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It's about 1.5 hours away, about all I can find. Not crazy about the color but I can hand it off to the wife and keep my candy red I'm tempted to bid $1200 and if someone outbids me, so be it. Not sure it'd be worth more than $1200 but I don't know.

You can look up the "Blue Book" value of that make and year according to your area...  www.kbb.com and www.nada.com will give you different values, but you can get a basic idea...

Then you add in the "How badly to I want it" value.


It's the beginning of prime riding season...  Bikes always cost more this time of year.

I had one of them factory 1/4 fairings.....and threw it away....a long time ago

they are sweet....now

Quote from: RVertigo on May 30, 2007, 05:51:46 PM
You can look up the "Blue Book" value of that make and year according to your area...  www.kbb.com and www.nada.com will give you different values, but you can get a basic idea...

Then you add in the "How badly to I want it" value.


It's the beginning of prime riding season...  Bikes always cost more this time of year.

Blue book values are hard to guage... Nada says $750 for a 93, kbb says $1600 retail. Pretty wide gap. Not too many have been sold around here since I bought my 96. I think it'd be worth $1200 if it's in good shape, but no idea if it would be worth more. I'm not in a huge hurry, but I'd like to pick something up in the next month.

I'm pretty sure that belongs to username "allone" on here, incase you wanted to ask him questions

should ask if you could go look at it .. listen to it make sure it sounds good .. most dealers use the nada system .. i know the ford dealer down here does

Quote from: manofthefield on May 30, 2007, 06:10:08 PM
I'm pretty sure that belongs to username "allone" on here, incase you wanted to ask him questions

Hmmm, I wondered if it was someone here, he posted a for sale over a month ago and it was olive green, this one's metallic blue. Maybe he painted it...

Can't really drop by to take a look, it's nearly 2 hours away. $750 nada value seems really low, I never see a bike that doesn't need some work sell for less than $1,000.

From the pictures it looks like a possible repaint (not sure those "gs500 stickers are original").  Plus the clutch and brake levers have been "modified" (and not in a good way IMO).  I don't ebay, so I don't know what the whole "winner will pay $300" is.  I would say that if you pay $1200 and are able to ride away you'd be doing alright, but $1200 is the absolute max I would pay.  I would try to get the guy to meet you half way, so that you both drive 1 hr.   If he cant' ride the bike a hour away you definitely don't want it, or he could trailer it, which would still let you get a good look at the bike before you buy it. 

Any way you go, good luck to you.

i paid $1500 for my 1997 with 10k miles.

I think its cheap , the paint work and the cheap stickers let it down , otherwise , i say , if it doesnt go over 1200 , its a complete bargin

I think maybe it is the same one allone posted here, I asked a question on ebay and said it was repainted two weeks ago. Also said it has rust in the tank which means it would need kreemed or replaced right?

$900 plus shipping. it's a pre-95 or whenever things got alot better, and it's not stock paint.

add in the little things that people always neglect, and it's a $900 bike.

2c   

I think I'll pass, said he redid the paint himself plus something about float bowls. I've got time to be patient, plus it's a bit of a drive.

Quote from: ohgood on May 31, 2007, 02:42:15 PM
it's a pre-95 or whenever things got alot better

things haven't changed much in all the years, and nothing I can think of anything that changed in 95... brake caliper maybe

I bought my '90 for $500 last year.  I knew at that time that I had to replace the fork seals -- tires -- brake pads etc. etc. etc.  Chances are, you will have to drop a few hundred into it regardless.  I think the starting bid of $1200 is way-over-the-top!  That person must love that bike, they are going to have it for a very long time at that price.

It's ebay... most things are overpriced there

But for all I know, it is a reasonable asking price / starting bid.  I've never seen the bike in person, so I can't judge it

Most bikes that are in the small category would be 1500-1800 if they are good mechanically and decent cosmetically.
Medium is 1700-2200 and large is 2200 up usually.
So I'd say 1200 for good mechanically and OK cosmetically is prolly a decent price.
Cool.
Srinath.