Let's See....Hmmmmm By kz1000st (Read 3,619 times)

[Guitarman]

Ok, an update on the Nighthawk.

It's actually got 43k miles on the clock.
It needs brakes, tires, Valve cover gasket,all 4 turn signals(broken by his child), front fork seals.
And a good bath. That will have it running and safety checkable.
A tank of seafoam won't hurt either.
A couple of minor dings. And I need to replace the clutch lever. It's bent.

[JR]

Now I see why $200. Kind of blows the cost per cc thing out of the water. Hopefully you'll come out, why do I say that? With the abuse and that's what one would call this with what's wrong with this bike, hopefully you'll not run into things later that cost a lot more to fix. When one sees a classic bike like this treated this way you can almost bet it's never had regular PM or been treated very nicely.

I've always said things are used for a reason and in lots of cases when you buy used you buy the problems that made it used to begin with.

JR

[richardv]

Used isn't bad but, abused is. Best wishes with that one.

[Guitarman]

Tires and brakes are normal maintenance things, so I don't really count those. The fork seals, that's different. I'm going to ride it today and see how it responds. If it's smooth and clean, I'll take it, otherwise...