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So after work Tom (VTEC_EATER) and I drove down to Wheaton to look at a 2001 GSXR 600. I am looking to finally get myself a bike. It used to be the bumble bee bike, but he did spill it one day at an intersection. Says he got a little lazy, hit some sand and spilled it at 20mph or so. Being that he was in the paint industry, he repainted the whole thing after getting some new plastics, and painted it all jet black. I think it looks sharp. He is the original owner, it does have 12,7xx miles on it. He is still riding it as well. Neither I or Tom saw any leaks on it. The only thing is that it needs a new tire. Badly. It is nearly bald I would say. Tom I am sure will chime in and throw out his thought on that. The owner said it was still the stock tire. The rear is a Bridgestone BT010. To me it looked like it still had a decent amount of tread on it. Tom said I should get a new tire due to it being crap. The starter cover is scratched, he never fixed that, but I don't mind. It does have a 750 swingarm on it. It has the extra bracing, and I was told he did that because he like the appearance better. Other than that, I mean the overall appearance again to me looks good. Sure there are a couple things I would look into, but minor stuff.
On to the ride. Tom took it out since he has a little more riding experience than I do, and well he has the gear as I don't quite have everything yet. Again I am sure Tom, and I hope he will chime in on his ride, but he said it wasn't a bad ride. The only issue was the front steering. He said when he got up over 60 mph, the steering would shake if you took your hands off. Now we don't know if that has anything to do with the tire being so bad. Could the suspension be off. The owner did say that he has stunted with it a bit. So take that into effect. Again the shaking only did it when you were above 60 mph. Tom gunned it up to redline and let off the throttle to see if it would pop out of gear. It didn't. So thats good. Tom also noted that when he went into a corner, he tried leaning a bid and he noted that the bike seemed to wanna stand back up. Again who knows how much that tire played into things, or it might be more of the suspension. Otherwise I don't think Tom said there was much else that came to his mind. The owner didn't have stands so we couldn't get it up on the stand to see if the wheel was out of whack.
After a little convincing, I decided I would take it out for a ride, since if I was going to buy the bike, I might as well get a feel for it. I have ridden Tom's 636, and this bike definetly felt heavier. But at the same time the 636 is stripped down and is a track bike. Tom won't let me take the 750 out quite yet. I have also ridden a R6. Though that was a little while ago, and I don't remember it as well. But I would say that it was probably close to the feeling of heaviness. I felt comfortable on it. The gear shifting was smooth in my mind, and overall to me atleast it was nice. Again I don't have all the time that say Tom has in riding, but I definetly liked the bike.
Now onto the pricing. He is asking $4,800. Seems high to me, and I would definetly try going lower. Especially since it has been down, and he is still riding and putting miles on the bike. If it were just sitting there I think it would be a different story. With the given information, I am looking to find out what your thoughts would be on the bike. Should I be worried, is it just a bad tire. I know you would have to ride it to really know what I am talking about, but I tried to describe it the best I could. What would you pay. He did tell me that he only has about $3,000 left on the loan. He is the original owner and picked it up in June of '02.
So let me hear your thoughts, and thanks in advance for any information you can lend me.
On to the ride. Tom took it out since he has a little more riding experience than I do, and well he has the gear as I don't quite have everything yet. Again I am sure Tom, and I hope he will chime in on his ride, but he said it wasn't a bad ride. The only issue was the front steering. He said when he got up over 60 mph, the steering would shake if you took your hands off. Now we don't know if that has anything to do with the tire being so bad. Could the suspension be off. The owner did say that he has stunted with it a bit. So take that into effect. Again the shaking only did it when you were above 60 mph. Tom gunned it up to redline and let off the throttle to see if it would pop out of gear. It didn't. So thats good. Tom also noted that when he went into a corner, he tried leaning a bid and he noted that the bike seemed to wanna stand back up. Again who knows how much that tire played into things, or it might be more of the suspension. Otherwise I don't think Tom said there was much else that came to his mind. The owner didn't have stands so we couldn't get it up on the stand to see if the wheel was out of whack.
After a little convincing, I decided I would take it out for a ride, since if I was going to buy the bike, I might as well get a feel for it. I have ridden Tom's 636, and this bike definetly felt heavier. But at the same time the 636 is stripped down and is a track bike. Tom won't let me take the 750 out quite yet. I have also ridden a R6. Though that was a little while ago, and I don't remember it as well. But I would say that it was probably close to the feeling of heaviness. I felt comfortable on it. The gear shifting was smooth in my mind, and overall to me atleast it was nice. Again I don't have all the time that say Tom has in riding, but I definetly liked the bike.
Now onto the pricing. He is asking $4,800. Seems high to me, and I would definetly try going lower. Especially since it has been down, and he is still riding and putting miles on the bike. If it were just sitting there I think it would be a different story. With the given information, I am looking to find out what your thoughts would be on the bike. Should I be worried, is it just a bad tire. I know you would have to ride it to really know what I am talking about, but I tried to describe it the best I could. What would you pay. He did tell me that he only has about $3,000 left on the loan. He is the original owner and picked it up in June of '02.
So let me hear your thoughts, and thanks in advance for any information you can lend me.