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Thinking of buying this bike...any red flags?

Bike looks clean enough .. he did use the tank pad protectors improperly, and i swap out those tires. But thats just me ..
 
Other than the crappy grips on the sides of the tank, it looks like a clean bike.
Price needs to be worked on though... But that's up to you and how much you're willing to pay for it.
Nothing fishy there...
 
Thanks guys... yea I would take those grips and stickers off..i was just a bit worried about the age of it and if the mileage has been tampered with but I will go see it and see what happens
 
infernobuster said:
Bike looks clean enough .. he did use the tank pad protectors improperly, and i swap out those tires. But thats just me ..
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There are no legal laws on where stick on tank protectors can be applied. The person that installed the 3 bag scratch protectors on this bike must have had big balls to need 3! :lmao:

By the looks of the fork tubes sticking up so far above the top triple clamp I wonder if the whole bike has been lowered or just the front end.

Maxxis makes some good tires and are an old tire manufacturer and still strong in Europe. I do not know about the ones on this bike.

If it really has 18,000 kms the price is a tad high for a 2003 but an ok starting point based on the good look in the picture.

Good luck. To bad its a Kawi. Lol.
 
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Ikan said:
There are no legal laws on where stick on tank protectors can be applied. The person that installed the 3 bag scratch protectors on this bike must have had big balls to need 3! :lmao:

By the looks of the fork tubes sticking up so far above the top triple clamp I wonder if the whole bike has been lowered or just the front end.

Maxxis makes some good tires and are an old tire manufacturer and still strong in Europe. I do not know about the ones on this bike.

If it really has 18,000 kms the price is a tad high for a 2003 but an ok starting point based on the good look in the picture.

Good luck. To bad its a Kawi. Lol.
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Thanks tips. I was quoting a law on "placement of the tank protectors" .. i was stating it looks like ****.
 
infernobuster said:
Thanks tips. I was quoting a law on "placement of the tank protectors" .. i was stating it looks like ****.
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Hopefully everyone realized I was just partially joking about a law and the placement of stickers/tank protectors. It is the boring winter time.

I agree it looks like ****.
 
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Maybe his kids were strapped to the side of it and didn't want scratches
 
Kidding aside...3500-3800 max would be a good buy on this IMO
 
The person who put on the rim tape should have tried a third or fourth time.
 
seems kind of expensive for an 03
 
vrus said:
normal 'ontario price' imo.

I would offer $3k and settle on 3.5
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At 3k I'd consider it. I'm thinking of buying a 3k 600 for the street. Prices are stupid there's a 40k CBR in st Catherine's guy wants 3700 for it and it's an 02. Wtf ?!?
 
Ikan said:
By the looks of the fork tubes sticking up so far above the top triple clamp I wonder if the whole bike has been lowered or just the front end.

If it really has 18,000 kms the price is a tad high for a 2003 but an ok starting point based on the good look in the picture.
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it HAS to be lowered in the back, otherwise the steering geometry would try to kill you on a minute by minute basis. I've never seen forks raised that high, the forks probably would bottom out under even moderately hard riding, but it's probably never seen that. I also wouldnt buy a 9 year old bike that had less then 18k on it, sitting tends to do more damage then being ridden.

At 18k its due for a valve inspection, and probably needs every fluid replaced as it seems like the owner is a useless sod. I'd keep looking
 
chiller said:
At 3k I'd consider it. I'm thinking of buying a 3k 600 for the street. Prices are stupid there's a 40k CBR in st Catherine's guy wants 3700 for it and it's an 02. Wtf ?!?
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I'd offer 2k on cbr and make him hustle :p

makes me sad thinking what I could get for my 04 zx6r... 70+k on the dial and counting
 
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