View Full Version : Buying a Motorcycle
SicEmBaylor
7/21/2006, 04:48 AM
So, I had wanted a scooter for when I go back to school in August. Just to give me something easier to get to class on. Anyway, a guy in town is selling a Honda 110 Trail Bike. It looks pretty much exactly like this:
http://i19.ebayimg.com/01/i/07/bb/37/89_12.JPG
I don't know what it is, but I've kinda fallen for the thing. I'm going to check it out later this afternoon.
Anyone ever had one of these?
BajaOklahoma
7/21/2006, 05:01 AM
They let Baptists ride these?
SicEmBaylor
7/21/2006, 05:02 AM
They let Baptists ride these?
Who cares? I'm a Methodist who wants to be Episcopalian. :D
BajaOklahoma
7/21/2006, 05:26 AM
Pffft! DoC rocks.
Okla-homey
7/21/2006, 06:23 AM
If your fellow inmates find out you bought one of those, you will suffer mightily. I'd wait until you are cleared of any charges before buying it just to be safe.
etouffee
7/21/2006, 06:26 AM
buy it and bury it under a pile of brush just outside the prison walls, then use it to make your harrowing escape. http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d167/bushtit/smilies/cool.gif
OU4LIFE
7/21/2006, 06:28 AM
just because Honda calls it a "trail bike" doesn't mean it is one.
Dude, it's a moped.
Texas is a big state. I don't think that thing will make it to Mexico. (It does have a chain you can yank, though...)
Newbomb Turk
7/21/2006, 06:45 AM
How old is that thing? When I was a kid, the guy across the street had one of those. That guy was the biggest dork I have ever seen - seriously.
Newbomb, Sic 'em. Sic 'em, Newbomb.
Boomer.....
7/21/2006, 08:45 AM
I used to have a Trail 90 as a kid. That thing was ugly, but fun.
yermom
7/21/2006, 09:04 AM
I used to have a Trail 90 as a kid. That thing was ugly, but fun.
i had a 70 when i was 8 or 9... i didn't know how to shift gears or anything and i think i blew the motor or something
only got to ride it for one day :(
this thing will look really cute next to the Beetle, you'll have to send us some pics ;)
lay off the Zimas when you are riding though...
http://www.etpetersen.com/ope/prodpg/hrb217tdab.jpg
jk the sooner fan
7/21/2006, 09:07 AM
when i was stationed in germany, i always got a kick out of the germans that would spend a gazillion dollars on leather outfits to ride around town on one of those mopeds that sic'em is gonna buy...
:)
They're like fat girls, you know.
etouffee
7/21/2006, 09:21 AM
They're like fat girls, you know.Hmph. I didn't know motorcycles could do THAT. :D
Chuck Bao
7/21/2006, 09:36 AM
And, I always got a kick out of watching Baylor coeds somehow manage to ride Vespas with their legs crossed.
So, yeah, Sic’Em buy that big boy, don your leather gear and chase some of those crosslegged women down.
OU4LIFE
7/21/2006, 09:36 AM
They're like fat girls, you know.
Fun to ride, you just hope no one sees you?
OU4LIFE
7/21/2006, 09:37 AM
i had a 70 when i was 8 or 9... i didn't know how to shift gears or anything and i think i blew the motor or something
bet that wasn't the last thing you blew was it, Clark?
etouffee
7/21/2006, 09:38 AM
Fun to ride, you just hope no one sees you?No, they give really good... um...
gas mileage.
CatHunter
7/21/2006, 09:46 AM
Heh.
yermom
7/21/2006, 10:52 AM
4life, not E2Fey
bet that wasn't the last thing you blew was it, Clark?
:mad:
actually there were lots more blown engines in my future...
SoonerBK
7/21/2006, 11:09 AM
I hope you don't get beat up riding that thing.
Partial Qualifier
7/21/2006, 11:18 AM
http://i19.ebayimg.com/01/i/07/bb/37/89_12.JPG
Anyone ever had one of these?
We had a pair of those; we rode 'em one week out of every year (on vacations in CO) we had to do a paperclip rig-job on the carburetor so they'd run in high altitude.
For riding around on deserted hiking & jeep trails in the mountains & stuff, they were ideal.
Partial Qualifier
7/21/2006, 11:20 AM
They're like fat girls, you know.
.. :pop:
SicEmBaylor
7/21/2006, 01:44 PM
Well, the one I'm looking at getting is a bit older than that. I think it's a late 80s model, but it was never really ridden. Just has a couple thousand miles.
It's ugly which is kinda what I like about it. It's got some kind of endearing quality. The thing doesn't actually need to run on trails; I just need it to get me the 4-5 blocks to class.
Don't forget to purchase a helmet!
http://media3.guzer.com/pictures/backwards_helmet.jpg
SoonerInKCMO
7/21/2006, 01:46 PM
I forget why it is that you can't walk 4-5 blocks - why was that?
Boarder
7/21/2006, 01:47 PM
Is he wanting more than $15 for it?
mdklatt
7/21/2006, 01:49 PM
I forget why it is that you can't walk 4-5 blocks - why was that?
He has to cross I-35 or something like that.
SicEmBaylor
7/21/2006, 01:55 PM
I forget why it is that you can't walk 4-5 blocks - why was that?
Because it'd actually be like walking 10-15 blocks to get to a crossing point unless I wantd to literally run across I-35 in the middle of Waco...no thanks.
There is an underpass that I could wlak under a bit closer, but that's where all of the homeless cohort and there are usually missionaries out there preaching...no thanks.
SoonerInKCMO
7/21/2006, 01:57 PM
Because it'd actually be like walking 10-15 blocks to get to a crossing point unless I wantd to literally run across I-35 in the middle of Waco...no thanks.
Try it - it might be fun.
http://www.atariage.com/features/activision_protos/bloodyhumanfreeway_thumb.png
SicEmBaylor
7/21/2006, 01:58 PM
I say this bike is really cool. I definitely think it'll turn heads, and it's gotta be a bit better than a scooter.
Flagstaffsooner
7/21/2006, 02:30 PM
Well, the one I'm looking at getting is a bit older than that. I think it's a late 80s model, but it was never really ridden. Just has a couple thousand miles.
Belonged to a little old lady in Pasadena who only rode it to church on Sundays.
SicEmBaylor
7/22/2006, 03:10 AM
He wants $800. I'll see if I can get him down to 700 or less.
If I buy this thing then I'll post a pic of me riding the thing in a Dukakis type shot.
BajaOklahoma
7/22/2006, 03:41 AM
I say this bike is really cool.
There is the whole issue in just seven words.
I definitely think it'll turn heads, and it's gotta be a bit better than a scooter.
So do accidents and train wrecks. Turning heads isn't always a good thing....
SoonerBorn68
7/22/2006, 04:48 AM
I say this bike is really cool. I definitely think it'll turn heads...
Yeah, but then will they point and laugh?
SicEmBaylor
7/22/2006, 05:18 AM
Yeah, but then will they point and laugh?
As with any situation involving me the answer is, "yes" there is a lot of potential in that happening.
StoopTroup
7/22/2006, 08:22 AM
$800!
You better try to get him down to $250.00.
I'd also go check with Honda to see if you can still get parts for the thing if you pay more than $300.
StoopTroup
7/22/2006, 08:25 AM
Waco Trail 90 currently $480.00 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Honda-Honda-Trial-90-1971-Honda-CT-Trail-90_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ6708QQihZ003QQitemZ1 30007922721QQrdZ1)
No Title available...bill of sale only.
Grew up ridin' and old one of those as a wee lad. You can't hurt the damn things too badly and they last forever. Mine had a gizmo on the tranny to switch from Low to High gears. The low gears were good for pulling out tree stumps and climbing steep hills and stuff. OK, maybe not for pulling out stumps but in the low-range you could putt putt up some seriously steep stuff. Years later I took a buddy from OK trail riding in Idaho. I rode a RT180 and he rode the old Honda. Got him up so high on some slippery shale that dood was pretty damn spooked. You'll look like a dweeb but save a fortune in gas $$.
birddog
4/21/2008, 12:40 PM
i just bought an 05 honda shadow. i'm going to eventually customize the hell out of it but for right now, i'm interested in drilling holes in the baffles. has anyone ever done this? is it a stupid idea?
proud gonzo
4/21/2008, 12:46 PM
i'm sorry, I'm busy wondering how the hell I missed this thread the first time around.
OU4LIFE
4/21/2008, 12:48 PM
if you wanted a noisy, loud-***, rude, neighbor waking bike, why didn't you just buy a noisy, loud-***, rude, neighbor waking bike?
birddog
4/21/2008, 12:49 PM
i'm getting a red x on that thing sicem wanted. now i'm dying to know what it looks like.
birddog
4/21/2008, 12:49 PM
i don't have 10 g's?
yermom
4/21/2008, 12:57 PM
i'm getting a red x on that thing sicem wanted. now i'm dying to know what it looks like.
i think it was one of these:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_CT110
bluedogok
4/21/2008, 01:00 PM
I'd also go check with Honda to see if you can still get parts for the thing if you pay more than $300.
I think Honda still makes basically the same model for the Far East emerging markets.
Mark had a Honda Rebel or Suzuki GZ250 at The Euro Shop (Ducati/Triumph/Victory dealer) not that long ago.
birddog
4/21/2008, 01:07 PM
i think it was one of these:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_CT110
you can get a 100 miles to the gallon on that hog.
King Crimson
4/21/2008, 01:15 PM
Mine had a gizmo on the tranny
c'mon people....
Turd_Ferguson
4/21/2008, 01:23 PM
You'd prolly look much cooler on a Vespa (http://www.vespausa.com/)
NormanPride
4/21/2008, 01:32 PM
heh.
Looks like that's what he ended up going with...
http://www.VespaUSA.com/Photos/images/vintage_sidecar_Biasci_con_Cau__Catania_1949.jpg
(Sic wasn't driving)
yermom
4/21/2008, 01:37 PM
no, he ended up getting beat up my a guy on a motorcycle. i think that's as close as he got to riding one ;)
Turd_Ferguson
4/21/2008, 01:44 PM
no, he ended up getting beat up my a guy on a motorcycle. i think that's as close as he got to riding one ;)Oh yeah, Punched by a Biker.
tulsaoilerfan
4/21/2008, 08:06 PM
This can't end well
BudSooner
4/21/2008, 08:12 PM
Nope.
Dear SicEm,
Anyone told you recently that youre hopelessly ghey? Allow me.
XOXO,
Melo
sooneron
4/22/2008, 07:58 AM
On a strangely related note, I came up with a new ghey term. Yesterday, I saw two dudes riding on a vespa. Thus, gheyer than two dudes on a vespa will be my new benchmark for things ghey. Odd that a sic'em scooter thread would rear it's old ugly head today...
King Crimson
4/22/2008, 08:14 AM
"gheyer than two dudes on a vespa".....works for me.
though, scooters ARE a practical means of transportation in my view. in Perry, Oklahoma where my G-maw lives...lotta people have them to get around town.
but, Perry is pretty much San Francisco East. heh.
Scooters are everywhere here in Dallas. I love pulling up next to them on my Harley and blipping the throttle. Scares the **** out of them.
sooneron
4/22/2008, 08:19 AM
"gheyer than two dudes on a vespa".....works for me.
though, scooters ARE a practical means of transportation in my view. in Perry, Oklahoma where my G-maw lives...lotta people have them to get around town.
but, Perry is pretty much San Francisco East. heh.
I really have no issue with the scoots, ( ;) BRJ ) I just think two guys one = NTTAWWT. In their defense, they were heading towards Chelsea on 17th St. :eek:
Hells, I'm buying a new bicycle this summer for quick runs to the store, etc...
i just bought an 05 honda shadow. i'm going to eventually customize the hell out of it but for right now, i'm interested in drilling holes in the baffles. has anyone ever done this? is it a stupid idea?
I think you will lose some power, but I'm not sure how much.
King Crimson
4/22/2008, 08:22 AM
I really have no issue with the scoots, ( ;) BRJ ) I just think two guys one = NTTAWWT. In their defense, they were heading towards Chelsea on 17th St. :eek:
Hells, I'm buying a new bicycle this summer for quick runs to the store, etc...
i think the evidence is on your side in this particular instance, no doubt. :D
sooneron
4/22/2008, 08:26 AM
i think the evidence is on your side in this particular instance, no doubt. :D
Then my falafel came back to haunt me...:eek:
:pop:
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