So many toys so many toys which one should I have???

[dufus]

D day is among me, the gsxr 750 k7 (like stans, but my tire edges have seen use:neenaw: ) is about to go into it's home and under blanket awaiting a week long cleanse/polish/degrease/re-grease etc etc. Not that its durty I just like to sell my bikes as clean as I would expect to buy them.

My quandry and advice sought is, that I have owned 5 black birds various from a 97 carbed through to a 2000 injected. I have never spent more than ?4,000 as I could never see why a brand new ?8,500 bike is better than my second hand one and could never justify the difference.

Realistically the next bike I get will be my last as my bones are getting older and more importantly with sat nav, mobiles,c.d's fags, sandwiches,coffee's all being used by car drivers there are generally more pr*cks on the road. I am reading this back, don't I babble on ffs.

What I am asking is there any one out there who has a good knowledge of the second hand bikes and the brand new ones, I expect there to be very little difference(except the cat) but it would be good to see someone else perspective before I commit cash to bike

 

[Artemis]

NEVER buy new. You've lost the VAT the second you wheel it out of the showroom. If you really want new, try to find one a few months old from either an idiot with too much money or a poor soul who bought and got into financial difficulties.

 

[Rolfy Dave]

NEVER buy new. You've lost the VAT the second you wheel it out of the showroom. If you really want new, try to find one a few months old from either an idiot with too much money or a poor soul who bought and got into financial difficulties.

:bow: Quite agree Lisa darling... Thats why Jan & I bought ours with 1200 miles on the clock & 6 months old... Saved a packet.

Still feckin broke though brok3 forever doin bits here & bits there to it...

I really wouldnt buy a new one mate, but I know there is a nice one over in Kirkby in Ashfield where MarcusFordus halps out at Shanes Place...

2004 in Matt black , low miles & only ?4.5k... He will probably do you a deal if its still there...Tell him Rolfy told ya. Tel...07770695921

Best wishes,

Rolfy
:beer:

 

[marcusfordus]

Nice bike

It's not a bad bike at all, if it had come along 15 hours earlier it would have been in my ownership :bang:
I spent Friday cleaning the bike and it's made a nice one :yo:

Listed on ebay now, the bike in the background in one of the pictures is my expensive 03 plate'r :bang: :bang:

 

[Bodmin]

NEVER buy new. You've lost the VAT the second you wheel it out of the showroom. If you really want new, try to find one a few months old from either an idiot with too much money or a poor soul who bought and got into financial difficulties.

Normally i'd never buy new either, but wiv my new 'bird, I got it with the money from my dad's inheritance, and, a) Bought it to remember him by, (he had various Hondas) it didn't seem right to get something pre-owned, and b) I plan to keep it a long while.....

 

[Nelson]

Most of my bikes have been new. I look after them and always get a good deal on returning to my dealer - so much so that I don't have to look elsewhere.

It has to be said that buying a new vehicle is associated with loss in value as soon as 'it is ridden out of the showroom' bl4hbl4h . However, I would say that such losses are academic (as far as I'm concerned anyway) to those who choose to buy new, however they opt to pay for their bike, whether it be by loan, HP, or old fashioned hard work and saving. The feeling one gets upon taking delivery and owning a new machine more than makes up for any loss a new bike may suffer.

Of course, there are always great second hand bikes out there to be had by somebody with the patience to wait for a minter to come along. At the end of the day, if nobody bought new, there'd be no second hand bikes - whether they be minters or old hacks!