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Always liked the stye of the YAS1C. That reminds me of the one I picked up from the back yard of the BMW dealers in Atlanta about 20 years ago for $20 and a 6 pack of beer. Never could get it to run, so sold it as project a few years later, but now I wish I'd kept it. Looking forward to seeing yours up and running in the new year.

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Why, why, why?

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Scroll through the catalog.....someone local has been hoarding a big collection of 2 stroke race bikes.

Going to need deep pockets for this one, I am sure.

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This one is a little more realistically priced. In Central GA if anyone is looking.

Someone told the seller "it's an old 2 stroke and those things are worth a fortune". But not this one. So much missing off it.

Another one saved - good work gentlemen. 

The old Suzuki A100 commuter bike. Unloved and unwashed but will run forever.

Track bike? Nothing is lockwired and that fairing will foul on your wrists when turned. Instant scrutineering fail.

I'd second that. Not the greatest ride, even with new tires and the brakes set up right. The worst part for me was working on the pressed steel frame and trying to reach everything electrical and airbox related inside it. An interesting experience, but it never held my interest and every time another old bike showed up I would complete that, and push this one to the back of the basement for a year or so. That's why it took almost 9 years to finish.

Lots of people, especially in the VJMC it seems, love these old early Hondas with a passion, but I don't.

Love the photo - very cool. I bought mine out of a small ad in the local newspaper (remember them?) and it said "Old Honda - just like Elvis rode". Looked like this when I got it, although I had added silencers and a few things by then.

Thanks! Took me many years as my interest in it faded on and off, and as soon as it was done, I sold it. Yours look fantastic and is definitely  a keeper.

Very nice. I restored a Honda CA72 when I first moved to the States and it took me many years to complete. Should have got a nice one like yours instead of starting with a rat.

2001 Kawasaki W650. Just about the last of the all-round everyday motorcycles with carbs, a kick starter and air cooling, and always a pleasure to ride.

That's a really nice one and a great price. If you join the various owners groups you'll find parts available, as always rubber parts are the hardest to find. I've owned a couple of the 100cc models and they are fun to ride, and mechanically excellent. If I was closer......etc. etc.

Just got home from the Philippines a week or so back, and had a load of small bike parts and a dozen Asian music albums in my suitcase to avoid all this nonsense. Otherwise they would have had to get here in small packets, which is what's being targeted for outrageous charges. I always fly home to the UK with a case full of random bike parts for friends there for the same reason.

Take a vacation - buy bike parts! Might end up being cheaper......