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« on: March 24, 2012, 07:57:51 AM » |
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This thread: http://www.valkyrieforum.com/bbs/index.php/topic,40052.0.html
got me to thinking, are there any more new Valks still out there? Maybe at some dealer still on the showroom or in a crate. Doubt it but, if so, that would be worth a trip to see my banker.
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« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2012, 08:00:35 AM » |
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Many of the used ones around here are nearly new. I frequently see them for sale on CL with less than 20K miles.
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« Reply #2 on: March 24, 2012, 08:10:44 AM » |
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Hey off subject but I hafta say that I noticed you are from Frankfort, and I ride down that way sometimes and that is absolutely beautiful country down by you . All those backroads north of Lexington around all those horse farms with the stone walls lining the rds. Nice curvy roads and great scenery . I'm an hour from the ohio river at Madison and its a nice ride down and once I cross it gets better . Whenever I go to Virg. i take 460 out of Frankfort and follow it all the way down . Have you ever been to "Brokeleg Falls' on 460 ? that is a cool place . I think its in Mcalfee county .something like that .
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« Reply #3 on: March 24, 2012, 06:54:20 PM » |
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Found a 97 Std in a basement with 1300 miles 2 years ago.
So there are some out there, but as far as I know not at a dealer.l
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« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2012, 06:58:16 PM » |
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Found a 97 Std in a basement with 1300 miles 2 years ago.
So there are some out there, but as far as I know not at a dealer.l
Well, you never know if you don't ask. Once I heard a large dealership in Denver had 4 or 5 still in the crate, I called and asked about them. Sales guy said yep they had a few but the price was well over what I could afford back then. I sincerely doubt they are still available. |
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« Reply #5 on: March 24, 2012, 07:39:46 PM » |
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i was talking to a guy at the local hardware store (out in the parking lot) and he told me of his friend that baught two Valkyrie Interstates, one he kept in the crate, the other he rode. and as far as he knew, the one is still in the crate!! somewhere in Washington State......
so, to answere your question, i'm sure there are a couple that have never been riden. sitting somewhere.......
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« Reply #6 on: March 24, 2012, 07:55:00 PM » |
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That would be like finding a middle aged virgin.
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« Reply #7 on: March 24, 2012, 08:31:42 PM » |
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That would be like finding a middle aged virgin.
Welll, chances are, a middle aged virgin would be a fat lady. Literally. |
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« Reply #8 on: March 24, 2012, 10:07:30 PM » |
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That would be like finding a middle aged virgin.
Welll, chances are, a middle aged virgin would be a fat lady. Literally. that my friend was awesome |
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« Reply #9 on: March 25, 2012, 02:14:33 AM » |
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THE --BARBER MUSEUM in Birmingham ,AL. has one that has 5 miles on it, BUT, you can't buy it.
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« Reply #10 on: March 25, 2012, 03:53:09 AM » |
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The guy at the Hendersonville NC Honda shop claimed to have
one in the crate... maybe he told me this when I was on the way
back from Gettysburg... three summers ago?...
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« Reply #11 on: March 25, 2012, 06:50:06 AM » |
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I know for a fact from a friend who works there, that there are 6runes in. Creates and 1 97 standard still in a crate in a warehouse that's over 600,000 square feet outside Chicago. The warehouse is owned by Honda.
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« Reply #12 on: March 25, 2012, 03:29:55 PM » |
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I know for a fact from a friend who works there, that there are 6runes in. Creates and 1 97 standard still in a crate in a warehouse that's over 600,000 square feet outside Chicago. The warehouse is owned by Honda.
I now need only two things to complete this quest: 1) Google Maps 2) the cast from Ocean's 11Thanks for the info  |
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« Reply #13 on: March 25, 2012, 06:35:00 PM » |
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What would something like a crate Valk be worth today? Even scarier question is what kind of shape would it be in? Vehicles are designed to be driven/ridden, not stored away...
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« Reply #14 on: March 25, 2012, 06:41:03 PM » |
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What would something like a crate Valk be worth today? Even scarier question is what kind of shape would it be in? Vehicles are designed to be driven/ridden, not stored away...
And restored. |
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« Reply #15 on: March 26, 2012, 10:07:44 AM » |
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I have one with 200 miles on it. Bought it in Cal. about 7 months ago. Almost ready to ride again. Been sitting for 15 years. It is a '97' red and white tourer.
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« Reply #16 on: March 26, 2012, 10:15:28 AM » |
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I have one with 200 miles on it. Bought it in Cal. about 7 months ago. Almost ready to ride again. Been sitting for 15 years. It is a '97' red and white tourer.
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« Reply #17 on: March 26, 2012, 10:22:16 AM » |
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I have one with 200 miles on it. Bought it in Cal. about 7 months ago. Almost ready to ride again. Been sitting for 15 years. It is a '97' red and white tourer.
Sir, you are one envied individual. I think so too... because you have a Valkyrie  ... after you get that bike ready, and ride it down some backroads and through some rain storms, it'll be just like my well used '97 -Mike |
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« Reply #18 on: March 26, 2012, 12:01:17 PM » |
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I have one with 200 miles on it. Bought it in Cal. about 7 months ago. Almost ready to ride again. Been sitting for 15 years. It is a '97' red and white tourer.
Sir, you are one envied individual. Well I don't know about that. Just in the right place at the right time. |
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« Reply #19 on: March 26, 2012, 12:02:15 PM » |
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I have one with 200 miles on it. Bought it in Cal. about 7 months ago. Almost ready to ride again. Been sitting for 15 years. It is a '97' red and white tourer.
Sir, you are one envied individual. I think so too... because you have a Valkyrie ... after you get that bike ready, and ride it down some backroads and through some rain storms, it'll be just like my well used '97 -Mike I have the black and yellow one for that. LOL!  |
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« Reply #20 on: March 26, 2012, 01:18:44 PM » |
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There's a 1997 Standard at the Birmingham Motorsports Museum on display with only 9 miles on the odometer. As good as new if you ask me.
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« Reply #21 on: March 26, 2012, 02:00:34 PM » |
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I had the grand plan of pickling a 100 year anniversary Harley and selling it 10 years later..
Fortune had it that the wife put the kibosh on that. She put the Kibosh on me 3 years later.
Shortly after I left I got the Valk. Been grinnin large ever since. Get rid of one fat lady, get another.
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« Reply #22 on: March 27, 2012, 05:36:21 AM » |
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I bought my Valk last summer - '99 standard. It had 8000 miles on it. So clean, it still had the factory stickers on the tank.
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« Reply #23 on: March 27, 2012, 08:28:46 AM » |
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If any place in the country has one, it would be G.N. Gonzales Honda in Baton Rouge, La. The former manager, George Gonzales Jr. had warehouses full of crated bikes at the time of his death, a couple of years ago. George was an eccentric store owner who worked until he died at 92 years old. I have no idea what they have done with all the crates since then.
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