u/MechaDylbear

My dad and I are both into motorcycles and I think a easy-ish restore of an old bike might be something cool we could both spend some time doing together. He's more of a hands on experience kind of guy than I am. I've never really done anything like this before, but I assume some bikes are better than others to start with (parts availability being a big factor I would guess)

For clarity: By newbie I mean newbie at restoring a motorcycle. This would not be my first motorcycle.

Are there any good bikes to look out for? Any that should be avoided?

There's a FB marketplace post nearby of a Yamaha Xj 650 Maxim for $1800 OBO that looks to be in decent shape but has not working speedometer and it "randomly stopped running mid winter" (whatever that means) for example

Not gunna lie, the idea of cleaning/rebuilding a carburator sounds a bit intimidating but I know its a pretty common possibility on older bikes.

Any ideas on things to look out for and good price points for them would be appreciated!

Man does the constant unga bunga braindead rushdown get boring so fast. Every single game is just the same like 3 characters endlessly hurling themselves at me no matter what happens, praying they can get to the corner so they can loop the one blockstring they know.

Losing is frustrating because its just losing at RPS over and over, and winning isn't fun because my opponent just runs into things over and over trying to face tank their way into pressure.