COREY: I came down to my buddy Bill's shop
today to check out a vintage motorcycle
that he thinks I'd like.
How's it going?
Corey.
- Rick. - What's happening buddy?
How are you? - How you doing, man?
Good, good. So this is the dude, man.
COREY: Tell me what it is.
RICK: Well, it's a 1957 Chang Jiang
Chinese military side hack. BILL: OK.
I mean, you put some miles on this thing?
Driven it pretty far?
RICK: Yeah, I actually rode it here.
BILL: You get honked on the freeway?
It definitely creates a little road rage.
Originally, I got this motorcycle,
it wasn't complete or running.
And I finished putting it together.
I'm a big motorcycle collector.
I don't really need the money, but I need the space.
A side car takes up the room of two motorcycles.
COREY: They've got a really interesting
history behind them.
After World War I, Germany really couldn't arm themselves.
So they basically traded their BMW,
which was an awesome motorcycle, over to Russia.
Then they decided to take Germany's original model
and sell it over to China.
What are you thinking, Bill?
BILL: The overall construction of it, it's kind of cool.
I think the overall quality of the thing,
it looks pretty cool.
Pretty decent quality.
COREY: And what's the title does?
RICK: It's titled as a special construction 2007.
COREY: OK.
BILL: So it's basically, the department of motor vehicle
sees it as you home built a motorcycle.
RICK: Mm hm.
BILL: So this bike is a Chang Jiang 1957, which
is a replica of a replica.
It's really a copy of an original BMW bike.
What are you looking to get out of it?
RICK: Well, I'll tell you what, the original BMW R71 1937, last
year it went for over $100,000. COREY: Yeah.
And I saw a Ferrari down the street selling for $350,000.
Neither one of them has anything to do with the price of tea
in China.
Give me some numbers here.
RICK: I want $6,000 firm.
COREY: $6,000?
OK.
I've got some real concerns here then.
We've got a copy of a copy with bootleg BMW stickers on it.
It's kind of scares me a little bit.
People that come in my store, if they want to buy this bike,
they want to buy the BMW.
I really appreciate you showing it to me, man.
But I'm going to have to pass on it.
RICK: OK. COREY: Take care, buddy.
All right. BILL: Thanks [inaudible].
COREY: Thanks for calling me up, man.
BILL: You've got it, man.
RICK: I'm disappointed that I'm not being made an offer.
I know I can get $6,000 for this bike.
It's not going to be a hard sell.