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[Motorrad]

Get a van.


I'm serious.

http://portland.craigslist.org/yam/cto/4134083532.html

http://medford.craigslist.org/cto/4119298960.html

makes it hard to roll 2 bikes in the back and take off..    

have to ask..

why a van?


and. you bastards arnt doing a good job of talking me out of it.

hell if asking is 38,000
I bet I can get it for 33,000 or 34,000

Financing would be 1.89% from my credit union (just checked)...


TALK ME OUT OF IT.  tell me to go buy a $300 chevy pickup that needs plug wires...

[Foxx4Beaver]

had a van once....and I emphasize "once"...no head room, way too tight to try and stuff 3 bikes in when needed, if you build/install shelving..it narrows and cramps it even more.
My buddy still uses a van, and I dread it when we go in his ride.

If.."IF" I was ever going to go the van route again...I'd just get a used box/cube van that has the built in ramp that you pull out from under it and hooks flush onto the back edge of the floor.At least then you have the width and height to move around.

But I don't ever see a van in my future again...at least not until I'm too old too even throw a leg over a seat or wipe my own a$$.....then you'll see me in one of these...

[sandblaster]

and. you bastards arnt doing a good job of talking me out of it.

hell if asking is 38,000
I bet I can get it for 33,000 or 34,000
Financing would be 1.89% from my credit union (just checked)...
TALK ME OUT OF IT.  tell me to go buy a $300 chevy pickup that needs plug wires...

To put it in perspective.. I built my first house for 40,000. 1400 sq ft, 3 bdr, 2 bath, double garage...
It was only a few decades ago.
$30,000 + for something that will depreciate in very short order, will cost a fortune to insure and maintain?
Are you out of your mind?
Go buy a $300 chevy pickup that needs plug wires...
Just saying...

[81cr450]

and. you bastards arnt doing a good job of talking me out of it.

hell if asking is 38,000
I bet I can get it for 33,000 or 34,000
Financing would be 1.89% from my credit union (just checked)...
TALK ME OUT OF IT.  tell me to go buy a $300 chevy pickup that needs plug wires...

To put it in perspective.. I built my first house for 40,000. 1400 sq ft, 3 bdr, 2 bath, double garage...
It was only a few decades ago.
$30,000 + for something that will depreciate in very short order, will cost a fortune to insure and maintain?
Are you out of your mind?
Go buy a $300 chevy pickup that needs plug wires...
Just saying...

Ahh the voice of reason 

[sandblaster]

Ahh the voice of reason 

I'm just guessing that it's not really what he wants to hear 

[Motorrad]

and. you bastards arnt doing a good job of talking me out of it.

hell if asking is 38,000
I bet I can get it for 33,000 or 34,000
Financing would be 1.89% from my credit union (just checked)...
TALK ME OUT OF IT.  tell me to go buy a $300 chevy pickup that needs plug wires...

To put it in perspective.. I built my first house for 40,000. 1400 sq ft, 3 bdr, 2 bath, double garage...
It was only a few decades ago.
$30,000 + for something that will depreciate in very short order, will cost a fortune to insure and maintain?
Are you out of your mind?
Go buy a $300 chevy pickup that needs plug wires...
Just saying...

Need st start a thread on how the hell that is possible!!    Perhaps I'm thinking socal  prices.  Not BF Oregon prices?


And I know your right.   That's why it sucks

[sandblaster]

and. you bastards arnt doing a good job of talking me out of it.

hell if asking is 38,000
I bet I can get it for 33,000 or 34,000
Financing would be 1.89% from my credit union (just checked)...
TALK ME OUT OF IT.  tell me to go buy a $300 chevy pickup that needs plug wires...

To put it in perspective.. I built my first house for 40,000. 1400 sq ft, 3 bdr, 2 bath, double garage...
It was only a few decades ago.
$30,000 + for something that will depreciate in very short order, will cost a fortune to insure and maintain?
Are you out of your mind?
Go buy a $300 chevy pickup that needs plug wires...
Just saying...

Need st start a thread on how the hell that is possible!!    Perhaps I'm thinking socal  prices.  Not BF Oregon prices?


And I know your right.   That's why it sucks

That was in Mariposa Ca. back in 1988 or so...
I owned the property already so that was the cost of just the house.

[Motorrad]

Ugh I can't find anything that meets what I need that isn't $$$

[TJXK]

makes it hard to roll 2 bikes in the back and take off..     

have to ask..

why a van?

I don't see what's hard about it.  They are low to the ground and you can get a van you can stand up in.

Check this thread out.  Look through multiple pages too see some variety.: http://www.southbayriders.com/forums/threads/108031/

You can fit 3 bikes in the back and extra gear on the top roof rack while still seating 5 people.  Your bikes are out of sight so opportunistic thieves don't get the inclination, and you can still tow a trailer if need be.   

You can get them in 4x4, but a 2wd is dirt cheap compared to a truck. 

But I know it's cool to have a truck because it looks cool and fist bumps.  A lot of guys egos won't allow it.

[Brute]

Sold my GT 750 a few months ago and helped the guy load it into a pickup with a low canopy. Got it in and it was standing up but it was a struggle to get in. Since I am getting 'Age Challenged' I want things to get easier to do, not harder. Have considered putting a lift in the carport so it is easier to wash off the bikes! Yikes! Bought my house for $60K in the 80's. Two years ago we bought a new rig for $50K. Ten years before that we paid $30K for a similar rig. Lots of nice creature comforts, comfortable to drive all day. My 1994 pickup worked ok, but it was not near as nice to drive over long distances. It is the same with everything. A 16” TV works fine too. How many big screens are out there now? What? $600+ for a TV?!?! Are you crazy?!?! I am sure you get my point. I would get a low toy hauler trailer if they weren’t so big and a pain to move around the yard. I use an 8’ trailer with two tire chocks bolted in now for my main motorcycle mover. Go for the extra stuff and the one you want. After ten years you will look back and think it was a good thing. 

[sandblaster]

Imagine a truck like this with the rear most axle removed.



A buddy of mine bought a semi rig with a new engine and brakes for 10k.
He removed the rear most axle and moved the tail lights up to their new position.
It took him about a day to do it.
Now he pulls his 40 ft horse trailer with living quarters fully loaded and it's nothing for that truck.
Parts are relatively cheap, easy to find, and extremely durable.
The real beauty is because he removed the rear most axle he doesn't need a CDL.
Just think what you could do with something like that 

[Motorrad]

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/ctd/4126240737.html

[81cr450]

Imagine a truck like this with the rear most axle removed.

I really like that ^^ , I have used a minivan to haul a single bike or quad, banshee, with good results. Yeah you gotta roll the handle bars but so what. I'm using an old station wagon with hoops on the rear bumper right now & really like it. Hauler & a place to sleep  

I'm gonna say sorry for suggesting a d-max after this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijlhugi85I4
70 or so dyno pulls & 150 mph plus runs down the strip & they fail , probably the assemblers fault not the 7 stages of nitrous

[Motorrad]

anyone have a 8.1 chevy?

motor specs look good.   as its iron block Iron head.   Lots of LS technology.  (ports etc).

its essentially a stroked 454.

They came bolted up to the ALLISON tranys  (big plus).


guys running tuners on them  are showing 500lb torque.

and getting around 12-mpg   Unloaded).  

and they are CHEAP vs the dieses in the used market.


ran the break even point on a few I was looking at vs the few diesels I was looking at.. and if you don't count maininance (which the diesel is $$ more)    the break even point on milage would be around 130,000  with unloaded millage only calculated.  


would suck at the pump.  if you cant remind yourself every time you fill it up that it is better in the long run.



thoughts?


Ive never driven one. so I cant comment.


Id like something PRE-SMOG.       But.   I need osmthing the entire family will fit in..   and I don't have to WORK on.   maintenance is fine. I just have enough vehicle projects that need WORK that I don't need my tow rig etc to be one of htem.

[Motorrad]

For the engine trivia, before it was ready for production, the 8.1L had to pass the ``Marine Dock'' test, in which it is run at full throttle for 300 consecutive hours, and a minimum of 1000 hours at full-throttle operation for truck applications