Joe's Bike

[Redman]

Sure is nice looking example of a great bike.

Rich, Did you miss the thread where so many of us were lamenting the loss of this bike from the GSR family, ............?

I did.

Which "Joe" ... ? (1700 miles from Massachusetts) (Is 990 Chicago to Boston)



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[Spyder]

Um, who is Joe? What did I miss? Where did that BEAUTIFUL bike come from (please don't say Joe)?

There MUST be a great story behind this whole thing...

[storm 64]

Who would scribble there name on such a nice motorcycle? Some Kevin guy.

[Vmass]

I've never been able to get so much as a quote from U-Ship. I gave up on them last year and ended up paying almost $900 to get a bike shipped across country. Would you mind sharing what you had to pay for shipping?

I paid $530 to ship this bike. After listing a shipment on Uship, I find that you get high bids very quickly. I assume these bidders are hoping you are in a rush and grab their bid. If you wait a day or two, the bid prices will typically go down. You can also name your price and if you have time to wait, someway may grab it if it works well with their route.

[Nessism]

Who would scribble there name on such a nice motorcycle? Some Kevin guy.

I've posted this story before here but think it applies once again...

I was at Willow Springs Raceway the day Kevin Schwantz was given a tryout on a factory preped 750ES. Can't remember the name of the class he was racing in but it was basically an unlimited class (most bikes were 1000 cc or bigger). He let the field go and when they were about 1/2 lap ahead he took off. By the 3rd lap or so he caught and passed the leader on the outside at the fastest part of the track. Both the bike and him as a rider were vastly superior to his competitors. A friend of a friend, that used to race a factory supplied Yamaha race bike, was in that race and came in and announced he was quitting racing. He was that demoralized. Not sure if he actually quit but you get the point. The ES was Schwartz's first factory race bike and he used it to parlay his way to the GP class shortly thereafter.

[Kiwi Canuck]

Um, who is Joe? What did I miss? Where did that BEAUTIFUL bike come from (please don't say Joe)?

There MUST be a great story behind this whole thing...

Here's the ebay listing.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1985-Suzuki-GS-/201459766544?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=aymh5HWzmfwxQg626S2soTUFGKA%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

And the thread here about the sale.

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?236340-Just-sold-on-Ebay-I-don-t-get-it&highlight=joe+whelan

The signing of the tail piece.

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?229579-Kevin-Schwantz-at-the-Dallas-International-Motorcycle-show

Here's the Rebuild thread.

http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum/showthread.php?135310-Project-700ES

Now you should be fully up to speed with who Joe is.

[GSXR7ED]

OK Spyder, start reading.


Ed

[Scout]

I just had an old Ford Station Wagon trailered from Missou to Orlando and they messed up the hood on the trip. My friend who sold it to me handled all the shipping dealings and took pictures before it left. They wanted me to pay on arrival but after seeing the damage I told them to stick it. My friend is dealing with the fallout now. This is the first time I ever had a vehicle shipped to me, thought it would enclosed or at least covered securely but that didn't happen. That's a thread for another day.That's a nice looking bike you have there!

[Spyder]

Ok, I remember jwhellen. Did something happen to him? Or was he just leaning out his herd?

[posplayr]

I just had an old Ford Station Wagon trailered from Missou to Orlando and they messed up the hood on the trip. My friend who sold it to me handled all the shipping dealings and took pictures before it left. They wanted me to pay on arrival but after seeing the damage I told them to stick it. My friend is dealing with the fallout now. This is the first time I ever had a vehicle shipped to me, thought it would enclosed or at least covered securely but that didn't happen. That's a thread for another day.That's a nice looking bike you have there!

Oh oh , not yet another friendly deal gone sour?

[eil]

Killer deal on a spectacular bike. Glad it's staying in the GSR family.

[60ratrod]

I just had an old Ford Station Wagon trailered from Missou to Orlando and they messed up the hood on the trip. My friend who sold it to me handled all the shipping dealings and took pictures before it left. They wanted me to pay on arrival but after seeing the damage I told them to stick it. My friend is dealing with the fallout now. This is the first time I ever had a vehicle shipped to me, thought it would enclosed or at least covered securely but that didn't happen. That's a thread for another day.That's a nice looking bike you have there!

this is what I worry about with eventually getting my ratrod project back to me from my dad's house in Colorado. with recent events, it'll be a few more years before the abomination is back in my garage, but worrisome none the less, since the windshield alone is a $600 piece of glass last time I price checked it.

but it's great to see that Joe's bike stayed on the boards.

[JJ]

I just had an old Ford Station Wagon trailered from Missou to Orlando and they messed up the hood on the trip. My friend who sold it to me handled all the shipping dealings and took pictures before it left. They wanted me to pay on arrival but after seeing the damage I told them to stick it. My friend is dealing with the fallout now. This is the first time I ever had a vehicle shipped to me, thought it would enclosed or at least covered securely but that didn't happen. That's a thread for another day.That's a nice looking bike you have there!

Cars are hardly ever enclosed or covered when being transported, unless you arrange that with the shipper. Wasn't the shipper insured?

Yeah, I suppose that is for another thread...

[nejeff]

Did something happen with Joe or why did he let this bike go for this price?

The Ebay description is pretty light on the details, probably would have benefited from a better written, detailed listing.

Looks like he has two more bikes for sale now on Ebay but learned his lesson and has them for buy it now or "make offer", not auctions

[Scout]

Cars are hardly ever enclosed or covered when being transported, unless you arrange that with the shipper. Wasn't the shipper insured?

Yeah, I suppose that is for another thread...

Yes, I realize that now about being covered. Yes, shipper is insured and that's being worked out now. I need to take the wagon to a body shop and have it estimated. A strap that was between two pieces of metal came loose and the metal u shaped hook swung back and forth a spot on the hood down to bare metal. The car is not restored or anything so we will see what the accessed damage is. Driver did not want to take the car off the trailer until I paid but I said no and he relented.