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Old May 20, 2009 | 08:35 PM
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Originally Posted by atvman29
I think you probably hit the nail on the head at the $250 mark. Then you could charge extra for stuff like moving shock mounts etc. Sine we're good pals and you've helped me a ton, I could get you some free advertising in the vault if you'd like! You'd have hundreds of potential buyers then. There's always the eBay route too.

Would you keep buying all the a-arms you could, or just sell of these sets?
I appreciate the offer! If I do, it will be a long time before I get into that "mode" of hanging in the garage n tickering. $250 is not a lot of motivation, so I'll have to do it as a hobby more or less. But the biggest thing holding me back is the liability question. What happens if some kid weighing 500lbs decides to jump off his roof or something and somehow manages to break a weld? Do I get sued??? I even thought about putting them on ebay and saying I had no idea who made them. Can't sue me if I didn't make them.

I don't know... I guess its kinda like you with the ads on the website... Too much trouble for what little money there may be. Both of us have a talent, and neither can profit from it.
 
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Old May 20, 2009 | 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by JustRandy
I appreciate the offer! If I do, it will be a long time before I get into that "mode" of hanging in the garage n tickering. $250 is not a lot of motivation, so I'll have to do it as a hobby more or less. But the biggest thing holding me back is the liability question. What happens if some kid weighing 500lbs decides to jump off his roof or something and somehow manages to break a weld? Do I get sued??? I even thought about putting them on ebay and saying I had no idea who made them. Can't sue me if I didn't make them.

I don't know... I guess its kinda like you with the ads on the website... Too much trouble for what little money there may be. Both of us have a talent, and neither can profit from it.
lol, you should ask DG how they do it!

But yeah, I just don't think you could get more than $250 for them. Like you said, I'm not really sure how many people have these wheelers and the ones who do have one, probably aren't rolling in dough to start with. So I don't know.
 
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Old May 20, 2009 | 08:55 PM
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What would you guys think of an LT230S stories section for the site? A place where we can all give some good stories about our 230's like how we got them and how beat or nice they were; or maybe the trip where your chain cracked your case at a crazy time?

I'm just trying to think of some fun, new things for the site. Do you think I could get enough stories for it to be worthwhile?
 
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Old May 20, 2009 | 09:57 PM
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Originally Posted by atvman29
lol, you should ask DG how they do it!

But yeah, I just don't think you could get more than $250 for them. Like you said, I'm not really sure how many people have these wheelers and the ones who do have one, probably aren't rolling in dough to start with. So I don't know.
Yep, that's why I scrapped the whole project.
 
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Old May 20, 2009 | 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by atvman29
What would you guys think of an LT230S stories section for the site? A place where we can all give some good stories about our 230's like how we got them and how beat or nice they were; or maybe the trip where your chain cracked your case at a crazy time?

I'm just trying to think of some fun, new things for the site. Do you think I could get enough stories for it to be worthwhile?
I don't know if that's a good idea or not, but here's my crazy story:

http://forums.atvconnection.com/suzu...ml#post2488276

If I had any less patience, I'd be riding a raptor or something right now and the qs would be at the bottom of some valley in the N. GA mountains. If it gives me any **** next trip up, that's exactly where its gonna be!
 
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Old May 20, 2009 | 11:07 PM
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I don't know if that's a good idea or not, but here's my crazy story:

http://forums.atvconnection.com/suzu...ml#post2488276

If I had any less patience, I'd be riding a raptor or something right now and the qs would be at the bottom of some valley in the N. GA mountains. If it gives me any **** next trip up, that's exactly where its gonna be!
lol, that sounds like a trip out of my cousin's diary or something. That kid can't make a single trip without him crashing, breaking something, or both! I'm surprised his 250X has survived the few months he's had it!

I'm not sure on the whole page of stories though, somehow I feel it would be quite low on content.
 
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Old May 21, 2009 | 12:03 AM
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For while there something was always happening to the 230. The muffler would fall off a lot. It was hard to keep any bolt tight. Later I decided the crank was probably bent after a talk with Vince. The vibrations were rattling everything loose. The rocky trails on the mountain didn't help. Honestly, from an engineering perspective, the 230 is not built well enough to ride at any kind of speed on those mountain trails.
 
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Old May 21, 2009 | 12:22 AM
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anyone have a idea how much crank bearings would cost for a 1992 250r?
 
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Old May 21, 2009 | 05:42 AM
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ATVFan - Suzuki LT250S Quadsport - Details

this might be intiresting for anybody wanting parts from a 250s. It shows all of the specs from it.

Laterz Brian
 
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Old May 21, 2009 | 06:06 PM
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I found this on craigs list for 450 bucks. im going to look at it tomorrow
What you think?
 
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