Hey,
I'm looking into buying a new bike, want to step up my learner's bike a ('97 kat750) to a liter bike.
Right now seems to be the ultimate time to buy, as everybody wants to dump it before the season is completely over, meanwhile when spring hits, bikes will pull a premium and it'll be a complete sellers market - that's when I intend to turn over my Kat for some of this money back O.o.
The problem is, trying to buy a liter bike on a low budget is a bad idea . Been pretty much looking for a GSX-R 1000 or a CBR954/CBR1000 (R1's, too, but haven't seen any for sale). Now I'm definitely not the brightest, so I still want to go forward with the idea of getting a liter bike, even though my budget doesn't support it.
This means I have to compromise something to make it work - that has to be either A) Mileage, or B) Body damage. Seeing as I'm not looking for a bike that's been dumped or tripped, I'm looking at higher mileage bikes.
Which is why I'm here.
Note that I'm only 23..or 22, or something.
I told my dad I was going to buy a faster bike and he started lecturing me about mileage on bikes being a lot higher than it is on a car.
So how bad is mileage really to a bike?
I'm looking at a '03 GSX-R 1000 on Wednesday and it has 24k on it - which is a ****-TON. But that mileage combined with a buyer's market right now makes it RIDICULOUSLY CHEAP - even in mint condition.
So why do bikes last so little, is it just b/c idiots beat the hell out of them? Is that it? Is 24k really "equivalent to '240k'"? I mean I read some build thread of some guy making his CBR600F4I last 200k with a rebuilt motor (at like 100k) - obviously how you treat it has something to do with it. Though I mean, where's the weak link in bikes? Also, how long "can" a bike last - good conditions, and if somebody beats on it?
This GSXR-1000 has 24k on it, what's the highest you'd pay for it assuming it test drives 100% and is in mint condition as claimed?
Thanks, guys, for your input!
I'm looking into buying a new bike, want to step up my learner's bike a ('97 kat750) to a liter bike.
Right now seems to be the ultimate time to buy, as everybody wants to dump it before the season is completely over, meanwhile when spring hits, bikes will pull a premium and it'll be a complete sellers market - that's when I intend to turn over my Kat for some of this money back O.o.
The problem is, trying to buy a liter bike on a low budget is a bad idea . Been pretty much looking for a GSX-R 1000 or a CBR954/CBR1000 (R1's, too, but haven't seen any for sale). Now I'm definitely not the brightest, so I still want to go forward with the idea of getting a liter bike, even though my budget doesn't support it.
This means I have to compromise something to make it work - that has to be either A) Mileage, or B) Body damage. Seeing as I'm not looking for a bike that's been dumped or tripped, I'm looking at higher mileage bikes.
Which is why I'm here.
Note that I'm only 23..or 22, or something.
I told my dad I was going to buy a faster bike and he started lecturing me about mileage on bikes being a lot higher than it is on a car.
So how bad is mileage really to a bike?
I'm looking at a '03 GSX-R 1000 on Wednesday and it has 24k on it - which is a ****-TON. But that mileage combined with a buyer's market right now makes it RIDICULOUSLY CHEAP - even in mint condition.
So why do bikes last so little, is it just b/c idiots beat the hell out of them? Is that it? Is 24k really "equivalent to '240k'"? I mean I read some build thread of some guy making his CBR600F4I last 200k with a rebuilt motor (at like 100k) - obviously how you treat it has something to do with it. Though I mean, where's the weak link in bikes? Also, how long "can" a bike last - good conditions, and if somebody beats on it?
This GSXR-1000 has 24k on it, what's the highest you'd pay for it assuming it test drives 100% and is in mint condition as claimed?
Thanks, guys, for your input!
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