Fw: Sold the RT in Md
William F. Dudley Jr.
dud at casano.com
Fri May 15 18:44:44 EDT 2020
f.y.i.
Bill Dudley
NJ AM
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From: Henry Sherwood <henry.sherwood at gmail.com>
To: Maryland Airheads <mdairheads at mail.casano.com>
Sent: Fri, 15 May 2020 16:46:38 -0400
Subject: Re: Fw: Wanted- 80s-90s R80-R100
Sold pending funds, thank to al who expressed interest.
Henry
On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 12:36 PM Henry Sherwood <henry.sherwood at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Thanks Bill, I've emailed Charlie and for any one else who is interested,
> I am selling my 83 RT. If anyone has a better idea of price, please let me
> know,
>
> I have a blue 1983 RT with luggage and I live in Arnold MD, about 8 miles
> from Annapolis.
>
> I bought the bike in the early 2000's. It has 41,200 miles on it. The
> year before the Bloombury rally, I had the heads done because of the
> recession problem. After 1000 miles, the wrist pin circlip gave way on one
> of our MD rallies in Hancock MD.
>
> Tom Cutter had the cylinder relined for me. Mark Dulaney helped with the
> bearings, replaced the timing chain, just because we were there. Mark
> thought the crank looked ok.
>
> I rode the bike to Bloomsbury without any problems other than it was hot
> as hell. After that I had some problems with cervical stenosis, and my MRI
> is a little scary to be riding on a motorcycle. Then rotator cuff
> problems, followed by heart valve replacement and more complications.
>
> Finally I got the nerve to ride the bike again, took it to Chris Kennedy's
> Technobarn and one of the attendees who came in a car, backed into it in
> the driveway. That put some small short cracks in the windscreen and a
> small crack in the fairing. I replaced the mirror and it is a cosmetic,
> not a functional problem. That seemed like a bad omen to me and I parked
> the bike and drained the gas tank.
>
> The death of my friend and neighbor, Mark Lipschitz absolutely killed my
> nerve to get back on the bike. I was thinking of selling the bike to
> Bob's. I am moving in July and I absolutely need to get rid of the bike.
>
> Having been out of the hobby I am not certain what to ask, $2000? Back
> when I was riding, the bike had new cables, tires, push rod seals, neutral
> switch. I can send pictures if you friend is interested.
>
> Henry Sherwood
> henry.sherwood at gmail.com
>
>
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Bill Dudley
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