buying advice (which one)

been looking at a few bikes recantly (all 02 firblades) and just wondered people opinions on the following
(idealy i want one with about 15,000 miles t-tidy & can, bungs FSH etc for about £3700)

1)50,000 miles, standard FSH ?3000

2)25,000 miles t-tidy, can, DB screen few more extras some service history 6 owners (he said 3 were in the same family) ?3500

3)15,000 miles standard 2 owners some service history ?3900

4) keithd or other features


i only use the bike for fun, but still do about 8000+ miles a year.

just wondered which people would go for, and why

I would keep looking about to get a lower mileage bike.

Originally Posted by hovis

3)15,000 miles standard 2 owners some service history ?3900

This one - it's not cheap though and I'd batter him on price down to £3700 at most.

Reasons: It's got low mileage which helps with resale after you've run it. Your mileage is almost twice the national average, put another 30K on the 3 grand bike and no-one on earth will even look at it. The 25K bike has already got too many registered owners and another 30K on that one will put far too many people off.

You stand to lose a lot less in relative terms on the 15K/£3900 bike, and at 15K miles it's bound to be less hassle to maintain it.

If you only did 2K miles a year I'd say buy the 50K miles bike, but batter him down on price to 2700 first. Your yearly mileage will even it out after about 3 years to make it appear average for the age.

Yup - lower milage for me too, pretty much the same reasons.

If you can't barter the price too much, see if they'll do the 16k service early for you - it's the biggy with valve clearances so may save you a few quid.
(Mine's due for that at the moment. )

#3 says I. In a couple of years it'll still be worth more than #1.

#2 just don't smell right...

Originally Posted by HooliganDan

I would keep looking about to get a lower mileage bike.

im getting impatiencent

Originally Posted by Tiger 55

#2 just don't smell right...

i know, which is a shame, as it looks good, and has all the extras that i want. but 6 owners in as many years?

[Stu]

#1 It's a honda should cope with the mileage - $900 will give you a lot of room for repairs it is FHSH right? "standard & FSH" looks like a commuter to me that's had a really easy well cared for life.
Oh run it into the ground & forgret about ever selling it - it is your dream bike right? & you're not HooliganDan right?

If your budget will stretch to it, I'd def go for a low mileage bike rather than the higher ones - even with the Honda tag!

If you buy a 15K-er and keep it for 2 years it will have 31K miles on it - and still be very saleable. It starts to get tough to shift a bike with over 40K on it.

Also, the cost savings at this stage are likely to outweighed by having more repairs on the higher mileage bike during the time you own it.

3 is the best option, no contest

[Rich]

3 for me too, theres always room for bantering though. Perhaps mentioning the fact that it hasn't got a complete service history on such low mileage bike could knock some off. £3600 seems possible if you banter hard.