Can this be fixed? It's from an GS1150E

[JokerCPoC]

If you shop around you can find a nice 1150 for 4 to 5k..A pretty good one for 2,500 to 3,500. Go over to NMRAonline.com and post what you're looking for. A lot of California racers hang out there. Dragbike.com is a good place to occasionally find a nice 1150. Scott at S&K Racing sometimes has leads on 1150's. Send Scott Valetti from dragbike.com an email. Not too long ago he had leads on 2 nice 1150 shootout bikes. Bruce Van Sant also has 1150's and parts available. Joe Franco back east also may be a good lead to find used 1150's. You can also post on the mirockracing.com. There were a fair amount of nice 1150's raced that came from the south several years ago. Marion or Marvin Ford at Ford Bros Racing may also be able to point you in a direction. There was also a guy in the Vegas area buying and selling 1150 stuff. I lost his contact info/name. You may be able to search him up.

Be careful with your money. 85k sounds like a lot of $$. It will go fast if you dont watch it. I see things on your list that maybe you could put off or get cheaper. Money is hard to come by and even harder to replace when gone. Having cash is better tha having stuff that will depreciate in value. I dont want to preach, but I have made mistakes with money, big money, that I wish I hadnt done. So if you dont have the means to recover, think everything over very carefuly.

If you find something, run it past the guys/gals here if you're unsure of the deal. Good Luck and have fun!

Thanks for the tips on where to find some 1150's. As to the other stuff, Somethings are estimates from contractors and some are low prices I've found, I'm nearly 46(Birthday is July 6th, Party on the 1st, relatives and such), So I'm not too bad. Besides the land and house comes first, then setup, then a bike, then whatever is next(Dryer[don't have one], TV, etc).:-D


Oh and the $8500 or so isn't just for a bike, It's also for parts and labor to improve It some.

[JokerCPoC]

Ok, It's been edited some and readjusted some(Cheaper cpus(3 slower Opterons, instead of 4 faster ones)), etc.

Considering the land($10,000) and the mobilehome($11,000) I'm putting on the land is down a short(325') dirt road that has a solid albeit slightly rocky surface(1" or less on the rock size), I'm not sure I'd want to get a bike with a 16" or 17" front hoop, Some parts near the edge of the road are a bit soft(3"-12" wide really, maybe less, varies and is shallow, It's made by rain runoff that the area gets sometimes, It's a desert), Paving is more expensive than extending the water main down the street($11,000 and this includes a $500 deposit and this is for water), At least the Gas main is cheap at $875, Setup may cost about $20,000 and being the mobilehome is going to be at least a '76(by county building code, includes everything), At least there is a sewer out front($3,578 Sewer main will serve letter, etc), Total housing costs are estimated to be $51,510, If I'm lucky I may get more like about $115,625 if a condo in Sacramento CA isn't sold then the primary heirs could take It and reimbuse the Trust for $22,500(It's selling for $242,500 as that is what It appraised for). Paving 325'x30'x3" of dirt road(County standard for thickness is 3") with an asphalt road would be nice, But may be more than I could afford as It would need an Engineering firm to make drawings and a contractor to pave It and the paving was estimated to be $35,000 or $3.50 per sqft(would include signs[street & Stop]). And I don't know If San Bernardino County requires anything below the paving(They might and getting an answer to that has not proven successful yet, Something to work on I guess). I'm not putting a permanent foundation under the mobilehome as that is required only for a mortgage, Which due to My small income of $836.00 a month, As I don't think I qualify for one even with a CalHFA low interest mortgage of about 5.25%(I get a cola once a year from SSI).

$51,510x House & Land in Lenwood, CA
$ 1,672x Money to live on for 2 months(Sep & Oct)
$ 982x Intial 1st 3 Repairs to Escort (front axle, Elec, A/C, hatch struts, grill, brake pads, oil leak, Shocks & struts, and hood release cable)
$ 836x Pay back SSI money for August to SSI
$ 1,345 used Gas Dryer(150), used upright freezer(178), Recliner(498), Queen size bed(419), Repair Sears Kenmore vacuum cleaner(100)
$ 800 Barstow Moving & Storage(400-800?) 253-7212
$ 160 Car Insurance and extra gas for moving boxes to New house
$ 3,838 Mitsubishi WD-73727 73" DLP Rear Projection TV(Google helped to find this price and It's the lowest yet, includes shipping too)
$ 435 MB-73727 stand for WD-73727 Free 2nd day air!
$ 4,118 Computer parts(for My current PCs, to complete two partly built PCs)
$ 219 Canon Power Shot A530 Digital 5.0 megapixel Camera[ebay]
$ 500 Pay back SSI money for Escort to SSI(Escort will be secondary vehicle, So this is mandatory, Motorcycle will be Primary vehicle as per SSI rules)
$ 8,500 used '84-'86 GS1150ES or GSX1100('91 Suzuki Katana 1100) or GS1100SD('82-'83 Suzuki Katana) or a GS1100E('82-'83), Plus parts and labor w/room for improvement(Debateable buying a GS1150ES while living on a dirt road)
$ 907 for shipping a motorcycle to Me(If a long distance, If Not My nephew and a steel ramp should do and prevent any damage to the bike, He has a pickup truck)
$ 9,490 Extra for house? (total $61,000? paved road could cost $39,000 for 325'x30'x3" with engineering drawings)
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$85,312 total


I do like the style of the Kawasaki zrx1200, But My experience with one Kawasaki 1000 Ninja didn't enthuse Me as It lacked any pep and when going up a grade It flooded It's charcoal cannister and wouldn't idle until It was dried out(dumb thing was built in to the tank) and I'm no lightweight at almost 350lbs now, I only weighed about 300 back then, But It was as comfortable as the GS1150ES and I've owned two 1150's, Should have kept the 2nd 1150, Oh well. Typing this isn't easy as I have concentration problems, I may not be hitting them hard enough and I skip ahead in My typing sometimes leaving some words out.


1991 Suzuki Katana, Custom paint(Example only)