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I made an 800 mile round trip today to look at an '04 TBS with 7,400 miles on her. This is the bike I mentioned in another thread http://www.triumphrat.net/hinckley-classic-triples/220524-looking-at-tbs.html
I got there and the bike looked in almost show room condition. One very small paint chip on the tank and a few spots of bad chrome. Nothing too bad. It also came with a windshield and passenger backrest/luggage rack.
Now for the bad. It wouldn't start. As I mentioned in the other thread it has been ridden very little this year. Thanks to the great responses in the other thread I was assuming that it not starting my be the case and it didn't. It started and ran for about 30 seconds twice but then that was it. I got some fresh gas and added some Seafoam to it. Tried to start it again, no luck. Well as it was trying to start you could smell gas fumes and I'm thinking I flooded it. I let it sit for a minute and I noticed gas coming out from close to the air filter. I remember reading from the forums here that it was a stuck carb float (I think I'm correct on that, will research more). I turned the fuel off and that took care of the leaking fuel.
Now comes decision time. We had agreed to a price of $4,000, but that was assuming a running bike. While not a steal I thought it was a fair price. Now with a bike I haven't ridden and won't start we had a different game. I told him I had an unknown quantity with the bike and didn't know what would be required to get her running. We settled on $3,500 and I brought her home. Well if it's a simple fix I got a good deal or it could turn into a money pit and I'm screwed, LOL.
I also ran the battery down a bit with trying to start it. What would be a good battery charger for me to get? Thanks for the help and get ready for some really dumb questions from me in the future after searching the forum first of course.
Mutt
I got there and the bike looked in almost show room condition. One very small paint chip on the tank and a few spots of bad chrome. Nothing too bad. It also came with a windshield and passenger backrest/luggage rack.
Now for the bad. It wouldn't start. As I mentioned in the other thread it has been ridden very little this year. Thanks to the great responses in the other thread I was assuming that it not starting my be the case and it didn't. It started and ran for about 30 seconds twice but then that was it. I got some fresh gas and added some Seafoam to it. Tried to start it again, no luck. Well as it was trying to start you could smell gas fumes and I'm thinking I flooded it. I let it sit for a minute and I noticed gas coming out from close to the air filter. I remember reading from the forums here that it was a stuck carb float (I think I'm correct on that, will research more). I turned the fuel off and that took care of the leaking fuel.
Now comes decision time. We had agreed to a price of $4,000, but that was assuming a running bike. While not a steal I thought it was a fair price. Now with a bike I haven't ridden and won't start we had a different game. I told him I had an unknown quantity with the bike and didn't know what would be required to get her running. We settled on $3,500 and I brought her home. Well if it's a simple fix I got a good deal or it could turn into a money pit and I'm screwed, LOL.
I also ran the battery down a bit with trying to start it. What would be a good battery charger for me to get? Thanks for the help and get ready for some really dumb questions from me in the future after searching the forum first of course.
Mutt