The 250 market is hot right now but red baron...not this hot....

**skidMark** · 16th August 2007, 17:13

here is a 1991 zxr250c from red baron 14,000 k's so yes low....

and OMG it's is absolutely spotless immaculate showroom condition...thats great....

but the pricetag:

$8,495

u have got to be shitting me, it's fucking 16 years old!

i think i'd rather have a gixxer 600 and some change left over!

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-107811826.htm

SM

**bert_is_evil** · 16th August 2007, 17:16

Someone will buy it, things are only worth what some dumb arse is prepared to pay

**skidMark** · 16th August 2007, 17:22

but it poses the question...why does a bike with 14,000 k's need a new paintjob...me thinks shes been round ze clock perhaps....

**Morcs** · 16th August 2007, 17:26

I emailed red baron:

Fellas,

Aint this a bit much for a 250? a 16 year old bike at that?

I bought (through a dealer too) a mint honda rvf 400 with 30,000k's for 8,300 - and that was overpriced too, and thats an incredibly rare and sought after bike...

Low K's, learner license laws, and a paint job dont add $5,000 onto what a bike is worth...

Be realistic guys...

and then chatting to mark on msn brought up a few points:

its 16 years old
Pete says:
it could have gone round the clock at that age
Pete says:
and just been reconditioned, and a new paint job
Pete says:
why on earth would a near new bike have a new paint job? not even a custom one at that?

Pete says:
(unnamed shop) had a yellow nc30 in there a while back
Pete says:
it had 64000 on the clock but was mint
Pete says:
they wanted 6k for it
Pete says:
the truth was, it had gone round the clock, and almost again, and the motor was a huge pile of shit that was gna blow

**Morcs** · 16th August 2007, 17:29

Originally Posted by skidMark

but it poses the question...why does a bike with 14,000 k's need a new paintjob...me thinks shes been round ze clock perhaps....

Dude stop rephrasing my points to sound like your own

**Kittyhawk** · 16th August 2007, 17:34

HAHAHA

I'd be asking why is it so highly priced?

No bike after 16 years would look that good if it was in original condition.

Theres a lot of hidden secrets beneath these fairings!

Anyone asked RB why that is the going price??

**deanohit** · 16th August 2007, 17:37

I remeber a thread on this bike on KBer a while back. Still overpriced and still sitting on the floor at red baron and I still think they're dreaming at that price.

**Taz** · 16th August 2007, 17:42

I've got an idea...... Don't buy it.

**slopster** · 16th August 2007, 17:47

If your not selling it or buying it who give a shit you must have way too much time on you hands.

**kiwifruit** · 16th August 2007, 17:50

Wonder if they'd trade a zx10...

**skidMark** · 16th August 2007, 17:57

Originally Posted by Anthrax

I've got an idea...... Don't buy it.

Originally Posted by slopster

If your not selling it or buying it who give a shit you must have way too much time on you hands.

well it's bettewr to bring it up as an isue instead of ripping of an unsuspencting buyer.

**YLWDUC** · 16th August 2007, 18:33

I know that some of the KB lads work there, but I think that they (RB) need a good kick in the teeth for pricing like that.

AND of course, I blame the government and the stupid learner laws for all of it.

**Mully** · 16th August 2007, 18:34

Originally Posted by skidMark

but it poses the question...why does a bike with 14,000 k's need a new paintjob...me thinks shes been round ze clock perhaps....

Ex Race bike in Japan????

Could explain the mileage too.

**imdying** · 16th August 2007, 18:38

Yep, we've discussed this one before, where I think I made my point of view known. Bottom line for me is, I'll never spend any money there, on anything. I won't support a business that blatantly rips people off.

**Pancakes** · 17th August 2007, 14:43

It sounds like a lot to me but I don't really follow the bike market either. I guess if it's too much it won't get sold and that's the self adjusting factor of a free-market economy. I was looking at bikes a few weeks ago tho and decided I liked the look of the Hornet 250's but most were $5-7k and 15+ years old! If mine was written of I decided that a 2005 Hornet 900 for around the $7k mark was the go, there were two I narrowed it down to and one I was going to get if mine was a write-off, both had low (one 10 thousand and the other 35 thousand K's on them). IMO farking heaps better that a 18 year old 250!! even if it means 6 months or a year on a bitsa GN to get yourself there.

But yeah, seems that the importers of 250's take their time cos they may be able to make the same $$'s on less bikes if demand stays high.