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For directions I just need the address. As for time, I get off work at 7 am so it'll be sometime in the afternoon. How does 4ish sound? That should give me enough time to get some sleep and then get a truck to put the bike in unless it'll stand up to being riden from your place to columbus. If that's the case then i can just catch a ride with someone.

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No it wouldn't stand the ride, I should say that although I rode the bike to my place across town a few weeks ago it has developed an annoying habit of drowning the spark when throttle is applied. That's why I am having the carbs pro-cleaned. Not sure if it will do the trick. Bike runs at idle just bogs with throttle, I'm thinking it could be carbs or a piston ring came unseated. Plus I wouldn't trust the back rubber for a highway ride.

the time sounds fine, I can pm you the address

The 68 is gorgeous, has the dream sickle orange tank, uhhhh it's nice. but at $3500 it's just out of my range.

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Actually I don't care if it runs or not, non-running would be better in fact. I'm trying to improve / sharpen my mechanical skills and it may sound strange but the best way I know how to learn anything is to dive in head first and figure it out as I go along. Since I don't want to experiment with the bike I ride everyday, I figured an old non-running bike that I can work on is just the ticket. So actually you might have something along the lines of what I'm looking for.

I mean, for the right price I'd part with my V65 sabre.

It's not so much a cruiser but it's definitely not a sportbike.

Needs some pretty significant repair but it does run.

Price would be right too.

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You sure you don't want one of these?

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Kickstart only, and you can do this to them:

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Or this:

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I can get a definite price for you if you're interested. The bike runs, but needs cosmetic work and possibly a clutch.

EDIT: That V65 is teh sexies. Old-school musclebikes FTW! Because brute force possesses an eloquence all it's own.

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I'd like to thank everyone again for their offers and advice. I'm picking up an 81 Suzuki GN400 from Aerik's mom so I've now got my winter project / learning experiment. I'll try to take pics and post them as I work on it and I'm sure I'll have some questions before it's all said and done. :D

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