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Well I went on my daily bike hunting rounds and it seemed like everywhere I turn there's another two wheeled thing trying to follow me home.
First I went by the scrapyard and didn't see anything but my trailer found a sharp little sliver of metal and gave me a flat tire :x
Well anyway I go to the LBS to get a tube and it must have been fate... I spot this pile of stuff out back they were throwing away! In the mix was a Roadmaster 18 speed MTB that looks like new but needs a gear cluster on the back wheel (I have one around here somewhere) and wheel trued (Slight wobble), a Huffy Santa Fe ladies bike with bent handlebars and missing one bolt for the seat (Fixed), Two sets of double wall road bike wheels missing axles on one set and missing skewers on the other, and a boatload of used but good tires! :shock: Got to love freebies! :mrgreen: Well after getting it loaded (With flat tire) I go in and get a tube come out and it is POURING rail. I go back inside and shoot the breeze a bit and look at some of the bikes. 5 minutes later the rain stopped. :lol: Indiana weather for you :roll: So I got the tube in and aired up without a hitch.
Then I went to look at a moped a friend of mine told me about and bought this little gem for $100! 1984 Yamaha QT-50
Then on the way home with moped in tow I go by the scrapyard and spot this hanging out of a scrap bin :shock: Still has the little tags on the wheels!
Cleaned it up and threw on a seat and post I had laying around, aired the tires and it's ready to go! The price? $8 big bucks :mrgreen:
Iron Horse :? Never heard of them. Got to love the Ferrari style head badge though. :lol:
Then to make it better just as I rolled in my yard with my haul, a friend of mine rides up on his moped and says he was looking for a moped for his girlfriend and asks about the one on my trailer. I told him I paid $100 for it and he says he'd give me $120 for it and I don't have to do anything to it. :mrgreen: $20 profit in 20 minutes! (Friend price or it would have been $50)
First I went by the scrapyard and didn't see anything but my trailer found a sharp little sliver of metal and gave me a flat tire :x
Well anyway I go to the LBS to get a tube and it must have been fate... I spot this pile of stuff out back they were throwing away! In the mix was a Roadmaster 18 speed MTB that looks like new but needs a gear cluster on the back wheel (I have one around here somewhere) and wheel trued (Slight wobble), a Huffy Santa Fe ladies bike with bent handlebars and missing one bolt for the seat (Fixed), Two sets of double wall road bike wheels missing axles on one set and missing skewers on the other, and a boatload of used but good tires! :shock: Got to love freebies! :mrgreen: Well after getting it loaded (With flat tire) I go in and get a tube come out and it is POURING rail. I go back inside and shoot the breeze a bit and look at some of the bikes. 5 minutes later the rain stopped. :lol: Indiana weather for you :roll: So I got the tube in and aired up without a hitch.
Then I went to look at a moped a friend of mine told me about and bought this little gem for $100! 1984 Yamaha QT-50
Then on the way home with moped in tow I go by the scrapyard and spot this hanging out of a scrap bin :shock: Still has the little tags on the wheels!
Cleaned it up and threw on a seat and post I had laying around, aired the tires and it's ready to go! The price? $8 big bucks :mrgreen:
Iron Horse :? Never heard of them. Got to love the Ferrari style head badge though. :lol:
Then to make it better just as I rolled in my yard with my haul, a friend of mine rides up on his moped and says he was looking for a moped for his girlfriend and asks about the one on my trailer. I told him I paid $100 for it and he says he'd give me $120 for it and I don't have to do anything to it. :mrgreen: $20 profit in 20 minutes! (Friend price or it would have been $50)
