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Dueller
| Posted on Monday, April 21, 2014 - 09:17 am: |
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Proud owner of 98 SiW and a '97 M2. Have enjoyed them both but due to a recent stroke, its apparent I can no longer fully enjoy the S1W as it was intended. Soooo, I;m modding the M2 to accomodate my residual physical limitations due to the stroke. Just curious. What's a reasonable price to ask for an S1W these days? Molten/Nuke, 14.000 miles. Factory race exhaust, ECM, CF ham can, solo seat, cut down cam cover, CF inner fender. Recalled shock and swingarm replaced under warranty. Blistered logo. Excellent running but a paint chip on rear body work smaller than a pencil eraser. About to put new tites on it. Not perfect but still a beautiful hooligan bike. |
Brentx1
| Posted on Monday, April 21, 2014 - 12:21 pm: |
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Sorry to see you might have to sell it. I paid $3400 last October for my 98 S1 not an S1W. Same color and setup but it only has 6000 miles on it. I thought that was a fair price. Bought it from a Badwebber. If you are open to offers, I might be interested. |
Dueller
| Posted on Monday, April 21, 2014 - 01:37 pm: |
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thanks for responding, Brent. That's why I posted my query here. I figured I would get more realistic answers. If I do sell it I really would prefer tHat it go to a badweber or other true enthusiast rather than to someone who wants to cut it up and make a chopper out of it. I think you're in the ballpark on the price. although if I could ride it like it was meant to be with me I probably wouldn't sell it at any price. Love the SAW that much |
K12pilot
| Posted on Monday, April 21, 2014 - 10:54 pm: |
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Sorry about your stroke, but glad they you still are looking to keep riding I may be interested come summer if you still have it, I have to get back to work, & make some scratch, after a 4 month recovery myself Please keep me in mind if nobody jumps on it before then. Ride Safe Chris |
Harleyms
| Posted on Monday, April 21, 2014 - 11:47 pm: |
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I suffered a arterial dissection stroke in January of 2012 at age 37. They told my wife that if I lived through the night they doubted I'd walk again. I walked out of re-hab 15 days after the stroke. Physically I'm at about 95% of pre-stroke me, I wear out quicker and my fine motor skills in my right hand aren't quite what they used to be (repeated motions like brushing my teeth, I stabbed myself in the face once...since then thank you oral-b electric). I'm curious what limitations you are left with and what type of stroke it was just for personal knowledge. You can email me if you prefer. btw I own a S1W as well. (Message edited by harleyms on April 21, 2014) |
Geedee
| Posted on Tuesday, April 22, 2014 - 04:58 am: |
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Best wishes for a good recovery Dueller. Really pleased to know of your recovery Harley, and that you got that beautiful CR. Gary |
Littlebuggles
| Posted on Tuesday, April 22, 2014 - 06:28 am: |
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Jim, sorry to hear the bad news. Let's hope for a full, or as close to it as possible, recovery. It's a bummer when anyone has these things happen, even more so with a log-time board member. Your close to stock S1W should get a fair price should you have to sell it, it seems that the more mods a bike has the harder it is to get it sold. I had two bikes for sale last summer, sold the mostly stock bike (admittedly, it was newer), got a lot of low-ball offers and tire kickers on the modded M2. Good luck with both your recovery and potential sale of you bike. |
Lornce
| Posted on Tuesday, April 22, 2014 - 10:25 am: |
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All the best for a fast and speedy recovery, Dueller. A Molten Orange/Nuke Blue S1W has got to be the most desirable S1 that Erik built. Of all the S1's, it'll surely fetch the best price. Mark my words: Tube frame Buells, especially S1's and S2's, will one day strike the fancy of collectors when they finally realise the quality and significance of these fine motorcycles.
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Dueller
| Posted on Tuesday, April 22, 2014 - 01:19 pm: |
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Thanks, all, for your comments and well wishes for my recovery. A little background. I have been healthy as a horse for years. Cholesterol, triglycerides, etc. had been perfect. Only problem that showed up in my once every 5-8 year physical was elevated BP. Which of course I ignored since it didn't seem to bother me at all. Then about 18 monthes ago my feet swole up with water retention and I was getting congestion and shortness of breath. Docs put me in water pills (lasix) and told me to get my BP down as I couyld be developing congestive heart failure but it wasn't gonna kill me. late last march, I woke up one morning after spending night at gf's house I awoke feeling awkward on my left side like I had slept wrong. Just a little uncordinated. But I really didn't exhibit signs of a stroke. Spent the morning trying to shake it off and went to lunch. Felt tired so went home to take a nap. When I woke up mid afternoon I was slurring and having trouble using my left arm and leg. Off to ER I go and by the time I was admitted I was completely paralyzed on my left side. After years of ignoring my HBP, my heart had become enlarged which apparently distorted heart valves which in turn was allow`ing blood clots to form in the chambers. One apparently broke loose and WHAM! Massive right pontine stroke. And test revealed in hospital it wasn't my first. I was only 56. I'll get off my soap box but please guys, don't ignore HBP. You don't wanna end up with a stroke. Long story short...after several months of PT I am able to walk again but with limp on left side. Speach is back to normal ( a good thing I guess because I'm a trial lawyer). But I do have difficulties manipulating left foot/ankle to shift. And I have slight balance and vision issues that are exacerbated when tired. Enoug preaching. Back to Buells. I can ride the S1 but not as I used to. Building my M2 to be a little less agressive, But no clipons or reat sets. Basically doing a bit of a cafe racer/naked bike with nulti use options as I have both old and neww seats/tanks/plastic. Will post pics for suggestions as all threads are worthless without pics!!!! AND GO GET YOUR BP CHECKED!!!!!!!!!!! |
General_ulysses
| Posted on Tuesday, April 22, 2014 - 04:47 pm: |
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Sorry to hear of your trouble dueller, glad to hear you're mostly on the mend. Could have had a much worse outcome. Out of curiosity, what level of HBP were you running? |
Dueller
| Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2014 - 01:20 pm: |
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Hey Gen. Uly...was running 155-180 over 90-100. |
Dueller
| Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2014 - 01:31 pm: |
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Pics I promised. Like I said the S!W is a little agresssive ergonomically so I'm doing a mild "cafe" of my old M2. Its a 97 so I have the slim body work I don't want to cut up. But also have later model M2 seat/tail/tank that I played around with. Always thought later M2's looked "thick " in the flanks so I trimmed the tail a bit:
Using and old slim tank and an old X1 seat I am also fabricating a cafe style seat for a minimalist look:
Obviously haven't decided on paint yet but having fun resurrecting my old "Deuce". My basic goal is to have a comfortable, pared dow Buell with easily changed seats/tanks/tails to get different uses out of the old girl. |
Buellsrule
| Posted on Wednesday, April 23, 2014 - 05:30 pm: |
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Jim, sent a pm. Thanks, Frank. |
Dueller
| Posted on Thursday, April 24, 2014 - 07:16 am: |
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Hey frank. Sorry But for some reasons I'm not getting pm. you can email me at jazLawyer@aol.com. |
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