Got the green light!

[svtkeith]

Ok, so I got the green light from the misses to buy my next machine. That in itself is the battle, finding the bike is the easy part. I did find an 86 350x that Im going to check out this Saturday. The seller dont know much about it, except that its a "three wheeler white model" Wish me luck and i will post pics if i end up getting it.

[lndy650]

hope the deal goes through for ya

[MonroeMike]

She must have give you a pretty good price ceiling, if you're looking at 350x's.

Good luck.

[svtkeith]

She must have give you a pretty good price ceiling, if you're looking at 350x's.

Good luck.

Its not the money thats an issue, its my "priorities" or so she says..

[svtkeith]

Ok, so I wake up today and check Craigslist as I do everymorning, and see a 350x for $250. To good to be true right? I call the guy, he tells me he was doing a full resto, but needs money now! So I go check it out and its a complete 85 or 86 (how can i tell the difference) 350x. Sure its disassembled and he bent a valve but its all there and everything looks good. Now my question to you guys is do I still buy the one i made this post for?

[85Tecate]

Hell no, buy the one thats in pieces and use the rest of the money to put into it!

You'll have a hell of a nice trike then. If you ever divorce her, give her my number will ya? My better half wont let me buy anything!

[svtkeith]

Hell no, buy the one thats in pieces and use the rest of the money to put into it!

You'll have a hell of a nice trike then. If you ever divorce her, give her my number will ya? My better half wont let me buy anything!

Oh, I did buy it lol. That was a no brainer. Just dont know if i should by another. Im sorry about your old lady man, perhaps some flowers and a dinner will do the trick. :beer

To the rest of you guys, if I dont decide to buy it does anyone else want dibs? Dude is asking 800 bucks!!

[MonroeMike]

Nice price. Did you ever figure out the year?

[Dirtcrasher]

Resto can cost thousands......

I'd buy an assembled lower hour machine any day over a basket case.

The motor alone, done well with some goodies can eat up either 400$ or 1000$.

Look at the 85 the guy on the board just got for 1250$, how can you beat that??
Aside from 85 to 86 plastic colors, I have a couple of quick visual differences.

85 rear caliper has a link to it, 86 is more compact. 85 front caliper has cooling ribs, 86 does not and the 85 shock had a black adjuster knob, 86 has gold anodized. THOSE are the fastest ways I can think of in telling the year.............So many times parts can get swapped so it's tough to say what is WHAT!

There are dozens of other diffs all on the board if you do a search.

I'm partial to the 86 myself, all those little changes made up for a super nice machine.

[svtkeith]

Nice price. Did you ever figure out the year?


Not yet, only had time to pick it up and offload in the garage before work. I will take and post up some pics when i get home

[MonroeMike]

Try Rob's VIN decoder.

http://atcvin.webs.com/

[svtkeith]

Resto can cost thousands......

I'd buy an assembled lower hour machine any day over a basket case.

The motor alone, done well with some goodies can eat up either 400$ or 1000$.

Look at the 85 the guy on the board just got for 1250$, how can you beat that??
Aside from 85 to 86 plastic colors, I have a couple of quick visual differences.

85 rear caliper has a link to it, 86 is more compact. 85 front caliper has cooling ribs, 86 does not and the 85 shock had a black adjuster knob, 86 has gold anodized. THOSE are the fastest ways I can think of in telling the year.............So many times parts can get swapped so it's tough to say what is WHAT!

There are dozens of other diffs all on the board if you do a search.

I'm partial to the 86 myself, all those little changes made up for a super nice machine.

Im not sure if the other machine is low hour or what kind of shape its in. Apperantly the guy dont have any pics so its a gamble.

[svtkeith]

Try Rob's VIN decoder.

http://atcvin.webs.com/

Will do good sir:beer

[tanks350x]

if the clutch cable holders are on the left side of the engine, when sitting on it, it's an 86

[svtkeith]

Well heres a few random parts, the bike, broken axle bearing housing? (dont know tech term) and the tri-moto 200 i just picked up.. Got my work cut out for me to say the least.

[MonroeMike]

You got some work to do.

Did you get the Yamahauler fixed yet?

[svtkeith]

You got some work to do.

Did you get the Yamahauler fixed yet?

Just waiting on the new rear.. Should be here anyday.

[svtkeith]

So does anybody have any parts for this this thing?

[i58829]

Good deal, thats an 86 bearing carrier your best bet is to buy a boss billet carrier on ebay. The 86's in good used condition will bring 60-70 anyway and you'd still need bearings. Looks like a nice solid start, and when its done you will at least know what you have...

[svtkeith]

Good deal, thats an 86 bearing carrier your best bet is to buy a boss billet carrier on ebay. The 86's in good used condition will bring 60-70 anyway and you'd still need bearings. Looks like a nice solid start, and when its done you will at least know what you have...


Will do, and being im a 1st time owner of a 350x, I kind of like the fact that i have to build it myself..

[aldochina]

I would hang on to that bearing carrier, it looks to be broke only where the dust seal goes, and can probably be fixed. the oem 86 carriers are pretty hard to come by. def looks to be worth the few hundred you paid!! what has to be done to it other than assembly?

[RudeDog666]

being im a 1st time owner of a 350x, I kind of like the fact that i have to build it myself..

I said the same thing about the 2 trikes I got. It's better if they need a little help because it forces the new owner to learn about how they work. If it wasn't for those two trikes I wouldn't be here.

:beer To all who visit this site.

[factoryX]

I would have bought both complete and this bike...

[svtkeith]

I would hang on to that bearing carrier, it looks to be broke only where the dust seal goes, and can probably be fixed. the oem 86 carriers are pretty hard to come by. def looks to be worth the few hundred you paid!! what has to be done to it other than assembly?

It needs valve job, but Im just going to buy a nice low hr motor instead. Btw, I paid 175 for the whole shabang

[svtkeith]

I said the same thing about the 2 trikes I got. It's better if they need a little help because it forces the new owner to learn about how they work. If it wasn't for those two trikes I wouldn't be here.

:beer To all who visit this site.

I will drink to that :beer