Under $5k1974 Suzuki GT185 two stroke road bike
What’s not to love about a small-bore two-stroke road bike? The 1974 Suzuki GT185 is light, smoky, cheerful, and just dangerous enough to remind you that motorcycles used to have a sense of humor. It is not about outright speed. It is about the ring-ding soundtrack, the faint blue haze, the smell of oil and gasoline, and that wonderful old-world feeling that every ride, even to nowhere, might turn into a minor event. This one looks like a tidy little time machine—street legal, oil-injected, and ready for the kind of rider who understands that joy does not need to be fast or expensive to be real.
Price$3,000
SourceCraigslist
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