I've had my 86 SX for years now, it's been my go to bike for just about any occasion. We also just got the 87 SX together and going, although it still needs some fine tuning.
Today we've rounded out the group with the acquisition of an 85 SX with gigantic rear wheels. It was cheap, a very good deal. The seller was sick of Craigslist bozos giving him the run around for the four or five days it was listed.
I saw the ad today, called the number, said "I can be there at X:XX and I will bring $XXX.xx in cash." The seller said "OK, my address is (whatever). See you at X:XX." Pretty simple. I don't understand what the problem is with people giving sellers such a hard time during sales like this. I got this machine for cheap, and all I did was offer and show up with cash.
There was actually a buyer there to look at this machine two days before me and somehow they didn't even make an offer! Now, I get it. There's an arse for every seat, but when you walk away from a machine that has a Hondaline speedometer and a Clarke tank without even making an offer, you just don't know what you're looking it.
The sale of this speedometer (Hondaline ATC speedometer for sale!) will cover the cost of this machine.
I can't dig into this machine until I put my 650 back together, and I just ripped that apart yesterday. I find that unfortunate because I'd rather work on this SX right meow, but it's not going anywhere. I'll get some better pictures as I work on it. It's hilarious with the gigantic Carlisle meats on the back, lol! Both lower fork cartridges are what appears to be burst? I'll get pictures of that. The aluminum is cracked right open on both forks. I'm pretty sure I know why that is, but I've never seen this happen before. Any guesses?
It's getting settled in.