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Resale, as you contacted me for the track, others like lurkers or YouTube watchers do a Google search and they track me down. Guy out of Provo Ut. called three weeks ago from SeaTac airport family reunion trip, he was expecting to take the SH Adventure, he's been watching our vids for 6 years and thinks its bigger than we make it up to be, steered him towards a 503F to buy after lowering his 800EGO's expectations.
It's $8,500.00 now, worth every penny, sorry, I assure you there is an underground demand, especially where the above fellow came from. I assume you've seen the name McCurdy, if not crazymccurdy YouTube, my timing was perfect he was watching it and contacted the owner through the SW ad. Doug forwarded the persons number and I recognized his wife Caylin, or she did me laughter commenced. That Utah group sledr2 etc. will buy one like this, disregard it's perfectly capable 6 and put their own custom built 8Hunnert in it's place ignoring the final dollar figure. You should know by now that I am more helpful or guiding than I appear as when I first contacted you in the classifieds, yet had you found the 8 you were desiring you probably would be riding it and asking a whole different set of questions. The last 503 I delivered brought $4,750, but that's from someone looking for one they need, not a $3,500 Craigslist ad they know nothing about, though if they were willing to take the gamble it's still win win.
I removed and disassembled all that need attention some just to be put back on with new Locktite, others to jet both pilots, and mains, clutching, etc. for this area if test ridden to assure. Otherwise he had already installed all the fixes, just failed to put the new longer drive belt on, I suppose being ignorant to fact that his original one which looked nearly new didn't need to be discarded, it was the wrong transmission for the Western job, the right one was Velcroed to the forks, such a shame/gain!

No one "NEEDS" the 8, nor a 6, their personal preference can not be since most can't know what they have not yet experienced!