Mike, welcome to the group. NH what? a 650 or 700S, Graham On Wed, 25 May 2011 02:02:39 -0400, Michael Dosreis <[email protected]> wrote: > I had been looking for a dependable ride for the season and was looking for > something relatively cheap maybe $1100-$1500 so I hit up Craiglist. > Started > looking around for a few weeks when I curiously checked out this ad for an > 84 NH, priced around what I wanted to spend.... then I notice "wow" this > bike is 2 hours away and 27 years old. I continued looking for something > closer to my area, but I kept browsing back to that 84 NH. Not sure why??? > I decided to call the guy just to see what condition the NH was in. Typical > battery, carb clean, so on... I'm thinking 27 years old I will look around. > 1 Week passes I call the guy back and he tells me its still available and > would I like to come and see it. I let him know I was about 2 hours away > but he assured me the NH was in pretty good shape and was willing to give > me > a better price. I told him I would call him back in a few days and let him > know. That night I stumbled on this NH page and was instantly turned on to > this bike. All the pics, all the great info, the fellowship of riders...
> I > called the guy the next day and arranged a trip up. When I pulled up and > seen this dusty, dirty, dulled up 27 year old bike I was a little > skeptical, > but the older gentleman had let me know about how he always maintained it, > showed me the records. I asked him if I could start it up.... sounded > great > so I took it for a spin. I was so impressed how it ran that as soon as I > got back that was it... SOLD... The gentleman gave me a much better price > which sweetened the deal. Brought the NH home that night. Started the > tedious process of wire brushing, degreasing, cleaning, polishing, and 2 > weeks later I was done. I have been riding it for about 2 weeks know and I > am psyched. I love the way the NH handles, the response, and the looks. I > have gotten many compliments on the bike already and people cant believe > its > 27 years old. I just want to thank everybody for helping me decide on this > bike.. > > Thanks, > Mike -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
