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Originally Posted by "Water Warrior":34uy556i
Dang it, where do you guys find these next to new bikes ? When I was looking every used bike I looked at would been on a trailer just to get it home and in need of $1500 for parts and service to make it safe.
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Well this one needed quite a bit of servicing, it had been sitting up for quite a while, so before i could really use it at all I had to drain/replace every fluid in it (of course I would have done that to a used bike that was only a year old too). I went ahead and replaced the spark plugs, air filters, and about to put a front tire on it. And even though you can't see them in the pics, it has a few small wear and tear type scratches and a small ding in the gas tank, but I got it cheap and considering pretty much everything but mounting a new tire I can or have done myself, all in all its not too bad.
So its not perfect, but I didn't pay perfect condition price for it either. When you are poor like me, you have to get the ones that need a little of this and a little of that.[/quote:34uy556i]
music man, i think i got lucky when i found my intruder. i did a lot of shopping around. just about any thing i found in really good condition was in the 5k+ price range or it was a good price but had a lot of miles on it witch i did not want. some people were selling bikes in not as good condition and less cc's for more than i paid for mine. keep shopping around my friend and a deal is bound to slap you in the face at some point and time. just got to have patients, luckily mine came along right away. i was gonna keep shopping around and save up my money till spring. but than the deal slapped me in the face.
Water warrior, how do you like your new ride so far. have you got to spend much time on it yet. im really happy for you man. getting off that gz and on to the intruder was a major thing for me. i think it was the best money i have ever spent. i still cant beleave i got a killer bike setting in my garage. i got up to about 80 on mine yesterday for about 30 seconds and it still had plenty of get up and go left in it. i think a 800 cc is a great way to go.