braceyoself777 
To heck with legal. This is survival. Physics and ethics overrides rules designed to kill you.
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« on: July 29, 2010, 01:43:49 PM » |
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Hey everyone, I'm a new NH700sc owner and to make a long story short, I bought this bike from a family that had their son pass away from a stroke and wanted to get rid of the bike because it reminded them too much of their loss. The bike was sitting for 1 year before I bought it for $800. I believe I came up pretty good, I put $200 for a gear box linkage repair, $200 for carb adjustments/ electrical repair and bleeding brakes and clutch. And as for insurance, I paid only $180 for the whole year. So all in all, I spent less then $1800 for my bike bringing it up and running. This is my first bike and I have learned alot of it since the day I bought it and unfortunately, I already laid it down when I got fixated on a turn and went into the run off and low sided the bike. I was wearing all my gear and learned early about how all your gear on can save you. I broke the front fairing but got a new one online and duck taped it with black duck tap in fears of it breaking again. Super Ghetto, but heck, its my first bike...I don't really care what other people think. I so far get alot of questions and compliments from other biker's cause the bike is rare. Anyways, enjoy the pictures......I will post a video soon     |
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fishmeister
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« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2010, 01:50:00 PM » |
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Cool, a Bumblebee 86! Ride safe and ride again.  |
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Snoopy
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« Reply #2 on: July 29, 2010, 01:51:26 PM » |
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Wow...i like the black and yellow look, to the forum! |
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braceyoself777
To heck with legal. This is survival. Physics and ethics overrides rules designed to kill you.
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« Reply #3 on: July 29, 2010, 02:05:59 PM » |
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Cool, a Bumblebee 86! Ride safe and ride again. I never thought of it like that....lol thanks for the compliments... |
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« Reply #4 on: July 29, 2010, 02:10:32 PM » |
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to the addiction!
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Welcome to the addiction.
I drank the red KoolAid.
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« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2010, 03:44:34 PM » |
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. Cool looking bike.
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« Reply #6 on: July 29, 2010, 03:49:32 PM » |
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Welcome to the Nighthawk Forum - ride safe.
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« Reply #7 on: July 29, 2010, 04:28:17 PM » |
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Like the bumblebee 700.
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« Reply #8 on: July 29, 2010, 04:35:00 PM » |
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Nice find. Welcome to the forum.
You should have come here first though, we could have walked you through those repairs and saved you a bunch of money.
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« Reply #9 on: July 29, 2010, 05:54:32 PM » |
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« Reply #10 on: July 29, 2010, 06:00:04 PM » |
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Nice paint, nice price, nice bike!
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« Reply #11 on: July 29, 2010, 06:33:27 PM » |
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Great looking bike  and to the best forum on the WWW. |
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braceyoself777
To heck with legal. This is survival. Physics and ethics overrides rules designed to kill you.
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« Reply #12 on: July 29, 2010, 08:36:27 PM » |
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Thanks for the comments folks. I'm not new to the whole researching and studying cause I've had been into cars and trucks for a while. I have a Nissan TITAN 4x4 and the forums always help me get an edge on taking care of recalls and some cheap free mods, mod advice, and issues. I also had a DSM Plymouth Laser RS turbo. DSM's are great cars but hell, once you start adding that bigger turbo or those new cam's, your asking for your wallet to be left at the shop and requesting pay day advances. I was planning to spend $1500 for a bike anyways, and that wasn't including the gear and insurance. So when I got everything for under $1800, I counted it as a deal. Its my first bike anyways and I will move on but what a great bike to have ;) Lots of heritage lies in the Nighthawks....
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« Reply #13 on: July 29, 2010, 08:54:56 PM » |
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Good luck with the new bike, the black/yellow combo looks cool. 
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« Reply #14 on: July 29, 2010, 11:19:23 PM » |
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Great find
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braceyoself777
To heck with legal. This is survival. Physics and ethics overrides rules designed to kill you.
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« Reply #15 on: August 02, 2010, 09:46:49 PM » |
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Thanks Guys  |
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« Reply #16 on: August 03, 2010, 01:50:34 AM » |
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Awesome! Welcome! I like the rear shocks its got on there- niceeee. And as for the yellow paint- man that looks nice |
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« Reply #17 on: August 03, 2010, 04:59:58 AM » |
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Love the color combination on your '86, Are you planning to put matching side-covers on her as well? |
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« Reply #18 on: August 03, 2010, 07:00:07 AM » |
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to the NHF! great looking bike! I can't even tell where you put the duct tape! ~G
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« Reply #19 on: August 03, 2010, 03:48:26 PM » |
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I'm a big fan of yellow on bikes. Looks great. Welcome to the group!
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« Reply #20 on: August 03, 2010, 06:22:02 PM » |
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Nice looking bike. Ride safe.
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braceyoself777
To heck with legal. This is survival. Physics and ethics overrides rules designed to kill you.
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« Reply #21 on: August 18, 2010, 05:54:11 PM » |
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to the NHF! great looking bike! I can't even tell where you put the duct tape! ~G I need to post an updated picture of it...lol you can see it pretty good lol |
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« Reply #22 on: October 16, 2010, 02:39:20 AM » |
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I've never seen a yellow and black 700s. Nice!!! And |
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