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01/06/18 at 12:50:50

Going to the Folks house New Years Eve, I blew the head gasket on my old plymouth. When the shop pulled the head, they found that it was cracked. Angry

At this point, the cost of repairs would have been double the value of the car, so I decided to trade in the bike as a down payment on a newer car. As of last night, I'm the proud owner of a 2013 Fiat 500, but have no bike. Embarrassed

I guess that rules the Yellowstone trip out this summer. Sad

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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28668 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Well Poohey! I'm a FSO again. Reply #1 - 01/06/18 at 13:19:24 Neat car!... my buddy Jerry has one. Best 4 wheel fun... He's our support vehicle... (he carries the Pizza and drinks)...
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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 5837 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: Well Poohey! I'm a FSO again. Reply #2 - 01/06/18 at 16:47:18 SALB you know January is the best time to buy a bike on Ebay ! Yea , that when the $1000.oo bikes turn into $100.oo bikes !
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Well Poohey! I'm a FSO again. Reply #3 - 01/06/18 at 17:06:52 Find a head. Fix the Plymouth.
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springman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2217 Spring, Texas Gender:	Re: Well Poohey! I'm a FSO again. Reply #4 - 01/06/18 at 18:05:25 Sorry to hear about the Plymouth. Hope you enjoy the Fiat.
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raydawg Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 11551 pacific northwest Gender:	Re: Well Poohey! I'm a FSO again. Reply #5 - 01/08/18 at 14:51:25 I will prolly be dumping mine soon, cheap....
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18101 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Well Poohey! I'm a FSO again. Reply #6 - 01/08/18 at 16:26:56 raydawg wrote on 01/08/18 at 14:51:25: I will prolly be dumping mine soon, cheap.... And you guys are at least in adjacent time zones!
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jcstokes Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com is very useful Posts: 2119 Mauku New Zealand Gender:	Re: Well Poohey! I'm a FSO again. Reply #7 - 01/08/18 at 23:09:16 MM, scramble brains from NZ. Are you dumping Plymouth, Fiat or Savage/S40?
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Well Poohey! I'm a FSO again. Reply #8 - 01/09/18 at 00:29:47 Plymouth Busted head, too expensive to fix. Sold Suzuki to help finance Fiat. I think he should shop for a head and fix the Plymouth. Sell a car Buy a Savage World is good again.
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Reply #9 - 01/09/18 at 09:49:41

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 01/06/18 at 17:06:52:

Find a head.
Fix the Plymouth.

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Sorry Justin, but the laundry list of other little things on this thing that are in need of repair is a mile long. I had been using it as a beater to drive in the snow and run groceries, but the cracked head is the final nail in the coffin. After all, what's a 92 K-car worth? Roll Eyes

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Reply #10 - 01/09/18 at 10:02:07

Serowbot wrote on 01/06/18 at 13:19:24:

Neat car!... my buddy Jerry has one.
Best 4 wheel fun... Cool

He's our support vehicle... (he carries the Pizza and drinks)... Grin

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I like your buddies convertible, mines just the base model. They are fun little cars, almost like driving a go cart. I'm suprised at how many of my friends and family have mentioned that they're glad I got rid of the bike and that they had been worried about me riding with all the other idiot drivers out there. I'm thinking I might get an old klr650 or like bike to tool around in the mountains and maybe do some camping locally.

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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 5837 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: Well Poohey! I'm a FSO again. Reply #11 - 01/09/18 at 17:57:35 MM, scramble brains from NZ. Are you dumping Plymouth, Fiat or Savage/S40? I'm loosing the Sportster , soon as warm weather gets here and prices go up a little . 2007 with around 30K miles , saddle bags and luggage rack/back rest . Super-Slab gear already installed . How do ya think it should sell for ?
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Well Poohey! I'm a FSO again. Reply #12 - 01/09/18 at 19:59:30 K car? Sorry, you said Plymouth.. My minds eye would Never see a K car. I envisioned something older and sexy.. Bury it, don't mourn.
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Reply #13 - 01/09/18 at 20:07:31

I assume it's a 883? I have a 2007 Sportster 883L. Blue book value in excellent condition (bike sold by a dealer) was around $4000 in August 2017, but the local dealer told me it was only worth $2300 as trade in. That was for a stock bike in excellent condition with under 1200 miles on the clock. Only modifications are Daymaker headlight, HD tachometer added, and crash bars.

I would advertise it for $3500. I know the Sportster engine is long lived, but the mileage may not help sell the bike. To get a better informed answer, you could join the HD forum and see what kind of responses you get there.

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Reply #14 - 02/05/18 at 14:44:13

Well, after a month with the little Fiat, I can say I'm happy with the car. The only real complaint I have is the insanely low geared 1st, necessary because of the small displacement. On the other hand, thats why I'm averaging about 35MPG.

I also learned that their "Twin Air" design has nothing to do with a variable length intake manifold, like I had assumed.

http://articles.sae.org/8703/

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