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Originally Posted by GTOguy
In the '70's, I bought a black and chrome '63 Honda 150 dream that was nice and original. White wall tires, square headlight, plastic registration tube on the rear fender. Everything worked. Of course, I put straight pipes on it and it sounded like a BSA 650. It had a top speed of about 60 mph. Months went by and it made a lot of noise and lost a lot of power. I kept riding it. About a week later, it blew the broken con rod through the front of the crankcase. I sold it to a collector blown up, for the same price I paid for it....$50.
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When I was 16 my best friend owed me $100 and it he didn't pay as promised. So I went into his garage and rolled out his broken Suzuki 250. He had broken the auto oiler and kept riding, seized the motor. So I rebuilt it, parts and labor might have been $75 or so, mixed the oil with gas and ran it for several years until I sold it. I learned how to ride a motorcycle on that bike- valuable experience when I moved up to a street bike.