woodguru Loc: El Dorado Ca

A friend of mine traded a highly customized lifted truck with a supercharger and custom paint for a new $40k custom Harley, he was clueless about them, blew the original highly built motor within the first 150 miles, and had a lower horsepower 103 spec engine put in, it leaked oil after it sat for awhile, and for some reason he assumed it had blown a seal and he left it sit for the last two years.

To make a longer story short, he got cancer, called me and said he was in desperate need of cash, and he needed me to help him sell some things. I asked him what he wanted for the Harley and he said $8k given he thought it needed a new engine. I have a neighbor that buys and sells estates and anything he can make money on, so I told my friend I'd tell him figuring this needed a new engine at $5k or so and it would easily sell for around $20k.

I told my wife and she said no, you are not buying a motorcycle, I said I wasn't even thinking about it, I was going to tell my neighbor James. So she gets to asking about how this thing is brand new and how much a new engine would be, and what it would sell for, she said if James can make over five grand why don't we buy it and make the money ourselves? I was stunned and didn't answer, and she said Keith, did you hear me? I said yeah, but I nearly had a heart attack and didn't know what to say...So I told my friend I could go $6k, he countered with $6500 and I said done. So that's how I came to bring a Simms custom with a $5kTaylor paint job that is black with metallic burgundy ghost flames home yesterday.

I called a shop about a new engine and they said it didn't need it, it's a Harley, they leak oil when you start them up if you leave them sit for awhile, which this guy had done.

woodguru Loc: El Dorado Ca

Flytier Loc: Wilmington Delaware

YeH, but now she expects you to sell it.😃😃

woodguru Loc: El Dorado Ca

I don't want to ride it, I ride way too fast for Harleys, this was about making a five thousand bucks or more...well maybe down to Poor Reds when bikers are hanging out...just to sell it you understand, Lol

Jeanne wants us to take a picture of her sitting on it like she's riding it, with a leaf blower blowing at her like she's doing 80mph, she wants to post it on facebook, that is so not like Jeanne her friends and family will be appalled

NJ219bands Loc: New Jersey

Wow 😮

saw1 Loc: nor cal Windsor

Wow, nice lookin chopper. Hope y'all are able to sell it and make the profit you were expectin.
If it works out that you don't have to do anything else to the bike you might even be able to kick some more money to your friend. If you feel he deserves it.

Mongoose Loc: Modesto,Ca

woodguru Loc: El Dorado Ca

I already told him if it sold well without needing a motor I'd kick him back a few grand, both my wife and I are on the same page there. This was about helping him first, without being stuck with more in it than we can get back...we live by Karma and the universe taking care of those that do the right things by others.

Mongoose Loc: Modesto,Ca

Love your comment on what you plan to do it's Heart warming to know their is still people who care about others I thank you & your wife .Mongoose

kandydisbar Loc: West Orange, NJ

Pete the welder Loc: Guerneville ,ca

Nice custom bike . Love poor reds ribs and gold Cadillacs 😀

Bcmech1 Loc: Clinton Wisconsin

Beautiful bike Wood

woodguru Loc: El Dorado Ca

I just got it out of the trailer and was going over it checking it out, this thing just plain has the right look...

I had my wife sit on it hoping she might say something like Keith, this thing is really nice, maybe you should keep it, but then I came to and realized that was some form of dementia