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Next to be bought was a 1980 Honda CM200T. Talk about nostalgia! Scored this baby for $250 not running of course…
It was on a 6V battery system and I couldn’t for the life of me find one… so I put an e-bike battery in it just to get it started. Ended up selling it for $500, just because I needed the room in my storage locker.
Then I happened upon another 1987 Kawi Concourse with high mileage, but excellent running condition for $500! All it needed was a $30 speedo cable! I was going to keep it as a parts bike for my first Connie, but decided to sell it – for twice what I paid for it 😀
Welcome BigRed!
Do you notice it get worse or go away when you turn one way or the other? Wheel bearings could show the signs you mentioned, but not if you’ve only got 16K on the runner.
Make sure you show the dealer exactly what it’s doing, so they don’t say “it’s fine, just bring it back if you notice it again”.
Don’t let them brush you off (my dealership didn’t like me at all 😀 )
Next bike was the Suzuki GS400. Bought it in Kitchener for $600 not running. Put a lot into this one because it was the one I taught my daughter to ride on. Then later my girl friend.
Serviced all bearings, brakes, mufflers, throttle and clutch cables, fork seals, rebuilt the carbs, new battery and plugs. Ran like a dream.
Bought a battery, spark plugs, rocker cover gasket. Fixed the neutral safety switch. Replaced fork seals and brake pads. Repacked triple tree bearings and she was good to go!
I was going to teach my daughter to ride on this bike, but it was WAY too fast! So I sold it and doubled my money on it.
Then I bought this for $100… 1979 Honda CR250R Elsinore. Man it was hard to get parts for this thing!
Stripped it down, rebuilt the engine. got it running and driving (previous owner put the front wheel on backwards).
I didn’t even turn the wheel back around to sell it…
First winter I had the Connie, I stripped it to the frame. Did all serviced / replaced bearings and had it painted 202 Toyota black.
