Originally Posted by rcmatt
I have seen the same in the motorcycle world..... bought a Gold wing.... put 1-2k on it per year. Parked in the garage and so a "low mileage" 40 year motorcycle.... and the ad says, it ran when I parked it


On the up side, these kinds of people are a good source of bikes for the rest of us.

I've recently bought a 1977 Triumph Bonneville. 7k miles on the clock, it seems it left the factory without the bridge plate that links the centre barrel studs. Without the plate the studs vibrate and fracture the copper head gasket. They fixed the problem in 1978 by switching to composite gaskets, but when I took the head off mine it still had the original copper gasket, broken across between the two studs, textbook stuff.

I think somebody bought it, rode it around for a while until the head gasket blew, and then parked it in a shed for 40 years. At least they kept it dry and protected, it's in great condition.

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Tim H.
1986 4/4 VVTi Sport, 2002 LR Defender, 2022 Mini Cooper SE