I realise quite a few out there saw this ad when it hit the web back in 2012, but there is probably a new generation of FJ riders who need to see the best ad for a bike ever...
I re-discovered it in my archived email, cracks me up everytime I read it.
The Craigslist advert for a 1971 Honda CB350 runs like this:
Hey there junior badass, ever feel like there's a caged animal trapped inside of you?
Only one cure for that: getting a fucking sick motorcycle. A 1971 Honda CB350.
This golden lady will get you to work like a full-blown go hard, transport you and
your shotgun through the zombie apocalypse, and give you a new platform for barreling
down the boulevard with the wind tearing at your clothes screaming, "I AM ALIVE!" on the way to fucking bikram yoga.
Runs like corn through a goose. Engine rebuilt a year ago with ~400 miles on it since then.
I put new tires on the old girl, because you don't deprive a classy lady of classy shoes.
I gave her a new chain because she needed some fucking jewelry.
Electric start, kickstart, fucking push start, you name it.Why am I selling it? Cos being alive rules,
and I'm far too gnarly of a dude to have a motorcycle.
I see a ramp, I'm gonna hit that motherfucker going 300 mph, backflip over the 405.
$2300 gets you the Golden Lady, two helmets, some fucking saddlebags, a shop manual,
a quart of oil (plus all the oil that's up in her right now), a full tank of
PREMIUM MOTHERFUCKING GASOLINE (91 octaaaaaannneeee), some links to my favorite YouTube videos,
a short story about robots, a cup of coffee with me, and whatever kind of donut you want.
Craigslist took it down.
http://www.anorak.co.uk/339063/the-consumer/the-greatest-motorcycle-advert-of-all-time-1971-honda-cb35-on-craigslist.html/ (http://www.anorak.co.uk/339063/the-consumer/the-greatest-motorcycle-advert-of-all-time-1971-honda-cb35-on-craigslist.html/)
That is one great add . :good2:
I wonder what kind of dude showed up to buy it.
Quote from: Mark Olson on February 10, 2015, 01:44:18 PM
That is one great add . :good2:
I wonder what kind of dude showed up to buy it.
Ummm... errrr..... :blush:
I suspect it was somebody serving a warrant.
Quote from: Mark Olson on February 10, 2015, 01:44:18 PM
I wonder what kind of dude showed up to buy it.
Are you kidding?
Brad!
Remember?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpOBgvHmqf4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpOBgvHmqf4)
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpOBgvHmqf4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpOBgvHmqf4)
Quote from: Steve_in_Florida on February 11, 2015, 09:34:11 AM
Are you kidding?
Brad!
Remember?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpOBgvHmqf4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpOBgvHmqf4)
and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpOBgvHmqf4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpOBgvHmqf4)
Damn Steve, I just finished paying off the therapy to get that out of my head.... Now I have to put off my upgrades for another 6 months... Well, I guess the WCR on a Moped is better than nothing.... :rofl2: