[hodge5]

Even if it is overpriced. Good thing I don't have excess money burning a hole in my pocket- I want a 350D bad.

https://eastky.craigslist.org/snw/d/1987-honda-350-foreman-4x4/6587512799.html

 

[XplicitRacing6]

Wow that is one extremely clean bike to find on craigslist.

 

[hodge5]

Wow that is one extremely clean bike to find on craigslist.

It would be worth the drive to see if it's legit, but then to leave it there...

 

[retro]

Its been restored, but he'll still get what he's asking for it. Nice bike!

 

[hodge5]

Its been restored, but he'll still get what he's asking for it. Nice bike!

What are the clues? I'm early in the learning stage.

 

[retro]

Its been restored, but he'll still get what he's asking for it. Nice bike!

What are the clues? I'm early in the learning stage.

The big decal on the front fender is not an OEM 87 Foreman decal, the seat has been recovered using a $29 seat cover from a popular seller on the fLeebay for starters. The pics are small and can't see enough of the bike to tell what else might be non OEM. He shined it up nice thats for sure!

 

[_Wilson_]

It's a nice looking tank, retros is right , i see the draw bar has been dusted black i can see the warning label, has been over sprayed, that screw head, bottom left hand corner of the gas gauge ? Nope, not oem. With the clues ? I MIGHT go $1500 as some oem parts are hard to find for these old girls

 

[ATC4ever]

Looks like it was sprayed with Armour All....over.:nerd

 

[Jeepwm69]

That's a pretty Foreman. Mine will never look that good. Buying all the little odds and ends will quickly put a build through the roof.

 

[hodge5]

That's a pretty Foreman. Mine will never look that good. Buying all the little odds and ends will quickly put a build through the roof.

I know. I have a 75 GMC truck that my great uncle bought new. It has passed through the family, and is now mine. It has 59,000 original miles on it, and I enjoy it because it's the closest I'll come to owning one that close to new (of that era). Same here- I'd love to find a Foreman like this one, because while not flawless, it's above average- and as close as I'd come to going back to 1987.

 

[Jeepwm69]

I like it, but get that Z71 sticker off of it!

Here's my 83 as I found it when I moved home 10 years ago. Dad had parked it in his back yard for years. Was sitting on 4 flat tires with a seized water pump, seized starter, and needed a carb rebuild and a tune up.

Got it running and use it when I need to haul stuff. 305 with SM465, 37K original miles on it. Dad bought it new from my grandfather's GMC dealership.

 

[hodge5]

I like it, but get that Z71 sticker off of it!

Here's my 83 as I found it when I moved home 10 years ago. Dad had parked it in his back yard for years. Was sitting on 4 flat tires with a seized water pump, seized starter, and needed a carb rebuild and a tune up.

Got it running and use it when I need to haul stuff. 305 with SM465, 37K original miles on it. Dad bought it new from my grandfather's GMC dealership.

I know. My cousin did that, when he had it repainted (a miserable job, at that). I plan to get it repainted, and the stickers will go.
350/4bbl with 465 and 203. Best running, most reliable vehicle we own. Not the most economical, but I can buy a lot of gas for what I paid- $0.

 

[Jeepwm69]

I wish mine was 4wd and had the 350, but I paid the same thing you did.

Love the 465.

 

[hodge5]

I wish mine was 4wd and had the 350, but I paid the same thing you did.

Love the 465.

Mine also came with a snow plow, but I adapted that to my skid steer. It's easier on the Bobcat, and faster. The only thing that I really plow, other than my driveway, is our church parking lot (about 1/4 mile away- I avoid putting the old GMC on Winter roads). The skid steer does that job better than the truck.

 

[fishfiles]

Which model Bobcat do you have , I work on them .

 

[hodge5]

743, unknown hours. The meter doesn't work. But, it is in great shape, and it uses no oil. I did upgrade to a modern fuel filter/housing, and replaced the draw straw in the fuel tank.

 

[fishfiles]

743's were solid , simple machines , still see a few around ----the best bet on the pick up tube is hard plastic instead of the original soft tubing , the soft tube would deteriorate and the tube fall off in the tank , they use to put screens on the end of the tube , best to not as they will get stopped up and the filter catches it any ways ---- I know you already converted the filter head and filter , but there is an adaptor which converts the Lucas style filter and bowl , which was a terrible design to a screw on type ---- I think the best ones they ever built was wheeled machines 753, 763, 773 and tracked machines T190 , T250 and T300

 

[Jeepwm69]

I used to drive a bobcat in the big grain tanks cleaning them out at the end of the season. Nothing like sitting on a diesel engine inside a metal tank in June in Arkansas.

My boss would come out every so often and tell us to bring the bobcat out and let it cool off and blow the dust out of it. I always thought it funny that he was more worried about the bobcat than he was me.

That job probably took 10 years off my life.

 

[_Wilson_]

At least you had a bobcat......lol it was auger grain sweep, then me following with a scoop, n broom (plenty of gator aid, n water was a MUST) But.... It was only a 6500 bushel Ben............ Milo is the worst i ever delt with....

 

[fishfiles]

I spent a lot of hours operating equipment in some pretty bad conditions , spent a lot of time in oil refineries and chemical plants , seen some wicked stuff , Hooker Chemical is so toxic that what ever they make there , gets in to the wiring harness and eats the wire inside the plastic coating , it turns the copper green and dissolves it , the Nickel plant is so toxic that people that work there , their cars rust away in a few years just being parked in the parking lot , every pipe and valve in there is solid corrosion and they use stainless steel