I guess I'll try selling again !

[Bob KellyIII]

Well, sense the RX4 sold so fast I figured I'ed try selling the 2003 Honda Forman Quad..... I have no paperwork at all on it so the most I can do is give a bill of sale for it. but I do not like quads at all...never have and this one is no different... it's like brand new though, but it's more like a fast moving tractor to me than a fun toy ! I tried to sell it last year for $4000. and had a few people
ask about it.... and I almost traded it for a KLR650 but the guy backed out of that deal....
so I really want it gone so I decided to lower the price to $3500 and explain in the add that I have no paperwork at all on it from the get go....
and I've already gotten 3 inquiries on it !
so I went to the gas station and got $21.00 of gas in a 5 gallon can and I'll
put some gas in it tomorrow and fire it up or find out why it won't !
I have a car battery that I have been using to start it and the lawn tractor
but I'm sure it's dead by now so I have it on the charger over night !
One of the interested guys said he had a 2001 XR650L Honda and would I be interested and I said Yes ! so we shall see what happens first.
I told him to bring the bike and come look and we will discuss it ! LOL (just what I need ...Right ? HAHAHA)
but an XR650L is a lighter bike you need a ladder to get on it but that can be changed..... and they are license's able....

I had a 1989 XR650L that I had lowered so I could actually ride it and that worked out ok.... I'ed still have it if it hadn't melted in the Ranch fire about 4~5 years ago. I can't help but wonder what changes they made over the years though..... as far as I know they have kept them all the same with only changes to the plastics ! the basic bike has stayed the same for the last decade !
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anyhoo we'll see what happens in the next couple of weeks it might be interesting.
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Bob.......

[Bob KellyIII]

Well, that was fast.... I sold the Quad today and have a lead on a XR650L
to boot....
...for the XR650L I am fairly sure I will get it... but he's busy this week and there is quite a bit of snow on the ground so we talked it over and we decided to put it off a while and let the snow melt !
I'll probably go get it in a week or two and start fixing it up, it will need alot of work I have no doubt about that but ....it's a bike, I can do that for a bike ! HAHAHA....
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We've had more snow this year than all the previous 4 years that we have been here .... it's kind'a weird !
.....my Modified pellet stove is working great though so I can't complain !
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Bob........

[thedrewski86]

Good news on the sale, Bob! I guess yesterday was the best day of quad ownership, given the rule
The xr is such a cool bike, have fun with it. I would love to take one of those for a rip through my local canyon route. I doubt I'll be getting out this weekend though: more Winter is in the forecast.

[Bob KellyIII]

Strangely enough I've had the bike ( XR650L ) for at least a week now and haven't ridden it yet it's been too darn cold ! it was clear today so we went to the store... came back and was seeing the odd snow flake hit the wind shield
so I left the new battery on the 2 amp setting and left it on charge for another day ! (it's automatic and no fear of over charging.)
todays high was 41 degrees.... plus we had some wind and that wind is super cold !
it's been a really long cold winter this year !
I can't wait for Summer !

Bob.....

[Snake]

Congratulations on the sale!

[Bob KellyIII]

Thanks Rick !!! I almost always loose money on motorcycles cars and boats
as I tend to be hard on them but not being at the Ranch anymore it's kind'a hard to be hard on stuff anymore....if ya know what I mean....
I have to drive up the road about 3~4 miles just to find a dirt road
and that just feels wrong to me.... that is a blaring mistake in the depths of my soul to not be where I can walk out the front door and keep walking out through the woods for days. but such is the situation I find myself in now
....in the past if I wanted to sell something it was almost impossible
no matter how cheap you made it.... the people just could not find our place.
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you got real good at describing how to get to the ranch after a while
but Big city people just don't get the tires dirty on their cars ! so selling stuff when you live out in the boonies isn't something you have alot of experience at !....
however selling stuff here doesn't seem to be a problem...
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Looks like Mt Shasta is completely hidden in the clouds today....
and it looks like she is throwing snow at us every once in a while...
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maybe I should pack up the wife and take a vacation down to Florida where it's warmer for a week or so ! but that is a very long way to drive just for sunshine ! LOL hehehe we've never done that .... we could never afford to just drop everything and go on vacation....HA !
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Bob......