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What a find turtle13 !

Check this guy out for parts - http://dratv.com/c70passportnew.html

Great 60's ride, Can't wait to see what you do to her. Are you planning on restoring or going to a modern/retro look. Either way. Best of luck to you, You have a great bike there

Bender9904 wrote:Great 60's ride, Can't wait to see what you do to her. Are you planning on restoring or going to a modern/retro look. Either way. Best of luck to you, You have a great bike there

if the lady likes the manual shift it will stay pretty stock but will be refinished something god awful like pink sparkle, i am thinking that if that is the case the plastic will still stay a stark white.
if she doesnt... that is a whole 'nother story... i am thinking about stretching the main tube about 3 inches, push the seat back about 1-2 inches and replace it with a saddle style, and try to find a stroker kit. or replace the engine with a decked and bored c90 engine with the 4 down transmission. but only time and the size of my bank account will tell.

turtle13 wrote:

Bender9904 wrote:Great 60's ride, Can't wait to see what you do to her. Are you planning on restoring or going to a modern/retro look. Either way. Best of luck to you, You have a great bike there

if the lady likes the manual shift it will stay pretty stock but will be refinished something god awful like pink sparkle, i am thinking that if that is the case the plastic will still stay a stark white.
if she doesnt... that is a whole 'nother story... i am thinking about stretching the main tube about 3 inches, push the seat back about 1-2 inches and replace it with a saddle style, and try to find a stroker kit. or replace the engine with a decked and bored c90 engine with the 4 down transmission. but only time and the size of my bank account will tell.

Lawdy Lawdy Suh, I do believe your givin' me da vapors.

Here's my MAXI-SCOOTER Project!!! $20...Runs like a champ, Kryptonite cable lock w/key included in da deal

2001 Honda HELIX 250CC.

for 20 bucks TURN1 ???

if thats not a typo thats a * deal

No kidding TURN1!

how did you pull that off TURN1, was he sitting there with the scoot running, you jumped on and drove off? then drive by again because you feel bad a throw a wadded up 20 at him as you drive by at max speed?

if thats not a typo thats a * deal [/quote]

No kidding![/quote]
how did you pull that off, was he sitting there with the scoot running, you jumped on and drove off? then drive by again because you feel bad a throw a wadded up 20 at him as you drive by at max speed?[/quote]


No!!! was the guy blind and thought he was selling a bloated goat and it was going to die soon so he was only charging $20

Someone posted, "Scooter for Parts" Out of curiousity I went to check it out. He said it didn't run, and just wanted to get rid of it since it was taking up his garage. I never seen a scooter so HUGE!!! Turns out it has a longer wheel base than the Honda Goldwing, haha.

I complained that it was too heavy and too long to load on my little truck. I offered $20, and I'll haul it away for him. He was so thankful that I took it off his property, he even gave me a new set of rachet tie downs to secure the HELIX.

I took it home, and checked the battery. It was disconnected, hehe. I jumped it and rode it around. Smooth sweet ride, and very fast.

Dude, you are one lucky SOB.

i'll give you 40$. 100% profit margin

edit: that includes shipping to michigan. make it 60$, 200%. Tempting, ain't it???

Just paid insurance on it. Full coverage for $79/yr. Same price as each of my 650cc Honda Hawk GTs.

$40, hmmm, let me think about it That's pretty good ROI.

and i thought i got a good deal on this at 250$ (bone stock and perfect, all the rough edges are from me owning it for three years ) and i still have the near-perfect seat. had an extra seat laying around that was quite tattered, so i combined it with a trash pickup couch (sniff tested for quality) and voila!!! not really practical, as it gets oily from being around my grubby spree, and isn't water resistant.

Got a few pics to share:

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