Thinking of buying another GPz750r

[andym]

After finally calling it quits on the zxr and selling it on ebay (lost about £550 in the end), I've seen a GPz which the guy will let me have for £300, it does have a problem with the gearbox (when put in gear the back end locks up).

Now do I take a chance this wouldn't be another money pit that will never be quite right? Buy it, (try to) sort it, continue to save the pennies and try selling it when I have a bit of money and hope I don't lose anything on it? Admit that I'm going to be off the road over the summer and just save the pennies to buy something a bit better (hoping to save £1000+, which with the money I have in the bank and selling the zxr I'll have about £650 of already)? Try to fix the engine on the current gpz and live with all its faults for a couple of months?

[CaNsA]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KAWASAKI-ZXR-750-J1-12-months-MOT-6-months-Tax-/290919157678?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item43bc220fae

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1995-KAWASAKI-ZX6R-YELLOW-BLACK-/261218922125?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item3cd1dc6e8d

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Suzuki-GSXR-750-Slingshot-/230980586962?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item35c7840dd2

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/honda-cbr-600-fm-alarmed-/161027087761?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item257df65d91

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1996-HONDA-CBR600F-LOW-MILAGE-NEW-T-T-/330926646161?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item4d0cc3e391

[bladerunner]

If it was me I'd spend a little more and get a better bike. They were never that great compared to more modern stuff anyhow and tend to be heavy on chassis parts as well so almost impossible to find a good one or a tank that's not rotted thru etc. go buy yourself an old cbr900 for a grand and have some fun!
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[Shaft]

Seems like a no brainer to me, £650 can buy you a proper working bike, why would you want another non running project?

For that price, you can have my XJ if you want.
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[Rogerborg]

£300 might be a bargain if you're lucky, which you're not.
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[andym]

CaNsA, some nice bikes there.... I'll take that one, that one and.... hmmm.... that one please

bladerunner, quite liking the look of the cbr900, and the insurance is coming back at £236 FC or £157 TPO.... but they are quite expensive bikes from what I can see

Shaft, XJ what? Got any pictures? What's wrong with it?

Rogerborg, I know

[P.addy]

I agree that you need to take a step back and look.

You want a fairly trouble free bike. It isn't fun to work on them 24/7

[andym]

If I had a nice dry workshop then it wouldn't bother me in the slightest

[temeluchus]

How about an aircooled GPZ750? Engine well known to be tough, running gear shared across many different models so parts not hard to find....
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[Supermoto_Fan]

Why not buy a bike that works for once
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[Shaft]

[CaNsA]

Andy, lad, you now know that owning an old bike can be a ballache.

The 1996 HONDA CBR600F is a very good buy.