it up and down the street because the neighborhood he bought it from didn't allow. Likely story I'd say from the guy that sold it to him. Anyelway, he said, come get the bike on the cheap. Seeing that he got screwed, I told him I would buy the bike, repair what's wrong, and let him know my costs + labor and he can decide if he would like to buy it back when I am done. Not sure but he said he needed the money right now more than a bike as his truck needs a little love. Told him not to worry, I'll give him a couple months befor I market it. (June) [ATTACH=full]25966[/ATTACH] &nbsp;Here she is: real rough.[ATTACH=full]25967[/ATTACH] Bent radiators, scrapes and gouges, but repairable. [ATTACH=full]25968[/ATTACH] Stripper! [ATTACH=full]25969[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]25970[/ATTACH] Motor cleaned and ready for the bench. [ATTACH=full]25971[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]25972[/ATTACH] Had to get the 04 motor off the bench and cradled first though. Stay with me!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PALMER84ONE, post: 189309, member: 6"] Return of the whore-der. Surfing CL I ran across another bike. 02 YZ 250, will not shift past third. I send the guy an email and offer repair or purchase on the cheap. He was asking 12 for a bike that doesn't work. He called me and we talked, exchanged emails, he and his buddies already had it apart and replaced some things. Didn't fix it, same problem! So I sent him a rough estimate for repair. Come to find out, he is a service man, owned the bike for 3-4 months, and it never did shift past third. This leaves me to believe the original owner knew that and sold this poor first time dirt bike buyer a POS. the young man didn't test drive it up and down the street because the neighborhood he bought it from didn't allow. Likely story I'd say from the guy that sold it to him. Anyelway, he said, come get the bike on the cheap. Seeing that he got screwed, I told him I would buy the bike, repair what's wrong, and let him know my costs + labor and he can decide if he would like to buy it back when I am done. Not sure but he said he needed the money right now more than a bike as his truck needs a little love. Told him not to worry, I'll give him a couple months befor I market it. (June) [ATTACH=full]25966[/ATTACH] Here she is: real rough. [ATTACH=full]25967[/ATTACH] Bent radiators, scrapes and gouges, but repairable. [ATTACH=full]25968[/ATTACH] Stripper! [ATTACH=full]25969[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]25970[/ATTACH] Motor cleaned and ready for the bench. [ATTACH=full]25971[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]25972[/ATTACH] Had to get the 04 motor off the bench and cradled first though. Stay with me! [/QUOTE]

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