I sold my bike this morning. It’s going to a good home and a guy who will really enjoy it. I hope he has as much fun with it as I did. I sold it at 27607 miles. I bought it at about 24000 or 25000 miles. Here are a few pictures of the big send-off.
Motorcycle for sale! Honda Shadow 1984 VT700
UPDATE: SOLD!
The time has come to sell my beloved Shadow. It has served me admirably but I must let it go. I am moving to California for the summer and can’t take it with me or store the bike. So please, buy my baby.
$2100 OBO.
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1984 Honda Shadow VT700.
Runs and rides great. Plenty of rubber left on the tires. Comes with engine guards and highway pegs. Currently has ~ 27600 miles on it and will have a few more after this weekend.
Gets 50 mpg when I play on it and above 50 when I’m easy on the throttle.
Great first time bike or for more experienced riders who want something fun and a little vintage.
Work done on the bike / things of note:
– front tire has around 2000 or 2500
– rear tire has about 1500 miles on it
– engine oil changed 1000 miles ago
– coolant flushed 2000 miles ago
– final drive oil flushed and changed 2000 miles ago
– comes with original toolkit (including spanner to adjust rear shock stiffness)
– comes with original manual
– comes with Clymer manual
– seat recovered before I owned it. VERY nice condition.
– front shocks rebuilt (seals replaced, fork oil cleaned out, new oil put in, new shock oil upgraded to heavier weight so bike can carry heavier rider, etc) 1500 miles ago
– new spring on kickstand
– tank repainted deep cherry red by previous owner. NO ANNOYING DECALS ON TANK!
– rebuilt ignition lock
– If you make me a good offer, I’ll throw in an Abrams strap mount tank bag (HUGE bag perfect for commuters, long trips, and to keep your nuts from freezing off in the winter) and a pair of old beat-up saddle bags.
I’m an engineer and care about things like routine maintenance and a properly functioning bike. It might be getting up there in years but it runs just fine.
Clean title in hand. Email me for more details or to come check out the bike.
Albany park and back
I took my motorcycle out for the first time in nearly a month to go watch Emily play a softball game. My timing was of by a few hours though. The game was already over by the time I arrived.
I bought some gas for the bike. 1.758 gallons at $2.379 a gallon. The last tank went for 93.7 miles giving me a fuel economy of 53.3 MPG. Not too bad!