Based on all my research over the past couple of months I'd say that a 98 with less than 30k's @$8k would be a good buy as 99 may have been the last production year for the virago 1100. a real mint one owner sold on Trademe for $10200.
You can get 1100's for around $4,500 as "virago" says if the km's are above say 80k's. anything below just relates to condition. I don't know what is happening with the the Alexandra one that didn't reach reserve@$6k on trade me recently. It had done 28k and I think was a 93. There is one for sale in Hamilton blue 93 with 67km's and the guy selling there wont take less than $6900 it is a nice tidy machine and I almost went for that one..apart from the price.Thats why I jumped on this black 91 with around 12km's. Yes it needs a bit of a tidy up but as it turns out the guy who sold it to me for $5,500 previously owned my wifes car unknown to all of us until later in the discussions and he was obviously fairly careful with that.[ what are the odds of that, were in waikato and hes in Lower Hutt.]
The market for these 1100 has just got a bit busier again. Just a month or so ago mostly intruders were cropping up. I like those babies as well. at the end of the day both these cruisers will be classics and I could live with either.I have had fast on my previous GPZ900 but feel that in today's crazy police state the sports bikes will get you walking real fast. Also the roll on power of twins is much sweeter than the twitchy snatchy ballistics performance from high power 4's in my opinion. Ok you can't fang em in the corners but with all the cowshit still gettin on the seal and the state of our roads now you gotta have balls to go hard out.
Those new Yami v stars look cool as well and are longer wheel base, but the costs to purchase is much higher and theres no way they look as bad ass as a mild chopper. If I do get bored with the handling of my XV I would most likely change to SV1000 Suzuki those twins are the bomb in their market segment. If I find the handling too soft I will increase the oil weight in the front shocks first up that often helps. The 1400 Intruders would look better with twin disc brakes as well, that single disc may be effective but it cheapens them up a bit dont ya think.
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