My uncle just offered to sell me his bike.  He has a 2001 zx-9r with less than 500 miles on it and said he would sell it to me for 5000.  Too bad insurance would kill me on it.  I got a quote and it would be almost 2000 a year for insurance.  Oh well I would just kill myself on it anyway.

matt

Quote from: JascoMy uncle just offered to sell me his bike.  He has a 2001 zx-9r with less than 500 miles on it and said he would sell it to me for 5000.  Too bad insurance would kill me on it.  I got a quote and it would be almost 2000 a year for insurance.  Oh well I would just kill myself on it anyway.

matt

Yeah, but you could make that Bedford/Loogootee run on US50 in record time...

Maybe the oputrageous insurance is why he's sellin' it. Just say "Ninja".........$$$$$$

That's a more than fair offer though. My buddy just paid 5K for a 2000, it came with new tires and a new clutch rebuild, however it had that ugly purple trim on it which is a letdown.

Sounds like a hell of a bike.
After riding my buddies 03 zx-636 and an Sv1000k, I cant possibly imagine justifying that much power on the street.
Even a good freeway onramp run is just puttin along.
  sounds fun


Micah

He said that he was only paying about $400 a yaer for insurance.  Of course he is in his 50's, married, with a college aged kid.  I think my youth and the fact that I have only been riding for ohh about a month now is what is killing me on insurance.  It would almost be worth buying and putting inthe garage until I am completely and totally comfortable on the GS.  He bought it new and I think he said it only has 143 miles on it.  He road the crap out of his old bike, but I guess never got around to riding this one.

Matt

The 9 is a hell of a bike and has gobs of power.  I wonder what basic insurance would be :dunno:

Anyway, for that $ I'd try to buy it.

He even said that he would hold it for me for a year or so until I was ready for it.  I just don't want to string him on and then end up bailing on the deal.

Maybe I'll buy it later this summer

Whyis the insurance so high?  Get another quote make sure you're just not getting screwed on the first one.

ASLAM.