Is this a good deal on a motorcycle?

[kx250rider]

I wouldn't worry so much about whether or not it was dropped and got minor damage and fixed, if fixed properly. The title will have a salvage/rebuild stamp on it if it was badly damaged. On a 6-year-old bike in good shape with 18K miles, it wouldn't affect the value so much if minor damage was fixed, UNLESS the title is a reconstructed salvage title. That's something they MUST tell you before you buy it, and in most states it's a crime not to. At 18K miles, though, I'd be sure they've gone through the bike, and checked/serviced all the bearings, fork seals, adjusted the valves, and the brakes, etc. All those things start needing attention around 15K miles, in my experience.

Charles

 

[digimon7068]

i think this wood be more your style. . .

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looks like a crotch rocket but it's a v-twin with nice, smooth tractable power. . .easy ride but looks way cool.

 

[PhoenixS]

i think this wood be more your style. . .

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looks like a crotch rocket but it's a v-twin with nice, smooth tractable power. . .easy ride but looks way cool.

I think the one he picked out goes better with his cool jacket. The jacket and the crotch rocket not so much.

 

[redsamurai]

its fine as long as you keep this in mind.....in a year when you've gotten comfortable riding, that 650 twin just ain't gonna do it. YOu'll be looking for a new bike again within two years. But the strategy of getting a starter bike to get comfortable with riding and passing that damn test..is a good one. I would get an even cheaper bike to tool around on for a year and then look for something else. If you're going twin you need to at least be over 1100cc's. I've ridden 1400cc twins and been "less than satisfied". There's a reason why the majority of harley riders would immediately stroke out their new rides and put hotter cams in. And I'm no speed freak death wish kind of guy.....but I want enough response when I really twist that cable to get out of bad spots on the road you will find yourself in. I don't need nor care for a bike that quarters in 10 seconds.

 

[digimon7068]

I think the one he picked out goes better with his cool jacket. The jacket and the crotch rocket not so much.

the jacket makes everything cooler. . .when dave takes the jacket off, he's mild-mannered Shoeshine Boy.

oh, btw, nice back. . .jeebuz!

 

[RottenWillow]

Hey another virgin rider! Bro I'm getting my Triumph Bonneville in 3 weeks.

Does your state make the course mandatory? In Georgia it's not. I can get a MP and start riding, though I have been practicing on my father-in-law's bike.

Price seems good to me. And goddamn that's a low seat. Fuck what is that thing, 26 inches?

WTF Dave. Am I talking to myself here.

 

[-SD-]

WTF Dave. Am I talking to myself here.

WTF, I been out riding because I just bought that bitch LOL

The course is now mandatory as of last september, but once you complete it you dont have to take the riding part of the state license test, only the written. I dont know how low the seat is but its nice and low for me, and I want to lower the suspension a good 2 inches even more and put forward controls on it.
Been out riding it and its a fukkin blast robs!

 

[redsamurai]

WTF, I been out riding because I just bought that bitch LOL

The course is now mandatory as of last september, but once you complete it you dont have to take the riding part of the state license test, only the written. I dont know how low the seat is but its nice and low for me, and I want to lower the suspension a good 2 inches even more and put forward controls on it.
Been out riding it and its a fukkin blast robs!

That 650 haulin your diesel ass around alright?

 

[RottenWillow]

WTF, I been out riding because I just bought that bitch LOL

The course is now mandatory as of last september, but once you complete it you dont have to take the riding part of the state license test, only the written. I dont know how low the seat is but its nice and low for me, and I want to lower the suspension a good 2 inches even more and put forward controls on it.
Been out riding it and its a fukkin blast robs!

I was your first post son. Totally dissed me.

Cool you bought it today, huh? Awesome!

Too bad you don't live in Atlanta. Couple d-bag newbies could ride together. The training course here is about the same as your state. You pay the state patrol $150 for the 3 day course and if you pass you don't have to take the riding portion of the test. Only difference is it's not mandatory.

 

[Whiskey]

You pay the state patrol $150 for the 3 day course and if you pass you don't have to take the riding portion of the test. Only difference is it's not mandatory.

150? WOW, i believe it's 20 in IL and you can either get your money back if you complete the course or donate it to the program.

Whiskey