Paige said that turning 40 will make you do crazy things...crazy? I would not call it crazy...the beard that I am going to grow for a year would be crazy...but designing and building a project motorcycle in the garage? NOT CRAZY! With the resurrection of the cafe racer motorcycle...Cafe Racer TV and magazine...the guys at Rycamotors.com...and the bratstyle.com... I figured out what I wanted my next project to be! Build a custom bike in my garage with my son. I think it will be so cool to have early memories of working and leaning with dad in the garage...working on turning a wimpy cruiser into a cool machine!
After months of searching and hours spent on Ryca's web site , I found a 2011 S40 in Jacksonville Florida. The bike was purchased for a guy that had a bad driving record and could not get insurance...the deal was for him to get his motorcycle license and pay his sister back for the overly kind act...however, sometimes its hard for people that are down on their luck to turn around. This guy could not keep his end of the bargain and his sister sold this beautiful bike with 2000 miles out from under him. They paid $5000 plus all of the taxes and fees in August of 2011. I purchased the bike for $3700 in April 2012. Good deal below Kelly Blue Book.
After months of searching and hours spent on Ryca's web site , I found a 2011 S40 in Jacksonville Florida. The bike was purchased for a guy that had a bad driving record and could not get insurance...the deal was for him to get his motorcycle license and pay his sister back for the overly kind act...however, sometimes its hard for people that are down on their luck to turn around. This guy could not keep his end of the bargain and his sister sold this beautiful bike with 2000 miles out from under him. They paid $5000 plus all of the taxes and fees in August of 2011. I purchased the bike for $3700 in April 2012. Good deal below Kelly Blue Book.
I thought about moving my controls to "Mid Controls" however, sometimes ideas just do not work out...So I decided to scrap the idea and just purchase Ryca controls...so back to Ryca's web site for more hours of dreaming and planning.
Planning Planning Planning
Dreaming Dreaming Dreaming
Ebay Ebay Ebay
Off to Ryca's web site for inspiration! http://www.rycamotors.com/
My first purchase for the bike is an original Benelli 1970's new old stock..never used or ever had gas in it...tank on ebay...I felt like I was on drugs at 10pm on Sunday when I won it with a bid and 5 seconds to go....$356 bucks!