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eltorito · 02-16-2011, 11:20 PM

Hello all!!

I have been riding for the past 15 years off and on. I have ridden/owned both crotch rockets and cruisers.

I sold my last bike a couple of years ago cause I wanted to try something else.

Fast forward 2 years and now enters a co-worker who tells me about this bike (2000 Honda Shadow 750 ACE) that has been sitting in storage since November of 08. He has not started the bike in three years and stopped caring about it a while back. Since he failed to register the bike, he owes back registration and penalty fees to great state of California.

So I decided to take a chance on it and purchase the bike sight-unseen. I reasoned with him that the fees/taxes could amount to close to $800 and who knows what could be wrong with the bike. So we agreed on a purchase price of $100 and he delivered it to my house (tonight).

Upon delivery, I gave it a quick once-over and can see a couple of items that need attention. But certainly nothing extraordinary as of right now.

I plugged the VIN into the Cali DMV and total registration will come out to be $300

Attached is the first pic. Sorry for the poor quality. Wife took it with her phone. Ol bike is certainly dirty but I will give it plenty of TLC.

eltorito · 02-16-2011, 11:22 PM

The finger in the air is cause I kept telling my wife "one hundred, that's right, one hundred" lol

mblosch · 02-16-2011, 11:26 PM

Wanna double that hunnert?
Nice find!

Beermand · 02-16-2011, 11:37 PM

Congrats great buy!

ShadowBmtTx · 02-16-2011, 11:41 PM

Real nice buy.

markspike · 02-17-2011, 12:03 AM

You....you....THIEF!!!!

Nice score!!! Welcome to the board, eltorito!!!

I'll give ya $1000 sight unseen, wanna sell?!?

Service manual for that beast can be downloaded in the sticky's at the top of the General Discussion board, brother!

Eldorado · 02-17-2011, 12:29 AM

Welcome to the forum, you know you can go to jail for stealing, robbery, thief, burglary, breaking an entering into an occupied dwelling.............

tcanthonyii · 02-17-2011, 12:32 AM

Wow 100? We snagged one on some trades that totalled to like 1500 last year with a salvage tittle and bad fender and tail lights. New battery and a quick carb clean and plugs and she runs like damned raped ape!

You stole the **** thing! He could have gotten darn near 2k here for it.

Dauntae · 02-17-2011, 03:20 AM

and i thought i got lucky finding a bike for $1500 for my girl..... That's legal rape what you done there LOL good buy and enjoy.

Dauntae

NM Shadowman · 02-17-2011, 08:53 AM

man, that is some serious "not caring about bikes anymore dude" to let the bike go for $100. In these parts, you could be arrested (or shot) for stealing.

02-16-2011, 11:20 PM	#1 (permalink)
eltorito Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 14	New to the Honda Shadow but old to motorcycles! Hello all!! I have been riding for the past 15 years off and on. I have ridden/owned both crotch rockets and cruisers. I sold my last bike a couple of years ago cause I wanted to try something else. Fast forward 2 years and now enters a co-worker who tells me about this bike (2000 Honda Shadow 750 ACE) that has been sitting in storage since November of 08. He has not started the bike in three years and stopped caring about it a while back. Since he failed to register the bike, he owes back registration and penalty fees to great state of California. So I decided to take a chance on it and purchase the bike sight-unseen. I reasoned with him that the fees/taxes could amount to close to $800 and who knows what could be wrong with the bike. So we agreed on a purchase price of $100 and he delivered it to my house (tonight). Upon delivery, I gave it a quick once-over and can see a couple of items that need attention. But certainly nothing extraordinary as of right now. I plugged the VIN into the Cali DMV and total registration will come out to be $300 Attached is the first pic. Sorry for the poor quality. Wife took it with her phone. Ol bike is certainly dirty but I will give it plenty of TLC. Attached Thumbnails

02-16-2011, 11:26 PM	#3 (permalink)
mblosch Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Idaho Falls Posts: 673	Wanna double that hunnert? Nice find! __________________ -------------------------------------------- Doesn't matter what you ride, just that you do! -------------------------------------------- 1994 Honda Shadow 600 2002 Honda VFR FI

02-17-2011, 12:03 AM	#6 (permalink)
markspike Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 12,299	You....you....THIEF!!!! Nice score!!! Welcome to the board, eltorito!!! I'll give ya $1000 sight unseen, wanna sell?!? Service manual for that beast can be downloaded in the sticky's at the top of the General Discussion board, brother! __________________

02-17-2011, 12:32 AM	#8 (permalink)
tcanthonyii Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Seward, NE Posts: 2,152	Wow 100? We snagged one on some trades that totalled to like 1500 last year with a salvage tittle and bad fender and tail lights. New battery and a quick carb clean and plugs and she runs like damned raped ape! You stole the **** thing! He could have gotten darn near 2k here for it. __________________ 1997 Honda Shadow VT1100C1 Spirit -- Too much work to list

02-17-2011, 03:20 AM	#9 (permalink)
Dauntae Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Mass. Posts: 1,702	and i thought i got lucky finding a bike for $1500 for my girl..... That's legal rape what you done there LOL good buy and enjoy. Dauntae __________________ 2001 Shadow Spirit 1100 Cobra highway bars Kury ISO grips w custom weighted bar ends and a VTX headlight but the best addition, Riding bell from Kathy M and Kury Large ISO pegs I laugh in the face of danger, then I hide until it goes away The book of John Hopkins map http://www.travellerspoint.com/membe.../tripid/365293

02-16-2011, 11:22 PM	#2 (permalink)
eltorito Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 14	The finger in the air is cause I kept telling my wife "one hundred, that's right, one hundred" lol

02-16-2011, 11:37 PM	#4 (permalink)
Beermand Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Kimberling City, MO Posts: 404	Congrats great buy!

02-17-2011, 08:53 AM	#10 (permalink)
NM Shadowman Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Las Cruces, NM Posts: 994	man, that is some serious "not caring about bikes anymore dude" to let the bike go for $100. In these parts, you could be arrested (or shot) for stealing. __________________

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