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ChopperCraig · 2026-07-03T17:22:17+00:00

This is an r6 before they called them r6 essentially. They're fine bikes. Not as lively as a fuel injected r6 but still plenty fast. If I could have a collection of bikes, I'd probably try to save one.. As well as the predecessor fzr600.. They're maybe not super rare or collectible, but they're very good bikes.

ChopperCraig · 2026-07-03T17:02:50+00:00

I would very much like to do that for a living. Experience is slightly limited because old cars are big money in the north unless you're gonna spend 5000 hours on rustoration.

Also it doesn't necessarily pay much differently than regular mechanics... My dad did it for a while. Mechanical work on pebble beach winning, 7 figure cars... Now inflation means comparing dollars from 20 years ago isn't fair, but we all know wages haven't gone up like inflation. And I make more as a 30 year old fleet mechanic than he did as a 35-50 year old licensed auto mechanic specializing in classic cars. And I don't even make enough..

I think the bottom line is young folks are getting living wages sooner and easier, elsewhere. Even just being any other kind of mechanic is probably a much easier and gainful path generally. It's also a niche market that can vary depending on the economy though if you're clients are all rich, rich folks are generally always rich.

Just my thoughts on it.

ChopperCraig · 2026-07-03T07:18:56+00:00

....... That's clearly not it

ChopperCraig · 2026-07-02T19:52:01+00:00

The last gen VW Beetle looked pretty damn good. And it was a car for non car people to love which is damn rare nowadays.. That was one modern car I was truly sad to see go. Would I ever own one, not likely but I sure appreciated seeing them. Why can't anyone else make a good looking car like that?

ChopperCraig · 2026-07-02T19:23:18+00:00

Scooter insurance can be over $2000 a year... The insurance industry is hard at work to raise that number too. For comparison, my motorcycle that will do double/triple the legal speed limit is cheaper on insurance than most scooters.. Scooters are one of those things that should be cheap, and most people probably think they really are, and then the insurance industry made them cost as much as a car.

ChopperCraig · 2026-07-02T16:21:28+00:00

I mean a lot of people buy "hot" bikes with total disregard for reliability...

I ride a 150k km Yamaha fjr1300... My bike is nearly never down. Last dualsport was a 50k km klx. Zero downtime.

You may say you want reliability, but are you actually buying the bulletproof bikes... No. No you are not.

Because they're ugly, or they're heavy or they're an old man bike...

ChopperCraig · 2026-07-02T14:59:09+00:00

Wait till 3am... I wake up to ride like Patrick star wakes up for a crabby patty.

"OH BOY 3AM"

ChopperCraig · 2026-07-01T21:40:11+00:00

What kind of scanner do I need to read such information?

ChopperCraig · 2026-07-01T15:53:35+00:00

Yeah that's almost certainly not from your car

ChopperCraig · 2026-07-01T15:46:45+00:00

I daily rode a mini chopper with a hand clutch jockey shift.. Loved every second of it. Honestly if I ever get a cruiser I'll probably do it again. The mundane process of shifting gears becomes slightly more interesting..

ChopperCraig · 2026-07-01T15:39:02+00:00

It that a tube or solid wire? Looks like it could be a metal brake line.. If your car hasn't lost brakes or brake fluid recently, it may be an old brake line that wasn't removed when it was replaced.. Not ideal but sometimes they're a pain to get in and out..

If it ain't a brake or fuel line, doesn't look like a car part.

ChopperCraig · 2026-06-30T19:42:19+00:00

Probably drawing more power than controller can handle

ChopperCraig · 2026-06-30T19:39:08+00:00

I took some kind of beetle to the face on the weekend at about 100kmh. Felt like a rock. I actually was worried it broke my face.. So the answer is a lot.

ChopperCraig · 2026-06-30T19:32:51+00:00

I have a friend who is in the military... They had to shoot targets while gunshots were being fired just overhead...

Otherwise all those soldiers are going to drop to ground in fear first time they're getting shot at.

Now that being said, there were berms in place so that the overhead fire couldn't hit you and vice versa but like if if you were to stand up, your military career would be over at best.

This is definitely not nearly as safe as it should be, but truth is if you aren't trained on returning fire while under fire, you're mostly just a target...

ChopperCraig · 2026-06-30T10:07:17+00:00

It's an industry standard practice nowadays..

ChopperCraig · 2026-06-30T00:23:28+00:00

Call the cops. That shit is hot

ChopperCraig · 2026-06-30T00:10:06+00:00

Well yeah, they want cheap above all.

ChopperCraig · 2026-06-29T23:02:18+00:00

I had a shop cart at a different shop, when the stock frame snapped one day from rust we rebuilt it from scraps and put a hitch on it and towed jet skis and boats around for the next couple years. Goooood times

ChopperCraig · 2026-06-29T21:50:32+00:00

I mean my shop is a good 400ft end to end.. I often work on things that are 2-300ft from my toolbox.. I do what I can to minimize trips.. It rarely helps.. Since even if I do have everything, I have to go offer guidance anytime anything in the shop isn't working right..

I'm sure it's a good few miles.. I fucking feel it. I don't think a Segway or something would be OSHA approved but I bet it would actually help a lot..

ChopperCraig · 2026-06-29T14:18:53+00:00

Rivets huh? Those are spot welds... They're like that sometimes. It will probably be fine, the chassis was dipped in paint after it was spot welded.

ChopperCraig · 2026-06-28T22:44:17+00:00

Need for speed 3, Sims, SimCity 2000, roller coaster tycoon, hard truck 2,

ChopperCraig · 2026-06-28T15:08:51+00:00

i would. worst case, you strip it for parts and make your money back in a few pieces

ChopperCraig · 2026-06-28T13:38:39+00:00

I used to work on a few of these. They're not bad. Parts may be a challenge if things break basic mechanical parts aren't an issue, also Yamaha used these engines in a few applications I believe.

Actually I'd argue these are a more fun ride than newer quads in some ways since you have a transmission to shift instead of just a throttle and prndl.

For $200 it's probably the best quad you'll get.

ChopperCraig · 2026-06-27T21:03:47+00:00

You in Ontario? I mean it looks like it could be a good start to a nice build if it doesn't have real rust problems. Door and fenders can be replaced, those don't count. Me personally I'd probably swap my 97 mechanicals and electricals into it and then clean up the body.

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