Macstar
7th January 2008, 02:07
Bike sold thank you.
Price reduced to $4450 to compensate for needed disc rotor replacement
It is with great sadness that I put my baby up for sale. I have been the owner of this bike for the last 25,000kms of which the majority of these K's have been touring / long distance. Two up is a pleasure and even with a passenger if you stick to 100kph you'll get a solid 20kms to the litre.
For those that don't know, the RF900 are an excellent sport/tourer that put out around 125 HP at the wheel and weigh just over 200kgs, making them a formidable sport bike but with the space and comfort of a tourer. The engines have a reputation for being bullet proof and this RF is mechanically sound, and blows no smoke, uses no oil or water and does not make any funny sounds. At 44,000 miles, by typical RF900 standards she's not even half way through her life yet!
I have spoilt her over the last 18 months/25000km with the following work:
Spark plugs, Forkseals, rear shock rebuild and rear spring, steering bearing, chain, battery, front and rear brakepads, rear brakebulb, grips and more. The oil has been changed every 2-3000 miles in my ownership (AND FILTER), radiator flushed twice, brakes and clutch bled bi-annually, chain lubed after every ride and it is run on 95-98 gas. I have receipts for most of this stuff by the way...
This baby also has a few aftermarket goodies:
Yoshi pipe (ORIGINAL EXHAUST, BRAKE LINES AND HANDLE BARS INCLUDED)
Braided brake lines
Aftermarket raised bars to improve ergos/comfort
Pack rack
You need to be aware of these things though:
The rear tyre has about 1000kms left in it, the front 2000kms and the rego and WOF expire mid Feb. (I have lowered my asking price to reflect this expense so that the new owner can get tyres of their choice).
Cosmetically the bike has the odd scrape and stone chip that you would expect for its age. I must also confess to dropping her on her right hand side. This occured at about walking speed on a steep muddy driveway and resulted in a tiny scratch to the Yoshi and scratches on the fin inserts of the right hand fairing and bar weight. I never saw the scratches as a major and left them.
A keen RF900 fan will recognise that the purple and silver featured on this bike was not a stock colour. The silver bits were previously yellow and I had them replaced about a year ago with a mixture of vinyal and paint. (Please note this was not the result of anything sinister like an accident, as the purple is the stock colour).
THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS JUST ASK - I'VE TRIED TO WRITE AS MUCH AS I CAN ABOUT THE BIKE!!
Price reduced to $4450 to compensate for needed disc rotor replacement
It is with great sadness that I put my baby up for sale. I have been the owner of this bike for the last 25,000kms of which the majority of these K's have been touring / long distance. Two up is a pleasure and even with a passenger if you stick to 100kph you'll get a solid 20kms to the litre.
For those that don't know, the RF900 are an excellent sport/tourer that put out around 125 HP at the wheel and weigh just over 200kgs, making them a formidable sport bike but with the space and comfort of a tourer. The engines have a reputation for being bullet proof and this RF is mechanically sound, and blows no smoke, uses no oil or water and does not make any funny sounds. At 44,000 miles, by typical RF900 standards she's not even half way through her life yet!
I have spoilt her over the last 18 months/25000km with the following work:
Spark plugs, Forkseals, rear shock rebuild and rear spring, steering bearing, chain, battery, front and rear brakepads, rear brakebulb, grips and more. The oil has been changed every 2-3000 miles in my ownership (AND FILTER), radiator flushed twice, brakes and clutch bled bi-annually, chain lubed after every ride and it is run on 95-98 gas. I have receipts for most of this stuff by the way...
This baby also has a few aftermarket goodies:
Yoshi pipe (ORIGINAL EXHAUST, BRAKE LINES AND HANDLE BARS INCLUDED)
Braided brake lines
Aftermarket raised bars to improve ergos/comfort
Pack rack
You need to be aware of these things though:
The rear tyre has about 1000kms left in it, the front 2000kms and the rego and WOF expire mid Feb. (I have lowered my asking price to reflect this expense so that the new owner can get tyres of their choice).
Cosmetically the bike has the odd scrape and stone chip that you would expect for its age. I must also confess to dropping her on her right hand side. This occured at about walking speed on a steep muddy driveway and resulted in a tiny scratch to the Yoshi and scratches on the fin inserts of the right hand fairing and bar weight. I never saw the scratches as a major and left them.
A keen RF900 fan will recognise that the purple and silver featured on this bike was not a stock colour. The silver bits were previously yellow and I had them replaced about a year ago with a mixture of vinyal and paint. (Please note this was not the result of anything sinister like an accident, as the purple is the stock colour).
THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS JUST ASK - I'VE TRIED TO WRITE AS MUCH AS I CAN ABOUT THE BIKE!!