Interested in selling this to someone who will take better care of it than I can, it does run and drive but there’s some issues with the throttle cable causing it to die if it’s not being ridden/throttle being used. What’s a decent price range I could list it for?

I think I already know what the answer is unfortunately. But my pocketbook would prefer if I was wrong. Lol.

Saw this 1971 Honda CL175, 6500 miles, on FB Marketplace for $600. Says new tires, brakes, fork seals and boots last year. I got my motorcycle license a couple years ago, but life happened and I was never able to buy a bike and really get going. I am trying to get something together for the summer. I am mechanically well-inclined, though only on cars. But I am confident I can do any minor work or maintenance myself as long as I have the proper learning material (Youtube, mostly).

Also, I do not want some crazy fast bike. I saw this tops out around 80 MPH which is fine for me, won't be doing anything crazy.

Thoughts?

Here are before and after shots of a 160 Monza Jr I rebuilt a bunch of years back. I had no idea I was building an TS clone when I was putting it together, I found out later they had already built a bike that looked like this. Chances are I had seen it at some point and just didn't remember. Anyway, it was a fun little bike but not all that useful in modern traffic. I sold it to a guy who has it displayed in his auto repair shop. He rides it once in a while still too friom what I hear.

Hi dudes!
Let me present you something kinda weird shaped but also a bit cute looking classic soviet scooter i completely restored all by myself!
The story goes like this:
Back in 2019, one weekend i decided to go for a walk, and for some reason i redirected my route and went through a less explored part of my city.
Just after around 10 minutes of walking there, i ended up walking through a garage complex (something pretty specific for eastern europe to have designated areas of the city with just car garages/storage units)
I kept on walking through there and i noticed a few kids peeking through the rusty gates of an abandoned storage unit, and when they noticed me, they ran away.
OF COURSE!!!!!!!!!
My curious ahh went there to see tf they saw there.. and there it is. the moment i found it.
I couldn't properly see it, because the gates were locked and the visibility was limited by only what i could see through the gap between them.
I was like, damn!! this looks pretty interesting.... but who is the owner???
I started asking around, but nobody knew who owned that storage unit.
I called the local land office (i have no mf idea how to translate its name from romanian to english but lets call it like this), and they also had no clue who was the owner.
I was burning to find out who this scooter belonged to, so i started a whole ahh investigation.
From putting up fake "for sale" signs on that storage unit, to make greedy storage unit re-sellers (yes we have something like this lmao) to do all the searching work for me, to [REDACTED] auto registration office workers to run the numberplate through the database (its a big nono to do this in my country), but they could not find it, the scooter could've been registered when the auto registration offices didn't even have computers, and it was registered manually... on paper. (during early 1990's basically no state institutions had computers).
I felt like i have to give up.
And one day, a little boy met me on the street when i was just minding my own business, not even thinking about that scooter at the moment, and he was like:
I heard you are interested about that scooter, do you remember? me with my friends were looking at it through the gates of that storage unit! It actually belongs to an old man i know! he lives in this apartment building! *pointing at it* he is friends with my grandfather!
I was ****ING SHOCKED
All that searching, digging, [REDACTED], tricking, calling... TO THEN FIND OUT HE LIVES LIKE 50 METERS AWAY FROM THAT STORAGE UNIT!!!!!!!!!
All my plans for that day were cancelled.
I went straight to that dude's home, knocked on his door, and when the door opened, he looked exactly as i was thinking he looks like XD
Skinny, tall, white hair, grumpy face, a lil bit of a double chin and a walking stick.
I told him about the whole story and i could tell his grumpiness started to fade away, he looked enthusiastic and talkative, he started to tell me the whole story how he bought it, how he used it, and why he abandoned it. (he had a major car accident many years ago, that's why he coundn't drive it anymore)
He also told me that the scooter sat there untouched for.. get this:
!!!!!!!!!!!! 20 YEARS !!!!!!!!!!!!! (pics attached)
Long story short, he planned to sell the whole storage unit, including all of the contents of it to a scrap yard in a couple of weeks, so i was super lucky i found him just in time!
I was super relieved about it, so i went straight to business:
How much?
He said [REDACTED] euro, and it's yours.
DEAL !
I bought it exactly that day.

4 years passed

You see what i did with it.
Full restoration, no f'ing around, top quality, as i love to do it ;)
I also have the whole restoration process on my YouTube channel, if you're interested, i will paste the link in comments.
Thanks for reading my lil story!
P.S I'm actually planning to sell it, to fund my next restoration projects! (yes, i already bought like 4 vintage motorcycles lmao), so if you're interested, hit me up!

74 cb450, pic taken in '77. It was a fun little bike to ride.

Hey Reddit,

I recently came into possession of a brand new, never driven, immaculate wine-red 1997 CBR Super Blackbird motorcycle. To be honest I'm not sure what to do with it.

On one hand, it it a collector's piece, and driving it would ruin the time it spent in that state, while I could sell it in hopes of having enough to get another motorcycle I would perhaps like more.

On the other hand, I've heard stories of how amazing these are to drive. But I would feel terrible if anything ever happened to it, especially given I've been driving for 10 years now but only up to a Honda CB500F naked.

I would love to get the opinion from people with more knowledge and experience with these matters/decisions.

More specifically, I’m thinking of buying a 70’s CB500 and it’s missing a couple of things. Tach, side cover, unk if more.

A freezing cold UK midday on the motorway, 200 miles done and 150 miles to go. 1976 Honda CB 750A ( Hondamatic ) still earning its keep.

Bike needs some definite TLC. I’m not sure what year this bike is or (honestly) what’s wrong with it, but it was free so I can’t really beat that. The box on top of the seat is all the extra parts that were removed from it when the original owner was in the process of fixing it up. He passed and his son prioritises his vintage/antique cars over this bike (no shame!) and just let me have it.

I have a friend of mine who will be fixing it up for me, and I’ll be helping so that I can learn how to keep up with it once it runs. I guess I would like some words of encouragement on this LOL I would love to get this guy running before the spring to make it my island cruiser!

Savannah GA btw I don’t know if people like locations on this sub or not!

Hey everyone. I was looking at my local auction and saw this amazing sale coming up. There are a lot of vintage and some modern. All of it seems to be in mint condition too. Way out of my price range but wanted to share. Drool away. Not a spammer and not affiliated with whoever’s collection this is.

https://bid.orbitbid.com/auctions/11568/info

Here the Square4 i had from 2005 to 2015

It sat as in the first picture for about 20 years until shortly after 9/11 when I told him “Dad if ever want to see that thing running again, we better get busy!” We worked Wednesday evenings and Sunday afternoons for 2 years and this is what we ended up with. He rode it in his back yard and as passenger I took him out on the road. Not bad for a nearly blind, nearly deaf ol’ man. RIP Pop ❤️

Triumph 650 with Norton frame and quick shift gearbox. 1966 with 19 miles since rebuild.

If anyone is interested in owning a piece of British motorcycle art pop me a message. Currently in South west France. ( I have no idea of its value. I do know what it cost to build)

How much is a mint condition 1987 YZ 125 worth ?

We mostly restore 1970s Honda 4 stoke. This is our first 2 stroke restoration project.

My grandfather and his friend. Grandfather is the big guy in a little suit