Miscellaneous > The Sallyport
Bike Arranged (Was: Is 40k miles a lot for an '85 Honda Magna VF700C?).
Sir Wolf:
buy it!!!!!!!!
Sir Edward:
I talked my friend/coworker who is a motorcycle guy, and he pretty much echoed what James said. See if you can check it out, maybe take a test-ride. Mileage is probably fine as long as it's been well maintained.
Thorsteinn:
So I test rode the '85 700cc Honda Magna with 40k miles that the kid wanted $1400 for. Shaft Drive is interesting, and the bike has never been dropped. The V-4 was less spry than I would have thought, the bike was less nimble than I had hoped, it was the California Emissions model, the seller was a college kid that didn't seem to know much about the mechanicals & whatnot of the bike, and the front brakes will need work soon. Comfy to ride though, however the load limit was only 375lbs.
Tamalyn is above 175lbs and I'm 250 so we'd be 50lbs over limit for riding together.
NADA Guides say the bike is worth no more than $1000 in it's condition. I'm tempted to offer $800. Thoughts?
Thorsteinn:
Nevermind. My wife pointed out that one of the big reasons for us to get a bike was so that she could join me on there & while I might not worry with a newer, less stressed engine, this one wasn't settling my mind.
Ian:
--- Quote from: Thorsteinn on 2015-02-07, 22:45:49 ---Nevermind. My wife pointed out that one of the big reasons for us to get a bike was so that she could join me on there & while I might not worry with a newer, less stressed engine, this one wasn't settling my mind.
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Or just lose 50 lbs :)
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