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LT500R Quadracer => LT500 - General Discussion => Topic started by: ken500r on April 14, 2013, 07:51:53 pm
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My pics are gone. Where the the hell did my pics go?????????
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i cant see the pics. i wanna see this bad larry
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I can understand the reasons for keeping his cherry Zilla.
I feel the same for my Zilla and the Roll Lobo ll
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I got offered $8000.00 cash for my zilla today. I just couldn't do it.
8K? we have a hard time getting 3k for a zilla around here and thats titled and freshly rebuilt motor from top to bottom.
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Good job keepn her!! Ive got $7000.00 into my zilla, 3 grand on chassis build & 4 grand into engine & pipe!!! My zila is going to the grave with me!!!! No way I could part with such a nostalgic quad!!! Its the biggest baddest quad EVER built!!
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Seriously? That's pretty sweet Brian!
My grandmother still has a '59 Eldorado parked behind her house.
Still the original owner LOL
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Anytime a situation like this comes along, take your time to analyze everything. Don't be too quick to say yes or no. If a guy was offering 8K for a bike, I would have told him you NEEDED at least 10K or more just to break even, then negotiate from there.
I don't want to take the wind outta your sail, but if your engine doesn't already have the reliability mods, then that is more money that will (or should) be spent during the next rebuild. It may have to be done to any other zilla you pick up, or it could already be done. Who knows...
But of course if there was a strong bond you share with your bike, then no money in the world could separate you. That is how I feel about my deVille. I've already turned down a trade for a brand new Cadillac XLR + cash. I can always go to a dealer to buy the XLR but it would be a bit difficult to find a 1959 Sedan deVille in good shape.
And as for my zilla? That heartache would be gone in a heartbeat!!! lol
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I prob woulda sold mine also but i have enuff stuff to build 2 more bikes. and also am thinking of taking my bike in a diffrent direction.
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i would have sold so i can fund Kyle's 789 22 mill zebra zilla motor. :)
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Buy low sell high!!! No I get you completely now that shes tuned to your likings ride it and enjoy. Unless you have another quad to ride building them and not being able to ride sucks. I would have sold cause I have 3 others to ride.
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I've got an agcat and a 71 blazer I feel the same way about.
Local guys would offer to buy them for way more than what they're worth and anywhere from 2-4x the price I bought them for.
Just don't have the heart to sell them, and I know that I'll never find a replacement for them either...no matter how much money I have in my pocket.
My agcat unofficially holds the record (because there isn't a record, just word of mouth as to the fastest known) for being the fastest A model with a 600HP engine and spray equipment.
It was clocked via GPS logging at an average speed of 135mph across the field with turns under 20 seconds and a level speed of 140+mph (personal record is 146mph at altitude).
Most agcats average 110-115mph with 25-30 second turns and a level speed of 120mph.
Not only is it fast, but it'll haul anything you put in the hopper.
A normal A model needs a strong engine with sea level conditions on a cool morning to pack a full hopper, a B model has a little more lift and can carry a bit more when temps get up or the engine is a little weak.
Back when I had the first engine on the cat, it would haul a full hopper at 2,600ft, 105F, gusting winds, and a full load of fuel.
I later found out that one cylinder was dead, two of them were running at 40%, and the rest were typical readings of around 80%.
Compared to a new engine rated at 600HP, I was probably making 360-400HP at full throttle.
Nobody is sure what exactly makes it fly so well, because it definitely doesn't look the part and is configured just like a lot of agcats out there that don't come close to matching it's performance.
Not only that, but it's held together when it shouldn't have, it's gotten me home when it should have forced me down, and we've both survived a lot together.
She's part of the family, and always will be.
The blazer, well let's put it this way....
I got it for my 17th birthday and it was the biggest, meanest truck at the school.
388CI stroker, fuel injected, 12.5:1 compression, high lift cam and roller rockers, etc., putting out around 420HP to 37" swampers.
Made short work of the dunes out here and jumps like a champ because there's more weight on the rear tires than the front (oddly enough).
It would go just about anywhere I wanted it to go and the girls loved it during the summer when you could take the top off and cruise all day long.
One girl in particular really loved it, my wife-to-be.
It's been nothing but trouble except for the first 6 months I had it, but I'll never give it up and eventually I'll get it going again.
Way too many memories in that blazer to just sell it off for some quick money.
So...I can completely understand not wanting to sell, even if the offers are unreasonably hard to refuse.
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My reason for not selling my Zilla.
#1 I wanted one every since my older brother took me for a ride on the back of his Zilla when I was about 9 years old and scared the crap out of me.
#2 I only payed $1200 for it and that's all I could afford at that time.
#3 The bottom and of the motor was completely rebuilt already.
#4 The cylinder was ported and re sleeved already.
#5 Where am I going to find another Zilla for $1200 that already had all that motor work done?
Think about it. Look at all the money I put in to it with out having to completely rebuilding the motor. Then I'm going to sell in for $8000 just to have to go and look for another one to build exactly the same way and probably have to spend $8000 to do it because the motor needs to be completely rebuilt. If you guys want to sell yours and buy some one else's piece of junk just to start all over again go ahead.
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I think you guys are missing the point on Ken's post. He has more than a $$$ attachment to his 500.
Not everything comes down to money........... 2c
^ THAT'S THE DAMN TRUTH. ^
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I would have sold mine in a heartbeat for 8k.
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I think you guys are missing the point on Ken's post. He has more than a $$$ attachment to his 500.
Not everything comes down to money........... 2c
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Should have sold it and rebuilt another Zilla!
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Projer lucked out... but he had it coming. He had a nice zilla, daughter got sick we tried to do a fund raiser on the old qrhq. He sold his zilla instead, then built a new one we helped him throw together and first ride @ the dunes cash offer and came home without a zilla. Wish he was here, wasn't his name mike??
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Looks like the DCS-4 plated.
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pics working now, very nice motor, is that a old Aaen, lrd pipe ???
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Holy f**king sh¡t that is a FINE machine. I can open the pics (LOL) and dude, it's soooo clean.
I was offered 2800 for my Penton and its pretty trashed. I mean, 'needs new shocks, middle cases, etc etc etc etc etc' trashed. But then again I guess with mine it comes down to "how often does a 1976 Penton 250 show up" kinda deal with mine. I turned them down and said Sorry, this is my diamond in the rough. So I know how that is with not selling the machine. But man, your bikes gotta be worth every cent of 7g at LEAST. It's soooo nice man....
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[/quote]i can't open pics
i havent been able to open pics since the site came back ??
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There was a guy (ProJer) on the old site that was offered 10K for his zilla when he was out on a ride. He said he came back home zillaless.
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Bottom line it's ur decision I just would've made a different one but none the less I respect your decision.
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I new i was going to get an ear full if i put this on here.
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X3
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i can't open pics
X2. P*
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Ill have about $3500-$4000 in my bike when finished if I got offered $8000 it would be gone before the second heat run on break in. That's doubling money and you can build another and put cash in the bank. Would have to say of I saw that stack the Zilla would be in someone's truck.
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i can't open pics
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That was a no brainier 3k profit and you could have just built another!!!!
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P*
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I got the bike for $1200.00 and put about 3800.00 in to it.
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well lets see what 8000 looks like
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I just finished my build didn't even ride it yet its brand new
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i got 2 he can have, send me his number. lol
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Who's the buyer ill sell him mine lol
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I got offered $8000.00 cash for my zilla today. I just couldn't do it.