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The most redneck transaction of my life turns my bike into a track-only bike
No shit: Today I met up with a guy from Kentucky in Arkansas and traded him my lifted pickup truck for his Camaro.
This was perhaps the most redneck moment of my life.
My truck had a bunch of shit done to it making it not worth selling, however it didn't fit the parking garage at my new job while getting 15mpg on the 35 mile drive there. I originally wanted to grab a trans am or a z28 for the drive- something I like but can pull high 20 mpg.
It was a motherfucker finding a stock one with a clean title under 100k miles for anything resembling a reasonable price. I called one dude up in Kentucky and it turns out he was selling it to buy a truck for a business he was starting. He liked all the mods (bigger V8, beefed up trans, locker, bigger tires, cranked torsion bars, etc).
I figured it was going to save me a grand on sales tax alone by trading rather than buying one, so I traded the guy straight up. Since I no longer have a truck (and putting a tow hitch on a Camaro is entirely too redneck for me), I'm getting a space at the track and storing the bike at the track. Saves me from getting registration and inspection on the bike and I can drop insurance.
I can feel the hair on the back of my head growing faster already
__________________ "The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread." Anatole France Bikes:08 CBR1000RR - mostly stock; 07 CBR 600RR - super duper track prepped; 03 CBR 600RR-kinda track prepped. All track only. How did I end up with 3 Hondas! Cages: 08 Corvette, atomic orange, loaded, 6spd manual. 2005 GTO, midnight blue, 6spd Manual.
HEY GUYS! I'M A LAWYER AND AN ENGINEER!! SRSLY, LOOK AT ME! a lawyer AND an engineer!!!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 8,582
Re: The most redneck transaction of my life turns my bike into a track-only bike
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Originally Posted by stockgp
this was your ride, and trading it for a camaro was redneck?
i don't get it. haha
anywho, pics of the maro?
Lol, yeah, I've had the truck since college. I used it a lot to go snowboarding and then to haul the bike around. I did a lot to the truck (6liter engine swap, tuning, headers, exhaust, trans upgrade, stall, locker, wheels, tires, adjustable shocks, etc etc etc). The guy got a good truck, but I didn't need it anymore and it was impossible to sell.
I'll get some pics today. It's a bone stock Black Z28 6spd manual, fully loaded, every option except the SS package.
Best way I can think of to get 28mpg at a reasonable price.
__________________ "The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal their bread." Anatole France Bikes:08 CBR1000RR - mostly stock; 07 CBR 600RR - super duper track prepped; 03 CBR 600RR-kinda track prepped. All track only. How did I end up with 3 Hondas! Cages: 08 Corvette, atomic orange, loaded, 6spd manual. 2005 GTO, midnight blue, 6spd Manual.
Re: The most redneck transaction of my life turns my bike into a track-only bike
Congrats for you, I'm envious of the track but I think I would miss the drive and commute on a bike everyday as well... but I'm not riding for many years like some of you guys either.
nice well at least it worked out for ya
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