How goes the sale Hoser?

Nothing yet will probably list it on craigslist later this week.

Yep, $1600 is a great price for the basic runner. I wouldn't budge on it either!

Would buy it right now if I could find a decent
way to get it to western Canada!

Sorry the 350 has been sold.

Congrats Hoser!!!

I've been feeling like this topic needed some type of closing.
I would have preferred a high output long travel Pilot but for the price this 350 is hard to beat.
I had been looking at craigslist, apparently all old 2 smokes are 'recently rebuilt'.
But they don't come with a detailed history of what was done to them.
And there are no references for the person doing the rebuilding.

On delivery at the Badlands ride (delivery was included in the purchase price), I rode this thing for two days, only issue was a fouled plug.
I suspect the part throttle jetting might be a little rich, I was riding with the family going slow for a while when I first noticed the throttle response fall off.
There are a few small items that will need attention, one of the rear tires has a slow leak and the electrical has a few lose ends.
The rear tire is leaking between the bead and the rim.
I will dismount the tire and check the wheel, I'm guessing the wheel has rust on the inside, a little clean up and paint bead to bead maybe.

The foot well is not busted up yet but the plastic is brittle.
I thought about fiber glassing the out side to reinforce the whole thing.
The guys here seam to think this will not last long.
Other options include making a mold off the part to make fiber glass reproductions or making a one off out of aluminum.
Probably the aluminum foot well would be the least amount of work.

Also I need to figure out why it doesn't turn.
First up will be to play with front tires.
I think something with a lot more side bite is in order.
I will play with some tires borrowed from uncle Honda (check out ATV, dismount front tires, mount on Oddy wheels, test, return tires to ATV).
Current fronts have good tread but they are an OEM sport ATV tire.
Usually these have muted side traction to reduce the probability of a novice rider turning sharp and high siding.
Sport ATVs can slide the rear end around so the poor front wheel traction is not an issue.

Over all I could not be happier with the Odyssey.

There is one small catch with all this.
I ordered a battery for my Honda Insight (the big expensive hybrid battery).
(150K and 6 years old, battery cost is $2000 - this balanced with 70mpg I think I am money ahead).
Then I ordered snow tires for the Insight ($700 for Nokian studded Hakkapeliitta 7 - no idea how to pronounce that but these things are fantastic on ice)
Then I remembered seeing Hosers Odyssey for sale and I sent an e-mail to see if it was still available.
I figured I was really pushing my luck but the wife agreed.
The next day, one of the guys at work offered me his VW Thing, hasn't run in years but it was stored inside - $500.
I had been watching this Thing for about 5 years, it survived moving from NY state, it survived this guy getting married, now there is a baby on the way.
The conversation about the Thing was not going well (crash and burn not well).
My son waited for a pause, then he chimed in, he wanted it.
It's not really mine but I'm sure I will get plenty of chances to work on it.

Pictures show My son and Hoser talking over the Odyssey.
My son with his first car (like many of my cars at that age, it came home on a trailer)

The oddy was an excellent deal, glad someone from the board purchased. Congrats!

Those VW Things are awesome, pretty simple to work on too...... I had 1970 Kharman Ghia, and my buddy had a Thing, believe it was a 73, but not sure....good looking car though for the price...

That thing looks to be in really good shape,at least the outside.I would think 500 bucks is a pretty good deal on that

Not running its worth at least 3k.

Last year I put an 1835 Engine in my neighbors son's thing. He paid almost 6k for his!

Rand

You stole that thing for 500 bux! Looks great in the pics will make a good project..

I have some of the 350 stuff here to send you mainly the after market sticker kit I think Mudbogger had made? I will go through the box and throw in anything else that came with it.

Tires I am told that work really well on the front of a 350 were the Bandit tires? they had a flat profile.

Your tire guy at work can look at the tread that came stock on the 350 and suggest something that is still in production?