250.00 Big Red 1985- SCORE!!!

[Twilight]

This was posted on craigslist for 300 and had my name all over it, I called about 30min after it was posted and was called back promptly by the owner. Told him i could pick it up tonight and he told me 250.00 then if I could be there tonight. Couple hours later and I came home with this:

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Original title, new tires, has some caked on roofing tar on front and rear fender, one crack in right side fender that was fixed, new battery, new filter, solid racks, hitch with ball...

Good deals!

[TurboTacoma]

Very nice buy!

[phantombiker]

total score, bro!!!

[jeswinehart]

You sure come across some wonderful deals and to the best of my recollection that is the best of the best deal I have seen you pick up on.
If it is not me getting a great buy on a machine, I am just as happy to see it is one of our own here on the boards scoring a great buy.

Nice trike man ! john

[Jason125m]

Man! In canada thats worth over 1k. Up yours canada, anyways.... Nice score man, best deal ive ever sseen for a big red. Treat her well!

[whipit]

it is amazing athat anyone would even consider selling such a machine for a measly $250. what can you do with $250? Next to nothing. That guy proobably filed his truck up with gas and bought a few groceries and POOF, his $250 was gone. I would not dream of selling a clean big red for anywhere near that figure

[racer....X]

wow..that was a great deal! It looks like its in good shape and will clean up to be a beauty

[Thorpe]

I am jelous!!!

[rdlsz24]

Very nice. It looks to be complete. The rear fenders with the side panels are worth what you paid. Even at $500 that would have been a great buy imo

Rob

[chrisand4]

Wow...that is robbery! Nice find.

[three_wheelin45]

NICE!!! :w00t: :TrikesOwn

[Twilight]

You sure come across some wonderful deals and to the best of my recollection that is the best of the best deal I have seen you pick up on.
If it is not me getting a great buy on a machine, I am just as happy to see it is one of our own here on the boards scoring a great buy.

Nice trike man ! john

The thing is that I wait and watch, if I dont see it as a good deal, I will wait for the next one. Another thing is that usually one of these guys that owns a original trike, will know other owners. He also has a 350x that was CLEAN as could be, but he is keeping it for his son. I didnt press upon buying that one and just said "its good to keep a new generation of trike riders going". Before I left to pick it up I let him talk about riding it for a while and chatted back about a few area's we both have been. That was when he told me "hey you seem like a good guy and if your coming tonight and really want it, just give me 250 and we can call it a early christmas present"

Patience is the key, I got my 250sx last year waiting a MONTH for the guy to make up his mind, and after that came the 350x from his friend. Every trike *cept my first one* came from the original owner and each of those owners told me "Its old, why would I ask some obscene amount?"

Runs like a champ too!

[Fungo Wizard]

You definately landed an awesome deal there. I was stoked to find one for 200 in rough shape, I can't imagine the excitement finding one like that for 250. Congrats man!

[350Xccelerator]

Holy crap, now that was a deal

[Twilight]

Going over the bike I found that it has a removable headlight! that was never used...haha. I didnt know that then I looked in the owners manual and felt like a idiot. The roofing tar is stuck hard but I should be able to get it all off with some 1000grit then 2000grit sand paper and some goop. Undercarriage is good with minimal rust and very lil dents, left side mudflap is missing and one of the knobs to remove the rear fender is broken. Both side guard on the rear fender are missing. All the brakes are perfect, cables are smooth and non rusted, switches are good, foot brake has some rust that i'll clean and paint. Electric start is good.

Runs good, but is a trailprotrailprotrailprotrailprotrailprotrailprotr ailpro to start when cold, is this normal? A couple kicks and it fires up, but the e-start struggles to fire it off when i first started it this morning. Choke slides smoothly as well. It was colder at 35 degrees this morning so maybe thats why?

[TheRealFatShady]

Yes it's common, get an 86/87 carb or drill out your starter jet.

[Twilight]

Thank you! I'll look up when im off work by what u mean by starter jet.

[atc350xer]

Yes it's common, get an 86/87 carb or drill out your starter jet.

...or get the "cold start kit"

What a score... that is easily a $800-$1000 machine around here

[Twilight]

They are usually that much here

[Twilight]

Trike is a bad ass work machine. Hauled a few trailers of wood for our campsite out of the mountains! Definitely a pig, but a good pig.

[FATALS1CKN355]

Nice buy! My Dad has the exact same year one and everything. Hope you enjoy it :)

[Rotten]

Awesome score man! What a great lil Christmas present for yourself!

[deeredoug]

My stepdad bought one of those brand new in 85. I rode the heck out of that thing. I went to his house one day and he sold it for next to nothing to someone. I was dissapointed. I told him I would have bought it. He said it was old and didnt think I wanted it. Nice find and a great deal.