Where the hell...........

Marcg868 · World Chat Champion Joined: 20 Jan 2005 Karma :

............. Do people pick up good quality bikes for about a £1000? I'm looking at chopping in the Hyosung 125 for a 500/600 commuter bike.
Tried biketrader and MCN and everything for £1000 mark is smashed to pieces or older than me (25).

You see on this forum people with nice quality GPZ 500's or Fazers etc for about £500 and they look nice.

Seen a Yamaha XJ600 N diversion or whatver their called for £850 and then its just CBR 600's from 1989 with 6 million miles on and crash damaged.
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c_dug · Super Spammer Joined: 04 Sep 2007 Karma :

Just keep looking, I got my '93 cbr600f for £1000 with 32,000 miles on it.

Still going strong 4 months later.
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CaNsA · Super Spammer Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Karma :

I got my 1995 CBR600fs for £950 with 23k on the clock.

nothing wrong with it Very Happy

pinkyfloyd · Super Spammer Joined: 20 Jul 2010 Karma :

I got a 99 VTR Firestorm for £950 and 26K miles and she's as sweet as a nut.
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Wafer_Thin_Ham · Super Spammer Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Karma :

Wrong time of year for cheapies now really. Everyone's looking to buy so it pushes prices up.
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chris-red · Have you considered a TDM? Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Karma :

I think it is a hang over from the 'credit crunch' Less people where buying new bikes, therefore more people buying used which means less bikes and more demand, = more cash.

I remember a while back you could get a decent ish condition hornet for £1000, they are far more expensive now.
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ryhardcastle · Scooby Slapper Joined: 20 Jun 2009 Karma :

Got my SV650 2 years ago, mint condition, 15k miles and had just had new chain and sprockets fitted for £1000. So you can pick up well maintained, nice bikes for that kind of budget.

Frost · World Chat Champion Joined: 26 May 2004 Karma :

Bike trader is where people usually over value their bikes. They can sometimes be knocked down, but i tend to find it too much effort. Local paper & ebay are pretty good places to check.

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Dazbo666 · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 Jun 2004 Karma :

I bought my first bike, a decent condition GPZ500 for less than £500 right here on BCF Thumbs Up

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c_dug · Super Spammer Joined: 04 Sep 2007 Karma :

My 1998 GPZ was bought for less than £500, my NTV600 was £300, My TDR250 was £250 and my TS50 was £200.

All of my bikes so far have been great for the money with the exception of my ZZR600 which had lots of hidden gremlins, but that got written off non-fault, oh shame!
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Polarbear · Super Spammer Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Karma :

I bought a 1990 ZZR1100 for £900 on ebay. I phoned him up and offered £900 for him to end the auction early and he said he was only looking for £800. I was gobsmacked. The bike was georgeous so I forced the £900 on him Embarassed

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It had done 26000 miles.
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jimbothe · World Chat Champion Joined: 29 Sep 2006 Karma :

One of my all time favorite bikes.
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thefallenange... · Crazy Courier Joined: 01 Jul 2006 Karma :

https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Honda-CB500-/110669223031?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item19c4665477

Surely you could get that, new battery and fork seals for less than £1k?
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Marcg868 · World Chat Champion Joined: 20 Jan 2005 Karma :

I'm defo looking in the wrong places!!! Have to make myself an ebay account. All I'm after is a tatty but more powerful commuter and there seems to be loads of Egay.
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