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Gravitycollapse

(8,155 posts)
Tue Aug 20, 2013, 04:27 AM Aug 2013

Hi, my name is Gravitycollapse and I am addicted to buying and selling motorcycles...

Before I exclusively rode, I did the same thing with cars. Immediately after the honeymoon phase of new ownership, I need something else.

I've owned 6 cars and 3 motorcycles and I'm only 23.

If I was rich, I would probably just buy an airplane hanger and cram it full of automobiles.

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Hi, my name is Gravitycollapse and I am addicted to buying and selling motorcycles... (Original Post) Gravitycollapse Aug 2013 OP
Welcome to the club. I owned 8 cars/trucks and 6 motorcycles by the time I was eighteen... bluesbassman Aug 2013 #1
Have you ever thought about collecting old Cushman scooters? B Calm Aug 2013 #2
My name is Boomer and I'm an addict Boom Sound 416 Aug 2013 #3
do you know a good source for a rebuilt t140 bonnie engine? tk2kewl Aug 2013 #4
I'm an Oldsmohoarder Throd Aug 2013 #5
Oh dear... hunter Aug 2013 #6

bluesbassman

(19,360 posts)
1. Welcome to the club. I owned 8 cars/trucks and 6 motorcycles by the time I was eighteen...
Tue Aug 20, 2013, 05:13 AM
Aug 2013

I lost count along the way but it's well into double digits for cars, trucks, and bikes, but I did grow out of it. Have had the same car for ten years now.

 

Boom Sound 416

(4,185 posts)
3. My name is Boomer and I'm an addict
Tue Aug 20, 2013, 09:08 AM
Aug 2013

I've had five cars in three years. I search around dealerships that will do even trades.

I too dream of a collection.

hunter

(38,302 posts)
6. Oh dear...
Tue Aug 20, 2013, 12:16 PM
Aug 2013

... my brother went from that to building motorcycles from salvage. They know him at the DMV and CHP inspection station. Re-registering them is tougher than rebuilding them. It's a hobby, not a moneymaking venture.

Lately he's built a few 1900's style motorcycles using those 49cc Chinese motors. Things that look like this:



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorcycle_history

I hate buying and selling cars. The beast I drive now is a mid-1980's model with a salvage title. In my utopia I wouldn't need a car.




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