Since I know there are many gurus on this website... I went and looked at a 2001 ZX7R last night. He's asking 2200 OBO for it, and it has about 14.5k miles on it. Naturally when I got there I expected it to have no fairings and look like garbage....but it wasn't all that bad. The right side fairing is a little cracked up from an obvious spill, but it didn't look all that bad. The chain was looser than hell, I mean way way way loose.
As far as some stuff I noticed that was wrong.... The headlights don't seem to be in solid, they bounce up and down over bumps, the rear brake light is not solid in there. The right foot peg seems to move just hair. Minor amount of fork oil on the fork. Side fairing cracked, but he has a FULL set of primer, not painted fairings....as in every single piece that are included with the bike. Gauge cluster seems to work but does not have any backlighting. The front tire is shot with cupping on the right side of it only and it really seemed like the center of the tire was kinda pooching...but it was dark and these are observations made mostly by feel. Edit: Forgot to add it also does have a yoshi pipe on it...but didn't look like a full system.
I elected not to test ride it although I did start it and sit on it for the simple fact that since I haven't really ridden a bike I didn't want to be responsible for dumping it, it was also dark outside. I did have a good friend take it on a test ride just so see what he thinks. He said it accelerated smoothly although he couldn't really get on it had because of the chain being so loose. It wasn't a cold start, but it was only slightly warm but it did start and idle smoothly also.
My thoughts on this thing are that if I were to get it, I know that I would have to put at least a little money into it. He also said that it could use a tune up, so from what I can tell I would need spark plugs, possible wires, a new air filter, an oil change, possible carb rebuild or at least clean just to be safe, and probably some fork seals. My father is a mechanic and has had many motorcycles so fixing this stuff isn't really a problem. I can do most of it myself and what I can't do, he would be able to....minus the tire.
Some of you may recall that I do not have a bike and never had. I am holding off on buying my dream bike until we buy a house and get that 8k credit back....but I want to get myself on two wheels so I am kinda shopping on a budget right now. I am just wondering what you guys think of this bike overall. I would rather not buy a 2k dollar bike if I am going to have to dump money into it all the time or work on it alot. I know it's a long read but I appreciate anyone who took the time!
Thanks, Robert
As far as some stuff I noticed that was wrong.... The headlights don't seem to be in solid, they bounce up and down over bumps, the rear brake light is not solid in there. The right foot peg seems to move just hair. Minor amount of fork oil on the fork. Side fairing cracked, but he has a FULL set of primer, not painted fairings....as in every single piece that are included with the bike. Gauge cluster seems to work but does not have any backlighting. The front tire is shot with cupping on the right side of it only and it really seemed like the center of the tire was kinda pooching...but it was dark and these are observations made mostly by feel. Edit: Forgot to add it also does have a yoshi pipe on it...but didn't look like a full system.
I elected not to test ride it although I did start it and sit on it for the simple fact that since I haven't really ridden a bike I didn't want to be responsible for dumping it, it was also dark outside. I did have a good friend take it on a test ride just so see what he thinks. He said it accelerated smoothly although he couldn't really get on it had because of the chain being so loose. It wasn't a cold start, but it was only slightly warm but it did start and idle smoothly also.
My thoughts on this thing are that if I were to get it, I know that I would have to put at least a little money into it. He also said that it could use a tune up, so from what I can tell I would need spark plugs, possible wires, a new air filter, an oil change, possible carb rebuild or at least clean just to be safe, and probably some fork seals. My father is a mechanic and has had many motorcycles so fixing this stuff isn't really a problem. I can do most of it myself and what I can't do, he would be able to....minus the tire.
Some of you may recall that I do not have a bike and never had. I am holding off on buying my dream bike until we buy a house and get that 8k credit back....but I want to get myself on two wheels so I am kinda shopping on a budget right now. I am just wondering what you guys think of this bike overall. I would rather not buy a 2k dollar bike if I am going to have to dump money into it all the time or work on it alot. I know it's a long read but I appreciate anyone who took the time!
Thanks, Robert
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