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Old 02-15-2011, 01:11 PM   #21
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Buy yourself a used jap standard from the 90s, you can prolly find one for a few hundred, ride it locally until you get ready to buy ags in another 2 years
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Old 02-15-2011, 01:39 PM   #22
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How much would it actually cost to rebuild the engine? Or to just replace it out right
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Old 02-15-2011, 02:03 PM   #23
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yeah I'll edit it...
I didn't mean to come off as critical, I just didn't want to assume.

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Don't be such a bitch. Couple hundred bucks on a craigslist honda will keep you rolling till you are debt free
I'm thinking the same thing. See if you can get something cheap or even a basket case you can work on. At least that way you wouldn't be completely bikeless.
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Old 02-15-2011, 02:17 PM   #24
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If it's just rings and a piston, it shouldn't cost you much to get it fixed and even less to do it yourself.
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Old 02-15-2011, 03:06 PM   #25
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I didn't mean to come off as critical, I just didn't want to assume.
no worries didn't get that impression..

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Don't be such a bitch. Couple hundred bucks on a craigslist honda will keep you rolling till you are debt free
no... every time I do that I end up spending more and more... eating into my budget....

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If it's just rings and a piston, it shouldn't cost you much to get it fixed and even less to do it yourself.
hopefully not much.... but I want to sell it... have for a bit now... it's not at all suited to the type of riding I do... a good bike but not the right one.



going bikeless isn't the end of the world... and I'm tired of living pay check to pay check because my budget is tight meeting my bills and riding eats into my left over "play money"

I've done that too long... I'm tired of it... I'm getting this sorted and saving up on the side...(it'll serve as an emergency fund until my debt is gone.. then it'll be my bike $)
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Old 02-15-2011, 03:25 PM   #26
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I've done that too long... I'm tired of it... I'm getting this sorted and saving up on the side...(it'll serve as an emergency fund until my debt is gone.. then it'll be my bike $)
This is a great plan....be debt free AND have cash in hand to go pick out the "right" bike for the type of riding your enjoy most.
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Old 02-15-2011, 03:49 PM   #27
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Dear God,
Since when did common sense and responsibility become the "norm" around a sportbike forum? Why must we age past our stupidity and naive nature. This makes for a much more boring read while working in the lab. Please bring a Bulldog or other stupid idiot sent to amuse us. Thank you.

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Old 02-15-2011, 03:51 PM   #28
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Sucks.
Your bike is the first victim of the dreaded forum header curse.
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Old 02-15-2011, 04:27 PM   #29
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Dear God,
Since when did common sense and responsibility become the "norm" around a sportbike forum? Why must we age past our stupidity and naive nature. This makes for a much more boring read while working in the lab. Please bring a Bulldog or other stupid idiot sent to amuse us. Thank you.

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trust me I'm still an idiot sometimes... main reason why I can't have the bike and live in the budget I need to...

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Sucks.
Your bike is the first victim of the dreaded forum header curse.
actually it died on the 21st before the header was put up... but we'll see if it's an actual Madden cover copy... Trip's bike or the lineup of all the others would be next...

all of a sudden a new header doesn't sound awesome
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Old 02-15-2011, 05:56 PM   #30
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Good luck, dude. Sounds like you have a plan in place.
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