Anyone in the Green Bay Wisconsin area want to do me a payed favor?

[cowpuc]

My impression of the bike.

 

1) Plastic appears to be relatively flawless. Does not appear it had ever been down. Crash bars did not have any rash that I noticed (ran my hand down them).

2) Rotors did not have a ridge. They were lightly scored, but nothing I wouldn't ride on (with a likely change of pads all around). Both fronts and rear rotors were checked.

3) All the fancy fairing stuff was there. CLASS, cassette deck, cassette deck lid, radio.

4) Battery was completely dead so I wasn't able to see if anything worked.

5) All luggage opened and closed and locked with the ignition key. (Wait, I didn't try to lock the trunk, but it did open easily with the latches.) I did not try to remove the saddle bags.

6) Seats were weathered, but did not look overly worn. Some good treatment with leather food of some sort will do it good.

7) Right front rotor cover appears to have some fluid leaked on it. Couldn't tell if it was brake fluid, fork oil, or some dog stopped and took a leak on it.

8) Serial number is JYA59J000FA000242

9) There was some wet oil on the bottom of the engine, clutch side. Appeared right under the shift shaft where it goes into the tranny. Was dry further back. Did not notice any oil under the throttle side engine.

10) All vents were in place. The plastic vent-like cover that goes between the triple tree and the fairing (under the handlebars so you can't see down the forks) was not there. Don't know if this bike has that piece or not. I seem to recall my '83 had that, but I could be wrong.

11) Tires seemed decent. Didn't check date codes, but I didn't see any cracking and they had decent tread left.

12) Aftermarket grips. Not overly expensive ones, but they were in good shape.

13) Interesting chrome cowling under the radiator, behind front wheel. Appears to have a couple of lights in it. Never seen one of these before. Nice.

14) Front rotor covers on both sides. Wired for lights, was not able to see if the lights worked as the battery was dead.

15) Chrome side lights on the front fender. Again, unable to test.

16) Has Yamaha back rest, wasn't installed but appears to be complete.

17) Small Venture bags (2) that go in front of the knees, attaching to faring, were in the trunk. Appeared to be complete, as did the mounts for them.

18) Chrome radiator grill was in really good shape.

19) Nice highway pegs.

20) Tasteful pinstriping was in good shape.

21) Don't recall seeing a center stand, but I really didn't look for it.

22) There were two auxiliary switches just inboard from the CLASS. Assume they were for the front rotor lights and the cowling lights. Again, couldn't test.

23) The faux gas tank cover was loose. However, it appeared it just hadn't been tightened down. Now that I think about it, they likely removed the battery so it wouldn't freeze. (I think that is where it is on this bike.)

24) Sales dude I spoke with was Jeff Huntoon. He wasn't knowledgeable about this bike. Not surprising at all. He was more of a snowmobile guy (owns 20 or so snow machines with some from the '60s).

 

Overall, from a purely aesthetic standpoint, this bike would clean up really well. Very good shape. As it is not motorcycle selling season up here, and it was sitting in an unheated pole shed, they did not clean it up. So it was dusty. Was not able to start it to hear it run, let alone ride it. It was 10F and I wasn't dressed for it.

 

It was good talking with you CJ. Let me know if you need anything else. Good luck with your choice.

 

RR

 

I gotta learn to type faster..

 

GREAT WRITE UP TO GO WITH THOSE GREAT PICS RED!!

[RedRider]

Thanks 'Puc. I'm not nearly as knowledgeable on the 1st gen as I am with the 2nd. It just seemed the overall condition of the bike was more of a 40k machine than 140k. I certainly could be wrong though.

 

RR

[cowpuc]

That Red, he got to SEE the bike in person!! I will change my vote and go with what he is saying!!

[Chaharly]

I just wanted to say thanks again for taking a look at it Red! I gotta tell you guys this man is a class act! Not only did he take a look at it for me, but we also had an excellent conversation t'boot! Not only did we have a chat about the 85 but we went on for over an hour talking about everything from Iron Butt rides to giant stone globes out in the middle of North Dakota to careers no less. I gotta tell yah that Red is a SERIOUS rider! Like i was saying on the phone guys like him and Puc are total inspirations for me to just get out and ride and that the coolest things youll find are almost ALWAYS off the beaten path.

 

You guys ALL just keep up the great work and KEEP THAT SHINY SIDE UP!!!

 

I just wanted to say thanks again for looking Red and thanks for the new friend!!!