Today I sold my old ZX-14 and the guy buying it noticed something. I looked through my old photos, and apparently I've been riding it like this for at least 10 months.

Do you see it?

* Last updated by: moxiecalifornia on 9/20/2016 @ 6:27 AM *

NO LICENSE PLATE??

Bolt missing from the side tank cover mount? Mine have been gone since I bought the bike. I have replacements but I've been too lazy to replace them.

Mad

OMG, you could have been killed!!!!

No seriously, it's big deal. I was so glad the guy bought it even after seeing this. I would never buy this bike. C'mon look at it.

* Last updated by: moxiecalifornia on 9/20/2016 @ 9:56 AM *

1. Missing bolt at forward tank cover.
2. Wad of wood lodged at the front of the rear tire.
3. Rear tire is torn up due to the block of wood eating the center carcass.

There is a huge dent in the front rim. The tire seems to feel fine, but there is no way that can be balanced. I have no idea when it happened. I tried to remember but the time stamp on the photos is last December so I have been riding with a dented rim for a while now.

Oh THAT! my rims usually look like potato chips so I thought it was supposed to look that way.
I still think the missing bolt is a WAY more serious issue. After all, you can just wheelie to keep that wheel off the ground.

Mad

You feel bad for the wheel? How about the 90 yo grandmother you ran over and didn't notice either.

This is like playing Where's Waldo....lol! Yea, I'd get that fixed, that rim took a pretty good lickin. I'm surprised you didn't get thrown off the bike!

Bad eyes, Rook. I'm losing it.

can't win 'em all. Sometimes you see something more significant than what was intended. Don't tell me you missed that sasquatch image in the background?

Bad eyes, Rook. I'm losing it.

It's hell getting old Hub....

getting old is not too bad. being old sucks.

I think most of us noticed the bolt. Since we were looking for one thing, we all stopped there. (I noticed the license plate but figured it was removed for selling).

Actually, that bolt IS kind of important. It's a hole in the airbox post filter. The wellnut may be split and that's why the bolt's not in it.

I missed it probably due to the reflection on the ground right below it ... the imperfect-ness of the reflection seemed to make my mind totally miss the imperfect rim.

Here's another for y'all:

Why is the fairing damaged in the close up but not the original shot? This is not the same image?

damn. now Hub, that is what you call a good eye.

Same image but one is photoshopped. Wants to sell bike with new fairing but doesn't want to tell story about running over curb. How close am I? C'mon, Moxie, we all have been down at least once.

Yes, the top one was photoshopped because I wanted to have a "good" photo of my old bike. I didn't see or even know about the dent until after it was gone. Not trying to hide the cracked fairing, but good eye.

I have since photoshopped out the dent in the wheel so now I have something to remember my old bike by. My new 2016 is amazing.

* Last updated by: moxiecalifornia on 9/24/2016 @ 4:30 AM *

Are you saying you missed the bent rim even when photoshopping the fairing??

ORDER IN THE COURT, ORDER IN THE COURT!

Yes, I missed the dent in the rim when photoshopping it. Like I said I was riding on this for months and didn't see it. It was only when I went to sell it did we notice it on the actual bike, and I went through the old photos and found the dent was there from the old photo, also on the original.

Exibit A, original photograph. Exibit B, retouched photograph. I would expect that the original photograph would have a date encoded significantly earlier than the date the vehicle was sold, Mr. Moxie?? Shall we examine the evidence?