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« on: October 11, 2007, 12:29:16 PM »


Got it for $1  Grin   Should be a fun little project bike I'll keep you all posted on the progress!  Here's pics:




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« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2007, 07:31:36 PM »

That's so cool. Thanks for all the pics. And, good luck. I hope it's an easy fix.
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« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2007, 05:04:14 PM »

that's awesome! Is this officially the cheapest scooter to date? My Tank Touring 150 was $125 and i have put about $30 in it since then but alot more time. Good times.
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« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2007, 08:12:31 PM »

Quote from: "SccotsMcNuggets"
that's awesome! Is this officially the cheapest scooter to date? My Tank Touring 150 was $125 and i have put about $30 in it since then but alot more time. Good times.


 A 150 for $125!  Shocked    You lucky bastid!   :lol:  

  I guess I got lucky too, but I fear that after replacing the top-end it'll still refuse to fire.  If it does that, I'll just keep what I want and part out the rest.  :twisted:  :lol:
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« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2007, 06:57:47 AM »

a cool buck  Cool -you can't loose and if it come to it you'd make a lot more parting it out then selling it as is. Hopefully it fires up and you can zip around on it.   Cheesy
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« Reply #5 on: October 17, 2007, 11:36:22 AM »

Wow... Those are great deals...

In our life times we will get these offers.  Sometimes we go for it sometimes we don't...  I've had my share of great deals...

The one that it comes to my mind is a 1974 Challenger that I bought from this couple that was going through a divorce.  The wife sold me her soon to be husband's car for 300.  He called me and try to buy it back but I would not sell it...  I was in highschool...

The other one is a 69 mustang that I bought from a co-worker.  He neded money to repair his main car and sold me the Stang... Belonged to his mother.  All original...

And more recently I boutht a 1974 Corvette Stingray with 18,000 original miles from a good friend of mine...

But for me the deal of the century was my 1965 Bug SunRoof...  I bought that car from my father....  The only thing he wanted was a 6pack of miller gold draft... Now... That's a deal!!!!

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« Reply #6 on: December 19, 2009, 12:20:44 PM »

Okay, so I finally got the dollar scoot up and running and I'm very happy with it. It runs stronger than my 4 stroke that's for sure. It's way quicker and more hill climbing power.




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« Reply #7 on: December 19, 2009, 04:24:20 PM »

She cleaned up real nice. What did you use on the plastics?
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« Reply #8 on: December 19, 2009, 05:03:06 PM »

She cleaned up real nice. What did you use on the plastics?

 STP  Son Of A Gun
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« Reply #9 on: December 19, 2009, 05:51:43 PM »

So where is the rest of the story? How did you get that scoot for only a buck, and what did you all have to do to get it running? I wish I could come across deals like that!
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« Reply #10 on: December 19, 2009, 06:00:29 PM »

Craigslist ad in the FREE section. I saw it and went and picked it up. We wrote $1 on the bill of sale so it's not a gift and I actually gave the guy $20 just for the hell of it. It wouldn't start. It sat in storage for a couple years and I finally decided to resurrect it. It wasn't hard. Just needed a new top end, carb cleaned, and good cleaning and some hoses replaced, a new flasher relay, a new headlight bulb and some STP on the plastics to bring back the new look.  

Took about 30 hours to do it all.

It runs great! It's way quicker and climbs hill better than a 139QMB 50cc
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« Reply #11 on: December 20, 2009, 11:43:54 AM »

I am assuming that it is a 2 stroke engine? I know my Eton Beamer 2 stroke is way quicker off the line, better hill climbing, and about 7 mph faster on the top end.
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« Reply #12 on: December 20, 2009, 11:57:41 AM »

I am assuming that it is a 2 stroke engine? I know my Eton Beamer 2 stroke is way quicker off the line, better hill climbing, and about 7 mph faster on the top end.

 Yep! 1E40QMB Horizontal Minarelli/Jog clone.

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« Reply #13 on: December 23, 2009, 05:36:07 PM »

Wow congrats on that score of a deal Fox. Craigslist can do wonders!
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