Sold the busa, should I buy this sv

[RACER X]

So w this terrible economy we have I sold the busa within 1 day of listing, $200 of my asking price, and $200 less then I bought it for 2 yrs ago.

Granted it had a new pilot road 3 rear tire, but that's the cost of riding

Was never really comfortable on. The bike at a stop, having short legs 29" inseam, bike having a 1" riser dog bone, and the new tire was 190/55 it was pretty freaking tall, when I had 1 toe (literally) down, my other toe was 4-5" off the ground, now at speed that bike was wonderful.

I started car pooling to work, might even start a van pool, so I'll never get to commute, and weekends are family time.

I had positive equity, so I could buy this sv outright, but Zs argument is that we'd have 2 sv's, which is truth

http://www.motohouston.com/forums/showthread.php?t=187577

But this is a sweet sv, owner builds personnal bikes rides then for a bit and sells them

Here's his sv1000 for sale

http://www.motohouston.com/forums/showthread.php?t=177633

Sweet bike too

Hmmmm decisions decisions.....

[Rangerscott]

The both are over on twtex.com

Id like either of them.

[Particle Man]

They're a ton of fun. That one is freaking LOADED.

:drool:

[RACER X]

Yeah, he's got it on craigslist and svrider too

Very nice bike, owner says bike has never been down, and it's a very fair price for the mods

See the sv1000? Wheels and a ohlins ft fork and ohlins rear too :drool

But I don't want to spend that much, or save the $ towards a diavel next yr ????

[tallywacker]

Am I the only one that looks for bikes with no mods? I'd rather not buy bikes that others have fucked up.

[RACER X]

I don't mind bikes done right

My busa was done right, that's why it sold in 1 day + it's a busa
The bike builder owns pretty much the only shop that touches my bike, and they do itright too. I shouldve bought his rc51 when he had it, similar setup to the sv1000

Modded bikes are the best value, cuz it's thousand of $ for those mods

[tallywacker]

I don't mind bikes done right

My busa was done right, that's why it sold in 1 day + it's a busa
The bike builder owns pretty much the only shop that touches my bike, and they don right too. I shouldve bought his rc51 when he had it, similar setup to the sv1000

Modded bikes are the best value, cuz it's thousand of $ for those mods

Mod's in my experience come with unexpected issues. But of course if it's just something like suspension, that's different.

[Particle Man]

Mod's in my experience come with unexpected issues. But of course if it's just something like suspension, that's different.

Depends on the mods. Suspension, seats, stuff like that I'm good with. Major motor mods, not so much. Still wouldn't mind that SV though.

[Rangerscott]

Mod's in my experience come with unexpected issues. But of course if it's just something like suspension, that's different.


Sounds like a rider issue.

[Corey]

Personal opinion only: Mods only mean something if someone wants them, especially if you're trying to use mods to get extra money on a sale. To me, most things added to a bike are lost money that an owner eats in a sale. I'd rather have more stock than more mods. The more mods there are, the more money it'll cost me, as a buyer, to remove.

[RACER X]

Ok, let's say 2 similar busa's , similar mles and condition, 1 w a factory exhaust, and 1 w a Akrapovic , which is worth more?

The bikes I listed and my busa were solid mods, not fluff. Making the bikes more worthwhile, not LEDs or custom paint.

That sv1000 I listed has ohlins fork and rear shock, marchisini wheels, what's not there to love about those mods

So it's not cut n dry

I had at least 5-7 offers on my bike within 1 day, 1 low ball, but the rest were solid, just I held out cuz I didn't need to sell the bike.

[Rangerscott]

How aboot u buy both and I'll take which ever one you dont want.

I am werry of bikes that are taken to tracks.

[Corey]

Ok, let's say 2 similar busa's , similar mles and condition, 1 w a factory exhaust, and 1 w a Akrapovic , which is worth more?

The bikes I listed and my busa were solid mods, not fluff. Making the bikes more worthwhile, not LEDs or custom paint.

That sv1000 I listed has ohlins fork and rear shock, marchisini wheels, what's not there to love about those mods

So it's not cut n dry

I had at least 5-7 offers on my bike within 1 day, 1 low ball, but the rest were solid, just I held out cuz I didn't need to sell the bike.

Not knocking your bike, just stated opinion. On your Busa scenario, for me, stock is preferred. Akrapovic is a very nice pipe. I don't know if the owner installed it right and had the fuel injection programmed right. Did they buy the pipe and put it on the bike on their own without fixing the injection mapping? Did they go on a busa forum and download some fancy custom map that makes the bike run too lean or too rich and fuck the motor over a couple thousand miles? How much of a premium are they assigning to these mods? Are they trying to recoup the full cost of the exhaust/wheels/shocks on top of the book value of a stock bike? These are the things that I personally look at which would drive me towards picking a stock bike over a modded bike. Those are great mods, in general, but the value that people assign to them when trying to resell their bike tends towards the ridiculous. Mods are only as valuable as the person who wants to buy the bike decides them to be. Not saying there aren't people out there looking for that setup, and in the case of better exhausts, rims, and shocks I'm sure there are a good number of shoppers, but for me and others, they add little resale value to a bike.

[RACER X]

i would think your in the minority in the stock vs modded train of thought. now how much value, is debatable.

so your saying you'd buy the stock busa over a busa w/ an akra pipe for the same $ ? no mapping done on either.

[Corey]

i would think your in the minority in the stock vs modded train of thought. now how much value, is debatable.

so your saying you'd buy the stock busa over a busa w/ an akra pipe for the same $ ? no mapping done on either.

Same price? Depends on the conditions of the bikes. If the difference is the pipe, I'd probably swing the Akra. It's when the pipe becomes the difference in price. Same year, same bike, same condition, similar mileage with the difference being the pipe, then I'm looking at what monetary value they assign to the pipe, and personally, once you throw it on the bike, you're eating most of the cost or I'd choose the stock bike.