Is this a good deal?

**bert_is_evil** · 19th September 2006, 13:51

I've had my eye on this for a couple of months, has been relisted a number of times - any comments? I notice the ding in the frame is "a fall from it's stand" but aren't they all on trade me.

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**SARGE** · 19th September 2006, 13:54

Originally Posted by bert_is_evil

I've had my eye on this for a couple of months, has been relisted a number of times - any comments? I notice the ding in the frame is "a fall from it's stand" but aren't they all on trade me.

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i had that on watch several times also.. that is a very nice bike .. i went and looked at it in person...

go for it ... top condition.. AWESOME bike ...very small ding in the frame.. no worries ..

( can i take it around the block??)

**bert_is_evil** · 19th September 2006, 14:28

Really? Thanks for that! I'm currently deciding between new bike and laser eye surgery..... hands off everyone else!
If I buy it you can ride it to the dairy and back Sarge

**SARGE** · 19th September 2006, 14:33

Originally Posted by bert_is_evil

Really? Thanks for that! I'm currently deciding between new bike and laser eye surgery..... hands off everyone else!
If I buy it you can ride it to the dairy and back Sarge

i can deliver it to Welly for ya ..

might need new rubber by the time i get there though ..

**bladez** · 19th September 2006, 14:44

that is a very nice bike

and its around the same price as the old fzr1000 so snap it up you would like the bike

**JimO** · 19th September 2006, 14:45

Originally Posted by bert_is_evil

Really? Thanks for that! I'm currently deciding between new bike and laser eye surgery..... hands off everyone else!
If I buy it you can ride it to the dairy and back Sarge

buy the bike ....who cares if you cant see while you are riding it

**sAsLEX** · 19th September 2006, 14:49

Just get some contacts!

And the bike!

**bert_is_evil** · 19th September 2006, 14:54

Oh the peer pressure....
The auction closes tomorrow - did you manage to find out what the reserve price was when you checked it out Sarge?

**Paul in NZ** · 19th September 2006, 15:02

Knew a guy that had one - did some big numbers on it and reckoned it was the mutz nutz.. Hard to sell though - sort of yesterdays hero thing..

**ManDownUnder** · 19th September 2006, 15:03

Originally Posted by bert_is_evil

Really? Thanks for that! I'm currently deciding between new bike and laser eye surgery..... hands off everyone else!
If I buy it you can ride it to the dairy and back Sarge

Go the bike... the eyes will still need work in a month or three, but the bike'll be gone too soon... I'd be fine with SARGE'S recommendation too... he's not getting commission on this one

**bert_is_evil** · 19th September 2006, 15:06

True
I've read a few reviews which say it's heavy but the spec's I've looked at put it at about 200kg dry, which seems normal doesn't it? Also not sure how much it's worth - the buy now must be more than reserve.

**SARGE** · 19th September 2006, 15:07

Originally Posted by bert_is_evil

Oh the peer pressure....
The auction closes tomorrow - did you manage to find out what the reserve price was when you checked it out Sarge?

i think it was $6500 when i looked at it a month ago ..

that is a MUCH better bike than the FZR1000.. in its day .. it was made as a direct competitor to the 'Blade without all the ghey-ness ( sorry Fireblade owners.. ive always been a Big Bore Yammy guy at heart..)

more on the sports side of sport-touring .. heavy bike but stable as hell in a corner.. ( about 200 kg or so ) 145 crank HP.. 110 Nm 5 valve head

ACE STUFF

one of the best all-rounders on the market

if i wasnt so chuffed with the FJ.. that would be in my shed.. (and the fact that ive spent more souping the FJ up than i bought it for..)

**bert_is_evil** · 19th September 2006, 15:45

Is it worth getting one of those checks to make sure there's no money owing on it (can't remember what they're called)?

**bladez** · 19th September 2006, 16:05

Originally Posted by SARGE

i think it was $6500 when i looked at it a month ago ..

that is a MUCH better bike than the FZR1000.. in its day .. it was made as a direct competitor to the 'Blade without all the ghey-ness ( sorry Fireblade owners.. ive always been a Big Bore Yammy guy at heart..)

ghey-ness is in the eye of the beholder

oh well wont hold that ya ride a yamaha against ya

but i do think its a good buy

even the old fj is a good long range bike just comes down to what ya feel more comfy on