elginkid
Finally riding a big boys bike
Hey all,
This was an unintentional purchase. A friend of mine let me know that someone had brought a Black Phantom to the bike shop where he works looking to sell it. He didn't want to pay the asking price. He took the guy's number and gave it to me. I knew it was missing the tank and the back wheel, but whatever. I have an extra S-2 rear wheel, and worst case scenario there are repop tanks. So I go there, and he opens the garage door, and it's not a Black Phantom at all...(that I could more easily walk away from) but it was a red Phantom, which has always edged out just above the green in my book. The rear fender is kinda jacked up, but most everything else is there from the headlight (slightly dented I think) and tail light, to the locking front fork. Anyway, I'm a sucker. I have an extra set of panther fenders, but the phantom had the tail on both the front and the rear didn't they? (while the Panther just had it in the front) Anyone have a crusty Red Phantom tank lying around? There's a tiny bit of repaint on the frame, and maybe a smidge on the fork, but I can see the original paint and striping underneath, so I figure I can expose it without issue. The rest of the paint, (minus some surface rust, or dirt, I can't tell, probably both) seems pretty ok.
Wes
This was an unintentional purchase. A friend of mine let me know that someone had brought a Black Phantom to the bike shop where he works looking to sell it. He didn't want to pay the asking price. He took the guy's number and gave it to me. I knew it was missing the tank and the back wheel, but whatever. I have an extra S-2 rear wheel, and worst case scenario there are repop tanks. So I go there, and he opens the garage door, and it's not a Black Phantom at all...(that I could more easily walk away from) but it was a red Phantom, which has always edged out just above the green in my book. The rear fender is kinda jacked up, but most everything else is there from the headlight (slightly dented I think) and tail light, to the locking front fork. Anyway, I'm a sucker. I have an extra set of panther fenders, but the phantom had the tail on both the front and the rear didn't they? (while the Panther just had it in the front) Anyone have a crusty Red Phantom tank lying around? There's a tiny bit of repaint on the frame, and maybe a smidge on the fork, but I can see the original paint and striping underneath, so I figure I can expose it without issue. The rest of the paint, (minus some surface rust, or dirt, I can't tell, probably both) seems pretty ok.
Wes
