Sold One, Bought One

I put the Triumph Trophy for sale, advertising it as an unfinished project bike, and listed all of the issues I had been unable to resolve. Within hours, I received multiple texts, emails, and phone calls on the bike. I was amazed. In the jostling to be the first one to my house with cash, a guy from Lawrenceville, the next town over from us, came by, ready to pay full price to take it home. Turns out, he's dealt with electrical on several motorcycles before, knows automotive and motorcycle wiring diagrams, and even has experience with front fork seal jobs. Not only that, he's about 6'2", perfectly sized for this bike. And he informed me he was a Christian. I told him, "You were meant to own this bike!" So the Triumph has found a new home.

Within a week, a friend had recommended me to his uncle, who needed help selling a couple of bikes in his garage- a 2003 Honda Shadow ACE 750, and a 1981 Suzuki GS850L. I took pictures of both bikes, and gathered info on both to develop ads. About the old Suzuki, he quipped, "I have no idea what it's worth. Heck, I'd take a couple hundred just to get it out of my basement." I replied, "I'd be interested in it for that, to try my hand at it, see what I can do." He responded, "Shoot, I'll sell it to you for $125." I was thrilled, and quickly returned with cash and trailer.

So now I've set to work on this old classic, alongside the '82 Honda Nighthawk long-termer I'm tinkering with as well. He seems to have taken pretty good care of the old Suzuki, so it might not take a lot of work to get it road-ready again.
Kinda cool, having a pair of old 80s era bikes in the "shop" at the same time. Lord willin', we'll get them running and get them sold soon.