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02-13-2009, 08:56 AM
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One Liter Duc Eater
Member #11449
Posts: 753
Join Date: Oct 2007
Sportsbike: 98 TL1000R 92 katana 600 49cc pocket tlr
Riding Experience:
Pictures: 0
Life Wasted on TLZone: 6 Days and 6:38:29 Hours
Brat
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if you ever get the chance to see a bike you sold someone else...
dont do it... lol. pass on it.. just say no. dont go, dont listen to what they tell ya, dont have em describe what it looks like.......
long story short, got hit up on myspace. a guy claiming to have my old 92 kat. i thought bs, then he started telling me about the bike, things i only told the person i sold it too... he lives a mile from me. this is what i saw...
as a start, heres what it looked like the day i sold it and such.....this is the day it left my possesion.....
what it looked like as i owned it...a few pics so you can see the paint.....
heres the bike when i had it apart to work on the carbs.
andddddddddd how it looked when i got to the guys house...
and that sucks, i used to ride my son on that bike...now i wouldnt ride it around teh block...
Brat
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02-13-2009, 09:31 AM
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Evil Twin
Member #13785
Posts: 321
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: livingroom
Sportsbike: had 98 TLR/ now 02 VTX1800C
Riding Experience: what doesn't kill me.....
Pictures: 0
Life Wasted on TLZone: 3 Weeks, 0 Days and 19:58:08 Hours
R8TERTLR
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tell that guy to put the poor bike out of it's misery!!!! 
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02-13-2009, 09:54 AM
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Just call me Ragnar Danneskjöld 
Member #2079
Posts: 24,453
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Cambridge MA
Sportsbike: 97 TL1000S, 01 CR250R, 96 DR350SE
Riding Experience: 14 years
Pictures: 0
Life Wasted on TLZone: 3 Months, 3 Weeks, 4 Days and 14:25:17 Hours
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That thing looks to be in sad shape. Once I bought a YZ125, then sold it shortly thereafter (I had 3 YZ125's at the time...) to a stranger. The dude ended up dating my sister, crashing (while trying to keep up with her) and then tore the bike apart (for no good reason that I could dicern). It sat in bits for a couple of years I guess, then when he was getting evicted he started to throw the bits in a dumpster. My sis called and asked if I'd give him a few bucks for the parts (he needed cash). I did, put it all back together and sold the bike again  Both times I made pretty good money on it too. 
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- TLR Akro Evo Ti Exhaust - PCII - 5.5" rear rim & 180/55 - Avon AV45/46ST tires - No Steering damper- Uni Filter -Relocated Temp sensor & 98+ t-stat housing/wp cover - TLRCrazy1 Fan Switch Mod - Dual Star heated Grips - HeliBars - 60k miles.
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02-13-2009, 05:23 PM
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GP Champ
Member #4329
Posts: 1,402
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: The Amish Flat Lands; (Outside of Lancaster), Pa
Sportsbike: 99 TLR
Riding Experience: Mostly Steph and Nikki...
Pictures: 7
Life Wasted on TLZone: 3 Weeks, 1 Day and 13:42:58 Hours
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Ahh the good old days... who knows what she looks like now... the poor guy laid it over at the title companys parking lot.. 
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02-13-2009, 06:37 PM
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Superbike Twin
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Hey Josh, something tells me you aren't very fond of this guy
Pity about the Katana Brat, it's gone downhill since you owned it. I hope you don't have to pass his place very often on your way out, it would suck having to see it in that kind of disrepair all the time. |
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02-13-2009, 09:27 PM
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One Liter Duc Eater
Member #16095
Posts: 656
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Albany NY
Sportsbike: 1997 tls
Riding Experience: 4 years
Pictures: 5
Life Wasted on TLZone: 1 Month, 0 Weeks, 6 Days and 7:36:30 Hours
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Sorry looks like something out of a mad max movie...
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02-14-2009, 11:00 AM
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One Liter Duc Eater
Member #11449
Posts: 753
Join Date: Oct 2007
Sportsbike: 98 TL1000R 92 katana 600 49cc pocket tlr
Riding Experience:
Pictures: 0
Life Wasted on TLZone: 6 Days and 6:38:29 Hours
Brat
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lol, it was odd getting a email on myspace.. then he started saying how he's seen my photobucket pics of the bike. i got there and all my stickers were on it... lol. its strange somepeople just shouldnt own bikes...
id buy it and fix it but i love the tl1000r. it took a good while to get it and itll be in my garage till my son needs a bike. then i'll buy him a tiller.  i plan on beeing 90 on a tlr. 
and no i dont have to pass it its in his back yard. but its less than a mile from my house... so i pass it with the knowledge its there....... . . on top of that i went to hs with the guys daughter. oddly enough. i'll never have to worry if the tl looks like that bc its not leaving my possesion.
oh and bikepilot i made more on it than i paid for it from my father in law. it was a good bike the ol kat!
Brat
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02-14-2009, 07:57 PM
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AMA Pit Boss
Member #7129
Posts: 2,174
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Central Connecticut
Sportsbike: 2000 Suzuki TL1000R
Riding Experience: 30+ years
Pictures: 0
Life Wasted on TLZone: 1 Month, 0 Weeks, 6 Days and 11:18:27 Hours
voodootwin
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Since we're sharing Kats:
Sold it three years ago. Kinda wish I kept it.
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02-14-2009, 09:02 PM
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One Liter Duc Eater
Member #11449
Posts: 753
Join Date: Oct 2007
Sportsbike: 98 TL1000R 92 katana 600 49cc pocket tlr
Riding Experience:
Pictures: 0
Life Wasted on TLZone: 6 Days and 6:38:29 Hours
Brat
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damn quite a few kat owners here! nice. yeah i bought it back in 96 in hs, and rode it alot, i mean alot. rode to victor here in colorado one winter day damn near froze my fingers off, and thats with me holding the engine case for heat..... lol. i used to hit turns on it and lean on into it.
and i do wish i hadnt sold it. coulda prepped it stored it for my kid...and it was nice having a few toys.. lol.
here it is the day i brought my tlr home.
on a ride with a friend that got that tls for $1700...... and promptly almost killed himself on it.....
heres a road on the way to deckers colorado, best speed on it was 120 on the ol kat.
and if ya got time heres a vid of the ol kat im the one in the ghetto leather jacket with the dim 92 taillight. lol. this vids long fyi!
the good stuffs iirc 10 min into it when i start dipping on the ol kat. videos beeing shot off a busa i painted, you can see in a corner he went a lil wide trying to keep up with my lil 600. lol
http://media.putfile.com/Deckers-Horsepower-HIll
its cool seeing other kat owners. it was a good bike and if i still had it still would be...... rip chameleon katana.... rip....
Brat
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02-14-2009, 09:06 PM
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One Liter Duc Eater
Member #11449
Posts: 753
Join Date: Oct 2007
Sportsbike: 98 TL1000R 92 katana 600 49cc pocket tlr
Riding Experience:
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Life Wasted on TLZone: 6 Days and 6:38:29 Hours
Brat
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voodoo thats a 750 kat isnt it?
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