Is this fishy?

[Jackstand Johnny]

Theres a guy not to far from me selling an 87 cbr600 on craigslist for $50. No title, and it;s a little banged up. He says it runs though. Aslo, no pictures. Does this sound like a stolen bike or are those bikes so not sought after that one would be willing to sell said bike for such a measly price? Thats no typ-o...$50.

[Tang]

any bike that runs is still worth atleast $1000 

i'd get the vin number and check it with the DMV to make sure its not stolen

but if your buying it to part it then i say go for it

[erbilabuc]

any bike that runs is still worth atleast $1000 

wow then im a millionaire. 50$ for a 20+ year old bike that has no paperwork..... yeah it actually sounds about right. Even if it ran I doubt he would get anything more then 300$ for it. Probably didnt register it for a few years and now dmv wants their money so the guy just wants to get rid of it.

[ohgood]

man, you don't think all those bikes on the road are titled do you ? i've actually heard of 'dirty' group rides, where every single bike was untitled, untitle-able, and on the road every day.

sure, $50 for an untitled cbr is fine. you do realize someone is going to buy it , hot or not, and it likely was stolen 5-10 or even 20 years ago, if not twice or thrice right ?

people that steal bikes suck, and will get their deserves at some point. do what you like, you're BUYING a bike, not stealing a bike. check the dmv if you like, but i'll bet there is a lien against it still, and thats the reason there is no title.

[gmark]

Check and see if the same add is in other market areas. If the only way to contact is by email it is a bot posting looking for email addresses to sell to spam lists. That is often what the deal is woth the adds for $10000 two year old BMWs and the like.

[scottpA_GS]

any bike that runs is still worth atleast $1000 

Ummm....

If you like, come down to our shop here in Johnstown... Bring about $20,000 I have a bunch of bikes that "run"  to sell ya! 

[bucks1605]

Not sure how hard it would be to get it titled, that is if you want to ride it.

But for parts it's a good deal.

As long as it's not stolen and there's no lien out on it I'd say go for it.

What do you have to lose? Especially for $50.

[frankieG]

buy it and part it out for the cash

[lnb001]

hey did you find this ad in the d.c. region on craigslist?  i think im lookin at the same ad

-Lucas

[Jackstand Johnny]

Yeah I did find it on the D.C. Craigslist. Sorry though. I'm picking it up tomorrow. I talked to the guy today. Supposedly it's his neighbors son's old bike and was in their garage for a while. I don;t plan on titling it, just riding it around my neighborhood to get used to riding. As for the $20,000 proposition? If I had that kind of money I wouldnt have put up a post about buying used equiptment or a $50 bike.