You probably dodged a bullet.

IMO it isn't that big of a deal to me. at least he let me know it was sold before i left to look at it.
finally owning a V65 might be nice. but i have owned and driven multiple extremely fast bikes. a 77 Suzuki GT750 2 stroke, a couple of 80's CB 900F's. a KZ 900, KZ 1000, a XS1100, a V65 interceptor, a v30 interceptor, a Suzuki GSX 1150F that i got busted for driving 100+mph over the limit. spent 1 year in work release prison for that one.
sure it was somewhat rude to sell it out from under me. but in all reality driving 400 miles in single digit weather is' better than sub 0 temps. but it still isn't that high on my list either.
there will be more. it's not like that was the only one for sale.

my friend has been restoring multiple old Yamaha DT dirt bikes. i have painted all of the parts for him. after his 5 one i started to get the motorcycle itch again

I think you need to reread what he posted. Looks to me like the seller let him know as soon as possible. Especially since the OP was supposed to come by last weekend and decided to reschedule. As a seller I ain't holding anything for anyone unless you want to put a nonrefundable deposit of substance down on it. Too many flakes out there, not saying the OP is a flake, but short of a deposit there is no reason to hold off on a good cash in hand offer.

Dang but I like these posts keep ‘em coming. Now I need to know that site for buy-sell ‘sickles’ MCs

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I think you need to reread what he posted. Looks to me like the seller let him know as soon as possible. Especially since the OP was supposed to come by last weekend and decided to reschedule. As a seller I ain't holding anything for anyone unless you want to put a nonrefundable deposit of substance down on it. Too many flakes out there, not saying the OP is a flake, but short of a deposit there is no reason to hold off on a good cash in hand offer. [/quote]

I AGREE 100% with this.
i try to sell a lot of stuff. my rule is who has the cash first wins. there are a LOT of people who skip and never show when they say they will.
i as a buyer kept in regular contact with the seller. the seller agreed with me messing with the bike on a sub 0 day was foolish. after digging it out of the snow bank. chances of getting a warm weather motorcycle started in sub 0 temps is next to none. i made it perfectly clear i wasn't buying unless it was running and it could put it on the center stand and run it thru the gears first.
i have 0 problems with the seller doing what he did..

Von Dutch indeed !
i have some magazines from the late 50's and early 60's that show him doing work.
the picture that i always remember best of him was him sitting around "the campfire" of painting supplies, playing a flute, with a striping brush sticking out of his ear.

Any guesses as to which world-famous long distance off-road race the slightly smaller displacement version of the CL77 305 Scrambler the CL72 250 Scrambler was the inspiration for?