Salvage yards
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Salvage yards
I went over to the motorcycle and scooter junkyard in Floral City last week to see what they had for Honda Scooters.. The junkyard is organized well enough so all Honda Scooters are in one section.. I guess they had about a dozen Honda scooters, mostly picked over. If there is a Guinness record for the most junk motorcycles in one pile, this might be the place. I did find some stuff for my NX50, but no Spree frames with titles. Here are a couple of photos I took with my cell phone camera.. This shows just a fraction of the pile:
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Re: Does anyone know who this is with all these mopeds?
That's quite a pile!
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Look like the Vietnam war in that tip! Lol dead bodies everywhere they took a fat dump on bent bikes S# selections they have mainly have junk new hysongs they got a number inbox me it.
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Becarful in there may be a massive skee load right behind that tree all
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Back to the yard this morning to look for a rear luggage rack for my SB50. They actually had a mostly complete SB50, but as luck would have it, I couldn't find the luggage rack. My guess is that someone took it off to get the body off, and then just threw it out in the weeds.. Searched around and fought off the mosquitos and heat, but finally gave up.. here are some photos for your enjoyment.. see how many Honda scooters you can identify.. there are a few Razz's mixed in with the Hondas..
First, here is one SB50 I found.. after that, no more hints..
First, here is one SB50 I found.. after that, no more hints..
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Where in Florida is this? Edit: I reread the first post.
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Normally they are only open on Friday and Saturday starting in September each year, but they were open today. There is no indication from the highway that they even have any motorcycles or scooters, and from the satellite view all you see is the tree canopy.. you have to drive in the gate to see anything.. here is the Google street view:
https://www.google.com/maps/@28.7835123 ... 56!6m1!1e1
https://www.google.com/maps/@28.7835123 ... 56!6m1!1e1
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Ye gawds, that's a lot of dead bikes. Any interesting moped (Mobys, etc?) Thing with these is that the FL sun would destroy the plastics... you'd need to do a bare-frame bike to make anything work.
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Noiseguy.. here is a shot of some of the mopeds.. bring a machete and mosquito spray..
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Do they have cars and trucks too? What's the bug / critter count like out there? Are their prices reasonable? Inquiring minds
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no cars or trucks.. just motorcycles, scooters, and general junk, scrap metal, some military salvage
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prices are very reasonable and you have freedom to walk the yard unescorted.. very friendly place.. mosquito count is about 10 per cubic feet of air.
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I was gonna say... that much vegetation and Florida weather gotta make for a mosquito breeding ground.
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Thanks for the skeeter report. That Jeep grille in the background made me wonder about cars and trucks.
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Dang, I see lots of bikes I'd pick up if I only were closer