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06-24-09, 02:15 PM
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Paramount
I think I've got a line on this bike, listed as a '78 Paramount, in pretty good condition. However, I know very little about Paramounts in general, and wonder if some of the experts around here would like to pitch in... What exactly am I looking at here? What would you value this bike at? Is it worth investing a bit of cash and time in to fix all the way up, etc etc? Maybe a flipper, maybe a keeper, I don't know yet...
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06-24-09, 02:41 PM
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Will take some better pics and a description of any deficiencies as far as how much to put into it.
06-24-09, 02:52 PM
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Right, right, and it is a pretty bad picture, I haven't seen the bike in person yet. The seller is asking 150, which seems like it might be a pretty good deal what with the mania surrounding Paramounts, as long as nothing is cracked or overly deformed.
06-24-09, 03:16 PM
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Are you driving to his house yet? Even if its bent its worth $150. We could tell stories all day long about members who post 'is this a good deal' and wait for multiple responses only to lose out on killer bikes because they waited too long.
06-24-09, 03:19 PM
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Hah, it's happened to me, for sure... I'm actually waiting to hear back from him with his address, so I can get there post haste.
06-24-09, 03:35 PM
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Drive, drive, drive; buy, buy, buy!!! Condition really doesn't matter at that price.
06-25-09, 07:38 AM
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Hahaha, buy a tent and camp out in his front yard. Taser anyone else who might show up to see it, block traffic on that street!
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06-25-09, 04:48 PM
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Unfortunately, it seems as though it was just some d-bag posting an ad with a picture he found somewhere else on-line, not a genuine opportunity. I am greatly disappointed.
