How many K's is too many? (CBR2500RR)

[Mokoro]

Hi.

Thought I might throw a question out to the masses here. If you were in the market for a CBR250RR, what range of k's would you go for, and when would you start to be put off sale?

Im just asking as I'm looking around at the moment, and don't want to buy a moderate k's bike, turn it into a high k's bike, and have trouble trying to sell in a years time (when I get my full licence)

For me, I personally wouldn't buy one over 40 000kms... Though I see them at 80 000kms on trademe often, with no major work done, but the odd one seems to have had some major work once it hits around that level..

Chur!

[Patch]

The k'ms aren't too much of a factor in my opinion. Its more like who has owned it and how often they serviced it.

E.g. 1. Middle aged bloke does 30K a year, services it every 5K, washes it every Sunday.

2. Young man in twenties, does 10K a year, services when he can afford it, washes it every six months or so.


Taking into account all the facts about the machine and owner's, then decide on one that you can reasonably afford.

Hope that helps.


Oh, an for resale , wouldn't bother with that, there's a few on here that are quite capable of writing bikes off, just make sure its insured before you let them ride it

[bugjuice]

I used to hack my CBR round Puke at every chance I got, ringin the tits off it. During the week, it got me to work and back without missing a beat. I bought it with a little less than 80 thou on it, and Postie wrote it off a year and a bit later with 90+ on it, still going strong..
just keep the oil changes regular, and look after them

[vtec]

Yeah, I bought HDTBoy's crashed CBR off him. It had 90,000k's on it, and he had modified the breathing on it, so it was putting out more power than stock, and he had been racing it at the track. I just checked valve clearances yesterday, and they are all within operating limits bar one, cause I think he ran out of shims when he did his last tune up, so just chucked in one shim a little small. In other words, this engine is still good after 90,000k's. In fact from what I hear, it was one of the fastest 250's around.

Personally if I was buying one and planned on keeping it for a while, I'd probably try and get one below 70,000k's. However, as Patch pointed out, it's not so much the k's on the bike, but rather how much care has been taken of it. However, this doesn't take into account how all the other components on the bike last. Bearings and things will start wearing out. Pretty much, the older higher k's bikes will start to get more and more things failing. Although, if you fix each problem as soon as it comes along, I don't think there's any reason you can't make one run for many many year. From what I've heard, if the worst comes to the worst. A full engine rebuild would cost about a grand... I can't confirm this though.

I'm thinking of offering my servicing skills for less than bike shops. Cause I'm pretty good at working on the CBR250 now. Just need to get my hands on a suitable compression tester, and vacuum gauges

[blue_abe]

Yeah I reckon k's arn't the most important thing with 250s, especially CBRs. I bought a CBR recently with 39 on the clock, so I guess I'm lucky, but if you look at the prices people are beginning to ask for a sporty 250, no matter the ks, It'll blow your mind. Since the japs don't make any more zxr250s or CBR250s, they are getting more and more rare, and they are still the quickest and best 250 sports (in my opinion).