Some random comments from people I don't even recognize. :?

Alison and I are selling her 1983 Honda Nighthawk 650 for $800. It runs well, handles well, and is a TERRIFFIC starter bike. It is the most balanced bike I've ever ridden. It is also very comfortable. It's very quick too, much more than one would think. It almost keeps up with her brother's Katana 600.

It has a brand new deep blue paint job on the fender, tank, and rear farrings. New seat and cover, New valve cover gasket, master cylindar has been rebuilt, new brake pads, all fluids changed, new grips, new mirrors, rebuilt clutch master cylindar and slave cylindar, and lots of other misc new parts. We have way more in the bike than what we're selling it for. It was mostly a project that we could work on together and one that she could learn to ride on. The carbs (all 4 of them!) are rebuilt, and very nicely tuned and balanced.

It does smoke a fair amount when its idling. The valve seals are known to leak on these bikes. Also it would need new tires if you planned on doing any serious riding. It starts great and I have always made sure it was well maintained. Clean title, ready to ride!

I'll get some pics soon. In the mean time, it looks like this but dark blue, sometimes dark purple depending on the sun.

If you are interested, PM me and we can coordinate a time to check it out! If you have your license you may take it on a test ride as well. If not, I can take you on one.

Hey. Just wanted to introduce myself. I'm Ryan Wilkins. Sophomore here at good ole James Madison U and am very interested in cars. I own a Sonoma which is slow as hell. I can only imagine what an auto is like. Anyway im here prolly to stay so if u wanna know more drop me a line

Ryan

Whats up guys,

My name is Joash. Some of you might've met me at the Student Organization Night. I've been searching through the forums and it seems like you guys know your stuff and are pretty serious with cars. I used to be die hard car guy, not so much anymore. Regardless, I'm still interested in being somewhat involved. I can't afford to pay for tires so I doubt I can autox often. Still, I'd love to come out to track meets and autocrosses to watch.
I just wanted to introduce myself and I look forward to meetin up with you guys.

Just to open up, I drive a Mazda6i.
-aem cai
-rpm short throw shifter
-grounded throttle body
-eibach pro kit 1.4/1.5
-35% tint all around incl. headlights
-debadged and side strips removed
-tsx tips
-falken ziex 512 225/45/17

this summer i ordered catack magnaflows but had to cancel 2 days in because i couldn't justify spending that much as i'm going into college. haha. same scenario for my friend's volk gramlight pro-c's that were sellin for $1000 for the set of 4.

i'll try to make it out wednesday. see ya'll.

Ok guys, I'm finally ready to sell the red 240sx.

MM price: $1500

I'm going to tell you everything that I know is wrong with the car. Personally, I don't really want somebody I like to buy this car b/c I would feel bad if it breaks on them, even if it isn't my fault. I'm kinda just fielding it out here so you guys can tell me if I'm crazy or what.

The shocks and springs are all in good shape. Brakes all have lots of pad and rotor left on them, I just flushed the system with brand new fluid this past Friday. Changed oil last Friday Transmission shifts smoothly and clutch fluid was just flushed on Friday as well. It also has fresh fluid (Royal Purple) in it from when I did the engine rebuild and should not ned any service for at least 30,000 miles. It has a short shifter which dramatically shortened the length of the throws between shifts. One tire needs to be replaced, all others are in good shape. The paint is peeling and is far from showroom floor. The car was also in an accident before Rex owned it, and the DS front fender is wrinkled up. I have a spare fender sitting in the car that goes with the sale, but it needs to be painted and installed. The light still moves up and down freely and is properly aligned. The passenger seat has a large stain on it. The bolster on the driver seat is ripped and shows a lot of wear. The power steering pump is leaking fluid and should probably be replaced. The Heads Up Display (HUD) works perfectly, which is fairly rare for 240s this old. The guage cluster has been replaced, so the mileage is incorrect on the odometer. The chassis has ~150,000 on it, the engine has less than 1,000. I rebuilt the engine on this car last winter and it was installed this spring. The butterflies on the intake manifold have been removed, resulting in some loss of torque, but engine seems to be a small amount faster. The engine has 91 cams, which were the hottest available for the 240. When I installled the engine, it had an overheating problem. I was too busy at the time to work with it so it sat for several months. I have toyed with it some more and it does not overheat as badly. It will also remedy itself (return to normal) if you run the hot air in the cabin for a ~30 seconds. I am going to do a full coolant flush one more time to try to remedy this problem.
When the car is cleaned up it does look very nice. This would make an excellent chassis to do a swap on and it definitely has a lot of potential. The interior cleans up pretty well and the HUD is very cool. I'll post some pics up in a few.
What do you guys think?

I know this should probably go under events, but I'm putting it here because everyone comes here.

Meetings this semester will be held in ISAT 236 at 7pm every other wednesday. The first meeting will be held this wednesday September 7th.

I look forward to seeing everyone again.

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Seems like an "ok" price, lots of miles but nothing a new OEM shortblock from Acura couldn't fix

I talked to guy that owns it a couple of times, I used to see it up at OG racing a lot, nice guy.. Thought I might as well spread the word some more, I'd trade my POS snatchback for it...

Hey everyone, just thought I'd stop in. I just got a '98 M3 and I'm looking forward to getting it track ready over the next month or two. Props to Chad for taking me all the way up to the projects in Jersey City to help my dream become a reality! I read all the suggested must-do's (ie rear control arm bushings, cooling system, tranny mount). Any other suggestions? I'm psyched to finally own a car I can be proud of!

Hey guys,

I'll be coming Monday afternoon to hang out and help recruit at SON. Anyone up for some Dave Taverna's afterwards, or a get together and burning of the new president and vice president's house??

see you fools there!

Sorry if this is a repost or whatever but I have been having problems with my car lately and dont know where to take it in Harrisonburg.

I have a boosted Acura CL and recently I have been noticing smoke in the exhaust which im pretty sure is the result of bad oil seals in the turbo. The bigger issue is when the car is warmed up it will stall out whenever shifted into neutral.

I took it to Harrisonburg Honda not knowing where else to go and they looked at it and wouldnt touch it because of the engine mods. They referred me to ET Motorsports who I have been unsuccessful contacting. I have also looked into getting it worked on at Dale Engineering.

Anyhow, where, if anywhere, is a good local place to get this looked at? My usual shop is over 3 hours away so I need to get this fixed here. Thanks for any help.