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VertexGuy
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« on: November 23, 2014, 11:36:40 am »

I felt sorry for this machine at the auction so I picked it up for 130 bux.
Its been there all year, nobody would buy it because it didn't run.
This morning after a pot of coffee I decided to drill the locks and take the shroud off the monitor.
And it lives again.
http://youtu.be/xfxXohSTMRY
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« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2014, 12:40:53 pm »

I felt sorry for this machine at the auction so I picked it up for 130 bux.
Its been there all year, nobody would buy it because it didn't run.
This morning after a pot of coffee I decided to drill the locks and take the shroud off the monitor.
And it lives again.
http://youtu.be/xfxXohSTMRY


I have one in storage that will need more than 15 minutes to get it rolling again. I love it when previous owners take things like the handlebar assembly off and then never put it back on for years at a time. Urgh.
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VertexGuy
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« Reply #2 on: November 24, 2014, 06:51:47 pm »

yeah this one had a lot of loose monitor solder joints, missing the brake cable and the lights were blown in the dash.
Im gonna cut a brake cable to size and add an old BMX brake cable knarp to fix the brakes.
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« Reply #3 on: November 25, 2014, 04:12:37 am »

I felt sorry for this machine at the auction so I picked it up for 130 bux.
Its been there all year, nobody would buy it because it didn't run.


You are truly living up to your forum signature as a Hero Member..! Are you going to save and play it for yourself or a give away?

Oft: First post here - at the avatars.
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« Reply #4 on: November 25, 2014, 07:02:40 pm »

Good job getting that working. Looks decent, too. how much was it?
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« Reply #5 on: November 25, 2014, 10:19:18 pm »

Good job getting that working. Looks decent, too. how much was it?

I picked it up for 130 bux.

Tongue Seems like a pretty good to me!
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« Reply #6 on: November 25, 2014, 11:42:47 pm »

Good job getting that working. Looks decent, too. how much was it?

I picked it up for 130 bux.

Tongue Seems like a pretty good to me!

Oops.
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« Reply #7 on: November 30, 2014, 02:39:02 am »

I just rebuilt the living piss out of the pcb's .. what a huge diff it made .
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