Missed It By That Much

[Mr. Pink]

Someone got a bargain.

Oh well.
My Doodlebug stretch project with a 1975 5hp Briggs and Stratton is coming along nicely.
Almost ready for paint.

 

[MKW]

I have been looking for something exactly like that. DB30 at a good deal.

 

[toomanytoys]

They gave that sucker away!

A nice db30 is hard to find.

 

[f4radar]

Sorry about that chief.

 

[mustangfrank]

Seems like people either dump them for cheap or ask 500+ and never sell, no in between. I've been looking for one for awhile to use a couple new Predators I inherited.

 

[manchester1]

Facebook marketplace is loaded with them.

 

[MKW]

Facebook marketplace is loaded with them.

Not within reach of me.

 

[Mr. Pink]

Not within reach of me.

To top it off, this bike was only 12 miles from where I live.

 

[toomanytoys]

Facebook marketplace is loaded with them.

My area is full of beat import bikes for 7/8 of the price I can buy a new one for.

If a person wants an old warrior for 600 bucks....well I can hook a person up.

Vintage is non existent.

 

[Mr. Pink]

Looks like the person who bought the bike is trying to sell the engine.

 

[toomanytoys]

That's rich. I threw 2 of those engines in the trash....

 

[DaddyJohn]

You’ll see them go up for prices like that occasionally around here on OfferUp from people who just want to get rid of them or don’t know any better, but you’re more likely to encounter them beat-up and overpriced on FB Marketplace.

Last week, I managed to get a rough-ish MM80 for $120 and a decent Sarengeti Badger 100 for $120. Neither run, but I swap bigger engines in anyway. Believe it or not, you can get $30 or so out of those little Chinese engines if they fire on starting fluid, but $100 is just silly, lol…