I sold my Busa Today
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did you already order the new one?
Posted a for sale ad on Thanksgiving at Onedownfiveup.com and got a bunch of responses that day. Talked about things with the potential buyer over the weekend and made the sale Tuesday.
But at 6800 I think it was priced to sell quickly.
New one 9800 = 1500 a year to ride the best bike out there,and that is something I can handle any day of the week.
But at 6800 I think it was priced to sell quickly.
New one 9800 = 1500 a year to ride the best bike out there,and that is something I can handle any day of the week.
The Big Red One
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TimmyDuck, why'd you sell your 03 for an 05...same exact bike? And if you did ANY mods at all to it your losing money (although you gave somebody a screamin' deal as it was
). I think the 06's almost HAVE to be improved somehow......although watch them be the same...
Then I'll have to come back and apologize
It was a 100% stock machine,except for some replacement parts like brake pads and chain and sprockets.
I have always replaced my bikes with a new one every 2 years since I bought my first street bike in 1983.
So I justify the expenditure, by getting a new 1 year warranty,a zero mile bike again,and no worries of starting to have to replace wheel bearings and rotors,steering heads,fork seals and all of the other larger wear items.
This past one ran perfectly for me over the time I had it except for losing the slave cylinder in the clutch this past September.
So it was a 70 dollar part that ended up costing me 200 because the closest one was in Kobe, Japan and I wanted it pronto so they threw on a 90 dollar overnight shipping charge.( What part would be next?)
I also beleive from my personal riding experience that bikes start to lossen up a bit from the extreme pressures put on the frame and chassis.(Especially so for Busa's.)
So for all these reasons and more I can justify the loss of 3000 I took to have a brand new girl in my garage.
I have always replaced my bikes with a new one every 2 years since I bought my first street bike in 1983.
So I justify the expenditure, by getting a new 1 year warranty,a zero mile bike again,and no worries of starting to have to replace wheel bearings and rotors,steering heads,fork seals and all of the other larger wear items.
This past one ran perfectly for me over the time I had it except for losing the slave cylinder in the clutch this past September.
So it was a 70 dollar part that ended up costing me 200 because the closest one was in Kobe, Japan and I wanted it pronto so they threw on a 90 dollar overnight shipping charge.( What part would be next?)
I also beleive from my personal riding experience that bikes start to lossen up a bit from the extreme pressures put on the frame and chassis.(Especially so for Busa's.)
So for all these reasons and more I can justify the loss of 3000 I took to have a brand new girl in my garage.
The Big Red One
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Good points.....thanks for sharing them. I like to hear other folks approaches to things....I've actually learned alot that way.
Thats the same approach alot of folks use with cars...and its a good one. I'm a pretty good bike mechanic...and a cheapskate
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