Deal or no deal? -Streetbike
 

1995 Kawasaki ZXR750 with 25k miles. Guy wants $2500 for it. Has a few minor scratches and a small crack(can hardly see) in the fairing, but he says it's never been down that he knows of (only owned it since July). Seems like a good deal even though it's old as piss, but these bikes were the ---- back in the day.
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those bikes are hot, one of my favorites but if your anything like me and I know you are as most moto-x guys, you not smart enough to survive on one of those :P

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What if I ride it really slow and never break the speed limit? :4

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I'm bias towards fi bikes, and I never much liked the kawi green. 1800-2k would be a deal though.

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The green kinda kills it for me, too. I'm also looking at a 97 GSXR600 for the same price, but I don't want to be getting smoked by mildly modded Z28's. :-[

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Those were slow as ----.

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Compared to what?

0-60 in 3.3 seconds is slow as ----? WTF do you drive? ???

http://motoprofi.com/motospecspictur..._750-1995.html

Re: Deal or no deal? -Streetbike
 

not a bad bike looks like it has been taken care of, i had a friend buy a 97? cbr 1000 and that bitch was huge as far as street bikes go and he paid i think 2gs for it and it was damn near mint

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that price is high for that bike.. Keep looking and you will find a better deal. I paid 2,500 for a 03 CBR 600rr

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Yeah but you seem to come up with some crazy deals. :S

I offered him $2000. If he accepts I'll be cruising it around tomorrow. The guy is 21 with a newborn, no job and hurting for money. I figure waving $2000 in his face should get a signed title pretty quick. I might feel bad for a few minutes afterwards though. :P

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I wait for deals.. The dude that sold me my bike just had a kid. I dont think he wanted to get rid of it, but the wife wore the pants in his family. I still say you should wait for a newer bike. Not because of speed, just because new bikes USUALLY have less miles on them and fewer winters. FI is easier to work on from what I hear on the CBR boards. you dont have to worry about syncing the carbs, but I dont know ---- about carbs to begin with.

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This guy also just had a kid and is jobless so he really needs the money. I offered $2000 and he accepted so I'll go check it out tomorrow and if it's ok I'll buy it. Kinda hard to get a bad deal on a good running streetbike for $2k. It's not like it's going to be my DD anyways. Just a toy to ---- with and have fun on.

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id lowball him even harder when i went there. Point out a few problems and bring cash.

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What stops you from buying a 3500-4000$ bike? You really do get alot more for the money. You can get an 01-04 bike for about that much. But if your set on only spending around 2k that's definitely the best bang for the buck.

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id probly rather get a 95-98 cbr600, cause those kawasakis look RETARDED and probly weigh like 500lbs

i take that back, it looks good from the side, retarded from the front but who cares

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Id rock it. for 2k you can ride it for a while and then you can sell it probably for the same.

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That's pretty much what I was thinking. It wouldn't be hard to sell for what I would have into it.

I don't really want to spend that much money right now with everything so slow. I'm iffy about spending the $2k, but I figure I can sell it for 1500-2000 fairly easily if I had to. If ---- starts picking back up I'll probably sell it and buy something newer/nicer/faster/lighter/FI....etc...etc

They weigh around 440 wet which really isn't that bad. I don't mind the style of it, just the color makes me want to vomit. :l

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see if he can work a deal to lower the price and then i would say take it. Thats a nice bike but 2500 too much for that year

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I think your offer of $2k is fair.

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it's over priced 25k on a bike is like 200k on a honda at best. they usually don't last much longer then 20k unless your talking a well cared for honda. and the cows have fork seal and tranny problems. get a cbr for the price.

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He says it has upside down GSXR forks? I got some bad vibes and a sick feeling in my stomach about it. I had the money in my hand and I just couldn't do it. I think I'm going to hold off for a good deal on a newer, FI bike with lower miles. The price on these bikes these days are hard to pass up though. I could start collecting these things at this rate. I found a 93 Fireblade 900rr , 95 ZX750 and a 97 GSXR650 all for $2500 or less each. They're all dinosaurs though. :-[

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Looks like I might have to take a drive to Vegas. 2006 CBR600RR with 9k miles for $4995. I might be headed to Vegas in a few weeks anyways. Might have to pick up a new bike while I'm there. It's hard to find decent deals in this little shithole town. :3

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lol, 25k on a bike is not very much its just that people don't ride very much, My cb750 has over 32k on it, its rough because it hasn't been that well taken care of and is 27 years old but runs decent, my intruder has around 17k on it runs perfect but its also been taken care of( I bought it with 4k on it), my sv650 only has 12k on it so far but it has 0 issues what so ever, a fellow co worker has a 04 dyna with 34k+ miles on it and it looks and runs like new, hell goldwings easily reach over 300,000 miles. If the bike has been poorly maintained and has had the ---- beat out of it, thats a lot of miles, based on the fact a young guy owned it and it has a cracked fairing its more than likely been beat on and dropped, go back and offer him $1500 hold onto it till spring and throw it on ebay than collect a profit.

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i'm selling my 2002 zx6r for $3000...too bad you didn't live close to me.

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it's a 2 wheeled '03 wrx

in lime green

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See, that tells me something. How many miles on it?

25k seems like alot to me, especially on a bike that was built to be beat on. :l

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I should hope a Goldthing can hit 300K miles, it's got a EW/D-series variant in it.

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its not often when everyone in HMT agrees on something, good call on your part.

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the links in your sig take me to a xbox gaming review site

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that is a very common misconception... the reason you dont see sportbikes with a lot of miles like on cars is because 1. they are seasonal 2. they are toys 3. they are often wrecked and totalled at an early age 4. they aren't that fun to drive for long periods of time..

i have seen a completely stock f4i with 130k on it...

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my cbr 900 has 51K on it, and I rape it everytime i ride it. like all machines, it's about maintenance.

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amen... how often do you lube your chain? What kind of winter maintenance do you do? I have an 2006 600rr with like 3,000 miles and I am always paranoid that I am not doing enough. I check the chain every 500 miles and clean/lube it every 1500 miles or so

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how many old bikes do you see still with the stock motor running just fine too. i bought a 82 yamaha 750 seca from my cousin a couple months ago and it likes to get raped. will probably need to do some up keep on the carb soon but it runs smooth and i rev it out whenever i can. as long as the bike runs good and isnt smoking or doing anything obviously wrong it should be just like buying a car.
go in smart and pick up yourself a good deal if it runs and rides good. mileage just means you will be getting a better deal. if not just say next and keep looking. pretty simple

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your compairing two completely different designed bikes there. ya you will see crazy miles on a gold wing one thats what they were ment to do, all highway miles and cruzing at 1500rpm makes a motor last a long long time. a street bike on the other hand sees 15k on a daily basis and cruzes at 5 to 6 grand all the time. biggest thing I see on high mileage sport bikes is the motor losing compression and or smoking from the rings going bad. can't help it with those rpm s. and to the guys with 50 and 80k on a street bike ya it can and is done but take another bike same year and everthing but with 5 or 10k on it and you will notice how much of a difference there is in power. my bro inlaw has a 97 yzf 1000r (aka r1 a year before the title) there is a lot of work in the motor in this thing made 151whp, but it's got 21k on it and has been rode like is should be, thing is still freakin NUTS but honestly my 03 600rr will run almost dead even till 120 with him. it's just a matter of wearing out. bike made 151 whp after motor work, last summer it only made 135whp

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its the off season and its harder then ---- to sell a bike when its pissing down rain every day...15k on it

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My 600rr cruises at 8k down the going about 75mph... 15k red line Its not a cruising bike at all.

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my dad had an old cbr 600 f1 with like 30k on it, seemed to pull pretty good and ran great, Power will go down if you contstantly beat the ---- out of anything

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i clean+lube my chain every 1500-2000, change the engine oil every 2K. I'm meticulous in the engine upkeep (at least on this bike), it literally only takes 2 revolutions on the starter, and it fires right up.

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Sportbikes technology has grown EXPONENTIALLY over the last 10 years. If automotive technology had increased at the same rate we would all be driving electric cars by now.
You are also comparing a bike that has a DRY weight of 437lbs to a bike with a wet weight of 440lbs and also a 5spd vs. a 6spd. That doesn't even account for aerodynamic drag, weight distribution, rider weight or skill... So the fact that you can stay up with has less to do with bikes deteriorating and falling apart at the insanely high mileage of 20k and more to do with comparing apples and oranges. Plus the cbr600rr is a very capable performer. I know because I have one. That thing is SCARY fast.
The owner of thus f4i had over 130k as of two months ago:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwiOyq2Q9-I

I will agree with you that you don't see really high mileage bikes very often, though not because the machines aren't capable but because of the lack of practicality... I have a 06 with 3,000 miles on it. I love riding and ride every chance I get but in the NE but it just doesn't seem to ever happen to me