Hey guys, this is my first post. I'm a regular on many other forums from fishing and boating to diesel trucks and other motorcycle forums.
Let me tell you a little about my motorcycle experience before I let you know what I'm considering buying. I've been riding bikes for ten years (started on my dad's 1996 Harley Dyna Convertible). When I turned 18, and still in highschool, I bought my first bike. It was a 2001 Honda CBR 600 F4i. A group of friends got me into riding sharp corners, track days, and knee dragging. We were as smart as we could be at that time, wearing full leather suits, back protectors, kangaroo gauntlet gloves, racing boots.....basically everything required on a road course styled race track plus more. I had that bike for two years before wrecking it around a corner at Lake Wateree. Lake Wateree is a ride a few of us would go every other sunday and ride some of the curvy roads that wrap around the lake. One sunday, someone decided it would be a good idea to throw a small truckload of gravel in the road to "slow us down". Needless to say everyone on that ride wrecked, but no one was seriously hurt other than our pride. Thanks to wearing the proper gear, not one person had a scratch on them...our bikes were a different story. They were totaled and we somehow got our bikes to limp home.
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Next bike was a 2004 Yamaha R1. Beautiful bike with what seemed like unlimited power until I started getting comfortable with it. I had it for a little longer than a year and decided to sell it while it was in good condition (never been down/dropped). I sold it because I started getting into track days more and more and wanted to get another 600cc bike that was already set up for the track. I then bought a 2002 Honda CBR 600 F4i that had full race bodies, had been dyno tuned with a PCIII, full exhaust, penske triple clicker shock....it was even set up by thermosman. I did that for another year and was about to get my race license to give WERA a try and I decided college was a better decision so I finished college and sold that bike after a few minor wrecks on the track. I decided I'm done with the track riding and have gotten it out of my system. I'm wanting something more comfortable to just cruise around town on or ride to the beach and back. (I used to ride to the beach on my R1...3.5 hour ride).
I haven't owned a bike since 2007, but still ride plenty of friends bikes. I'm considering buying a 2006 Hayabusa LE. It has 1200 miles on it, never been dropped or downed. According to the owner (best friend's brother) he has put around $30k into the bike with chrome accessories including a 300 kit for the rear. It is stretched 9" and he has all the stock parts. He wants to sell it to me for $8500 including a trailer (typical lowes type utility trailer w/ wheel chock). I'm thinking the price he's asking is a little over the value of the bike if it was bone stock. Do you think all the accessories are worth that couple extra hundred bucks? I haven't seen it in person yet as he lives 15 hours away, but he said he'd be willing to meet me half way. I should get pictures tonight. All my other friends who have seen the bike say it's definately one of a kind and worth the money he's asking for it.
So...what do yall think?
And I'll go ahead and throw in the typical
Let me tell you a little about my motorcycle experience before I let you know what I'm considering buying. I've been riding bikes for ten years (started on my dad's 1996 Harley Dyna Convertible). When I turned 18, and still in highschool, I bought my first bike. It was a 2001 Honda CBR 600 F4i. A group of friends got me into riding sharp corners, track days, and knee dragging. We were as smart as we could be at that time, wearing full leather suits, back protectors, kangaroo gauntlet gloves, racing boots.....basically everything required on a road course styled race track plus more. I had that bike for two years before wrecking it around a corner at Lake Wateree. Lake Wateree is a ride a few of us would go every other sunday and ride some of the curvy roads that wrap around the lake. One sunday, someone decided it would be a good idea to throw a small truckload of gravel in the road to "slow us down". Needless to say everyone on that ride wrecked, but no one was seriously hurt other than our pride. Thanks to wearing the proper gear, not one person had a scratch on them...our bikes were a different story. They were totaled and we somehow got our bikes to limp home.
lease:Next bike was a 2004 Yamaha R1. Beautiful bike with what seemed like unlimited power until I started getting comfortable with it. I had it for a little longer than a year and decided to sell it while it was in good condition (never been down/dropped). I sold it because I started getting into track days more and more and wanted to get another 600cc bike that was already set up for the track. I then bought a 2002 Honda CBR 600 F4i that had full race bodies, had been dyno tuned with a PCIII, full exhaust, penske triple clicker shock....it was even set up by thermosman. I did that for another year and was about to get my race license to give WERA a try and I decided college was a better decision so I finished college and sold that bike after a few minor wrecks on the track. I decided I'm done with the track riding and have gotten it out of my system. I'm wanting something more comfortable to just cruise around town on or ride to the beach and back. (I used to ride to the beach on my R1...3.5 hour ride).
I haven't owned a bike since 2007, but still ride plenty of friends bikes. I'm considering buying a 2006 Hayabusa LE. It has 1200 miles on it, never been dropped or downed. According to the owner (best friend's brother) he has put around $30k into the bike with chrome accessories including a 300 kit for the rear. It is stretched 9" and he has all the stock parts. He wants to sell it to me for $8500 including a trailer (typical lowes type utility trailer w/ wheel chock). I'm thinking the price he's asking is a little over the value of the bike if it was bone stock. Do you think all the accessories are worth that couple extra hundred bucks? I haven't seen it in person yet as he lives 15 hours away, but he said he'd be willing to meet me half way. I should get pictures tonight. All my other friends who have seen the bike say it's definately one of a kind and worth the money he's asking for it.
So...what do yall think?
And I'll go ahead and throw in the typical
