charleso47
Junior Member
2005 Yamaha FZ6
Im thinking of getting this, but its got a lot of miles. or dose it?
05 fz6
35,000 miles
$2,900
Im thinking of getting this, but its got a lot of miles. or dose it?
05 fz6
35,000 miles
$2,900
is this a good deal?
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Matteo
Junior Member
I paid 2800 for my 2006 with 21000 miles on it. It was in perfect condition.
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Puncher
Junior Member
Got my '04 with 13000 miles for $2800. 35,000 miles..... that's a lot... unless you know the person and know the bike was well maintained, I wouldn't go for it.
charleso47
Junior Member
Yea it seemed a little high to me, but I wasn't sure. Wow, how did you guys find these deals? Ive been looking for a bike for ~a month now and have found nothing like that.
JoeSTL
Member
The deals are out there. Got my 06 with 1400 miles yesterday for 3600. Mine was a really good deal and it's rare to find such a deal at the beginning of the riding season, but they are out there!
toasterboy85
Junior Member
I bought my 07 with 500 miles on it 10 months ago for ~ 3500. The motorcycle was all stock.
ChevyFazer
Redneck MacGyver
35,000 is not a lot of miles for these bikes at all!!! People get this thing stuck in their heads on bikes that anything over 15,000 is junk when all it means is that the person who owned it actually rode it instead of looked at it. I got my bike last June by trading a car for it, the bike had 10,000 miles on it, it now has 28,000 and not a thing wrong with it and believe me I dog it. With any mechanical thing a little bit of maintenance will go a long way!!!
ChevyFazer
Redneck MacGyver
If you like the add on's he has then that should also be a considering factor on the price, a Corbin seat used is around $300 and a scorpion exhaust is about $500 used so now your talking about a $2000 bike so I'd say it's a good deal and don't let the miles scare you these are very durable bikes
charleso47
Junior Member
he has documented maintenance and rides it daily with no problems. what kind of mileage could I expect from it tho is my question. Ive done a little research, but not in terms of life expectancy.
ChevyFazer
Redneck MacGyver
100,000+ with proper maintence vegasrider is over 75,000 and has pretty much only done oil changes
jresch10
Sarcastic American
I got my 2004 for $2800 with 2400 miles on it.
Puncher
Junior Member
That's why I said unless he knew it was maintained. 35000 miles is plenty of miles for there to be a chance of poor maintenance. My first bike was a Katana with about 30k miles and I was very happy with it so I know you don't have to completely avoid bikes with that many miles. You just have to be a little more careful.
I posted a wanted ad on craigslist saying what kind of bikes I was interested in and how much I was willing to spend. These deals are indeed hard to come by especially this time of year and I consider myself lucky :BLAA:
charleso47
Junior Member
Thanks for the replies everyone! This is my first thread on the forum but ive been reading through and there's lots of good info on here. Im going to look at iy this weekend and if everything checks out I will be getting it next week sometime.
Quick questio for all you fz6 enthusiasts. What should i be looking for to best determin the condition the bike is in? I've never bought a used bike.
Quick questio for all you fz6 enthusiasts. What should i be looking for to best determin the condition the bike is in? I've never bought a used bike.
chomorro
Junior Member
I bought mine with 30k on it and it ran perfect. I changed the tires and adjusted the chain and changed the spark plugs just because im wierd about maintenance but i didnt have to. Previous owner rode it everyday.
callmegandhi
IM4TH
Take it for a ride, don't be afraid of the mileage. We're not talking about a Harley Davidson! :BLAA:
CBRF3RIDER
Junior Member
The sad thing is this really isn't a joke! Next time you are at an HD dealer take a look at the used bikes. Last time I was in there I saw one with 50,000 miles and on the tag it said it had a complete top end rebuild and a bunch of other work on it. None of it was for performance! Not sure I would advertise that!
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