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My barn find 1978 Iron Head Sportster won't start. Need advice.

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Old 06-06-2019, 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by QNman
*sigh*

Well best of luck. I bet someone here would ****** it up pretty quick if you post the relevant info. You'd probably get all your money back even.
I'll start the bidding at $500 delivered.
 
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Old 06-06-2019, 08:07 PM
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youse guys have been had. he wanted to sell it all along.
ok how about six hundred?
 
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Six fiddy
 
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Old 06-07-2019, 07:08 AM
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Originally Posted by nevada72
I'll start the bidding at $500 delivered.
Be careful with the "delivered" specification. He may ride it to your house as is. 38 year old oil and all ....
 
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Originally Posted by kewlthing
Update: The bike is up for sale. Is everyone happy now? It appears a rookie wrench can't make a mistake around here without getting hardcore flamed for it. All I wanted was a little advice and and all I got was my character and intelligence insulted. I am almost 60 years and have been riding for 42 years but I guess since I don't have vintage David Mann posters on the wall I just don't fit into this old school club. Why I got so trampled for mistakes I'll never understand. Overall though, thanks for trying guys, I really thought this would be a fun project with my cyber bros by my side. Lesson learned.
Good, that will be a great bike for someone... just not you apparently.
 
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Six fiddy
I am out. The 600 was a bluff anyway.
 
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Old 06-08-2019, 06:54 AM
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I'll go 700,, but only if he changes that oil first
 
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Originally Posted by kewlthing
Update: The bike is up for sale. Is everyone happy now? It appears a rookie wrench can't make a mistake around here without getting hardcore flamed for it. All I wanted was a little advice and and all I got was my character and intelligence insulted. I am almost 60 years and have been riding for 42 years but I guess since I don't have vintage David Mann posters on the wall I just don't fit into this old school club. Why I got so trampled for mistakes I'll never understand. Overall though, thanks for trying guys, I really thought this would be a fun project with my cyber bros by my side. Lesson learned.
Stop with the poor me BS. All you really wanted was to get the bike running so you could post it up for sale as a runner.
 
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Old 06-08-2019, 01:22 PM
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I'm not educated in working on bikes, but I read this entire thread to maybe pick up a pointer here and there. Man this was painful.
 
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Old 06-08-2019, 01:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Ragtop
wow, you manage to get it up and running, congrats, but then say you are over your head?
Sounds like you did ok so far, just keep at it!
Soon as I saw the picture of him on it I knew where this was going, if that guy had walked into my shop I'd have turned him around out the door within 10 minutes of starting the conversation. They have a look there's no mistaking you just know is going to be trouble.
 
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