Old Rusty Minibike posting pays off!!

[jeep4me]

I usually post an ad on Craigslist a few times a year just to see what people have to offer. I've been pretty lucky and have picked up some decent minibikes this way.

But when I put the ad up this past weekend I had no idea this big bad boy was going to be offered to me. And, yes, I jumped all over it. I'm going tomorrow to pick it up.

The guy I'm getting it from got it from a lady he works with who was wanting to clean out her barn. It was completely original and had the front rack and rear hitch when he got it. But he scraped those because he said they were all rusty... :doah:!! He stripped it down and repainted it, had the seat recovered. But now he cant get the thing to run quite right and is tried of messing with it.

He said he never had a minibike as a kid and holds no attachment to this one. So he's offered it to me......Thank You:laugh:!!

I'll post some more pics after I get it home.

 

[mmisterbungl]

HOLY CRAP....that thing looks like it came off the showroom floor! Congrats!

 

[catfishman]

very nice:thumbsup:

 

[Tom S.]

I dunno, doesn't seem all that great w/o the rack and hitch. :laugh: Swell find! :thumbsup:

 

[Big Jim]

WOW!!! The barn find I got looks NOTHING like that!!!

 

[toomanytoys]

mine either... (

 

[jdogg]

WOWWWW!! Unbelievable!!

 

[Charlie D]

Wow, really nice Jeep .Just what I am looking for Big wheeled bike .:thumbsup:

 

[Yellowhand]

Musta been a clean barn...my finds are always covered with shit and straw.

 

[Brooklyn Bob]

Sweet machine!

 

[jeep4me]

Musta been a clean barn...my finds are always covered with shit and straw.

No, no, no.:shrug: It WAS in original condition when he found it. Dusty and dirty like you would expect.

This is what it looks like NOW.

 

[mmisterbungl]

No, no, no.:shrug: It WAS in original condition when he found it. Dusty and dirty like you would expect.

This is what it looks like NOW.

So he cleaned it to get it looking like it is?

 

[bandit 40]

Steve,you get all the lucky Deals

 

[leathernun666]

Steve,you get all the lucky Deals

Tell me about it :doah: Almost makes me want to move to Michigan....Almost :laugh::laugh::laugh:

 

[kbs8ball]

That aint one of my covers.

 

[jeep4me]

So he cleaned it to get it looking like it is?

Yep, HE did. HE did all the hard work and I get to enjoy it. That's going to be nice for a change. Usually I have do all the work.

I'll try to get some "before" pics of it.

 

[wayne]

very nice find jeep !! :thumbsup::thumbsup:

 

[mmisterbungl]

Yep, HE did. HE did all the hard work and I get to enjoy it. That's going to be nice for a change. Usually I have do all the work.

I'll try to get some "before" pics of it.

I wasn't being sarcastic by the way.

 

[jeep4me]

I wasn't being sarcastic by the way.

None taken :thumbsup:

 

[MikeBear]

I usually post an ad on Craigslist a few times a year just to see what people have to offer. I've been pretty lucky and have picked up some decent minibikes this way.

But when I put the ad up this past weekend I had no idea this big bad boy was going to be offered to me. And, yes, I jumped all over it. I'm going tomorrow to pick it up.

The guy I'm getting it from got it from a lady he works with who was wanting to clean out her barn. It was completely original and had the front rack and rear hitch when he got it. But he scraped those because he said they were all rusty... :doah:!! He stripped it down and repainted it, had the seat recovered. But now he cant get the thing to run quite right and is tried of messing with it.

He said he never had a minibike as a kid and holds no attachment to this one. So he's offered it to me......Thank You:laugh:!!

I'll post some more pics after I get it home.

That's a great bike! Should be a blast to ride that out in the woods... Is that the 7 horse on there?