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Vintage motorcycle gold mine?

Looks like you need a FAT uhaul, lots of blankets and straps. Happy hunting.

If you need an :eboy to help work on getting some of this massive fleet running, I have a lot of free time.
 
I will do as ST Guy suggested and post a list up here of what I find.
I have asked Santa for an RD400 LOL
But that suzuki 185 two stroke...that was my first street enduro :love
 
Nice find! Def keep us posted! I'd love to see the list and which projects you'll decide to work on :)
 
n10sive said:
Thanks for the offer of help :) Bikes are in So Cal (ugh).
I think I will have Dandelion become an Ebay seller :teeth
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socal isn't that far for me, good shakedown run for my goldwing. timing will be a bitch

and Dandelion is nice, why would you do that to her!?!
 
because she is sitting at home right now with way too much time on her hands :laughing
 
The Honda is a CB360 not 350 , and the Kawa is a 400 not a 750 , hard to see but it looks like there might be a CB750 ( original SOHC one) in the background there. I'm with the others ,post a list when you get it , you might have something that would catch my fancy , especially H1s or H2s , X6 hustler or early RDs. Or anything British other than a BSA.
 
mikev said:
Also I shouldn't but if you happen to come across a CB750 or something, lemme know.
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As pointed out by another poster, there is what appears to be a CB750K tank in the background of one of those photos. There is also what appears to be the tail section of a CB750F (SOHC) in the same photo. There might be something there for you. :cool
 
ohhh! Thanks Kurt! I was wondering what that tail section was! Good eye!

Maybe I'll start a new barf game and just reveals parts of bikes and let you guys figure out what it is! :laughing
 
Where in SoCal, I might be able to help:

So far the answers look right, CB360T, Suzuki TS something, a CB750 gas tank, KZ400, and a possible Yamaha Seca rear end.
 
n10sive said:
I have no clue yet. My mom is clueless as to what is in there and she's not going to pull the pile apart for me LOL

So this will be like buying storage units at auction for me and I won't really know until I get there. Could be worth a bunch...or just a lot of sneezing from the dust :laughing
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If nothing else, you've got a good start on a motorcycle wrecking yard!

Seriously, there are most likely at least one or two gems among all that.
You never know? There might be a Vincent Black Shadow or Ariel Square Four hiding in the pile. Either of those, no matter how rough and incomplete will make it worth your while.
 
n10sive said:
I will do as ST Guy suggested and post a list up here of what I find.
I have asked Santa for an RD400 LOL
But that suzuki 185 two stroke...that was my first street enduro :love
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err, I got an RD400 a couple of years ago. No title, but the bike is complete and not too corroded. Motor is free and has compression. I'm working on getting it titled, and I've got the ignition lock at a locksmith's right now to get a key made.

Once you've got a list of what's in that collection, maybe we can talk about a trade. I'm 600 miles north of you, but I make a trip or two down there every year to visit friends and family.
 
holy god let me come with you and buy something
 
Tough call as per: what to do....

1. Grand-dad was cool, that is clear.
2. The 'family' (estate) probably will think you have squandered a vast fortune even if you get top dollar for every dusty trinket - that's just the way money works sometimes, unfortunately. Even if it's all old Japanese bikes somebody will say you palmed a Crocker and a Vincent.
3. As a riding relative, you owe it to yourself, his memory and the bikes themselves to go and inventory the place. Go. Get to it, man. Bring some dust masks, and nitrile gloves.
4. Pick out one or possibly two things for yourself and then get the rest taken to one of the big classic bike auctions - the LESS restored the better. The vintage crowd goes BALLISTIC for authentic "barn-finds' that have 'the patina of time' - oddly worth more than a full big-buck restoration sometimes.
5. When it's all said and done take the $ and get it to the estate - and acknowledge that any share YOU are to recieve should be minus some value for what you kept for yourself - and DON'T try to bill them for your labor ! Deal VERY clearly and ethically with the business of the estate, even so there will be an accusation or two that you 'got over' on Aunt Sally because that old Moto Guzzi is worth X not Y. However, if YOU know that you did the best, most honest job you could you will be able to brush it off with a clear mind.

6/ While the above is just a paranoid warning of my odd imagination, don't let it spook you - enjoy some family archaeology and get yer old-bike mojo on.
 
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I'm in Auburn, you can stop by and pick me up on your way down. I know all the good places to eat in SD too. (That's a bribe Son :teeth )
 
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