What's the best biking bargain you've ever had?

[bigbluebear]

I picked up a Yamaha 535 Virago in exchange for a bottle of whisky. The collector box was completely eroded, had been in storage for over 3 years so no MOT or TAX or even been turned over in all that time. The collector box was cut out and a  B&Q shovel was welded on to close the gap (I kid you not), new plugs oil filter and got it MOT'd, all for £40. I cleaned the bike up and swapped it plus £300 for a Fazer 600. I sold the Fazer 600 for £1500 and bought the Fazer thou which I still have and have done a few modifications.....pictures below

[red98]

my 1982 suzuki gt 250 x7 bought on evilbay 4 yrs ago for £250....rode it home put in shed and not moved since...value now between £750 / £1000 

[jon]

My leatherman multitool has helped me out countless times. Saw it on a stall at a car boot sale 14 years ago, asked how much and the guy said £2.50!!!  Honestly say it has been on my belt every single day since. It has been replaced twice free of charge under their no quibble warranty and upgraded once. Cant imagine life without it by my side as I use it hundreds of times a day at work as well.

[alan sherman]

£4200 on a Fazer 6 in November 2000.  Probably worth £750 now, more if I broke it and sold the parts.

£288 per year / 5 p per mile depreciation.  A bargain I reckon.  No plans to get rid of it so the costs should keep falling!  Will it make 20 years old I wonder?

[Exupnut]

Bout 12 yr ago my boss was rentin me a super4 for 80 shekels pw. Took it out 1 day after a service and rode over a pothole and the tank ruptured pissin out fuel over the engine.  I took it back and told em i'm gonna rent from a different company and the owner told me he had carbed fzs boxeye 22k near mint condition for £2500. He had £300 deposit from me boss and wanted £500. I gave him £200 and my boss not knowing paid £2000 @ £80 pw. When it was paid i gave the hire shop £300 and ended up payin £500 for it. RESULT :-)


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[red98]

bought my silver fzs 1000 for the same price as a blue one  :lol ...........bargain

[Chris]

Does this forum count? It's free and I have learned so much and saved myself a fortune by doing work myself instead of having to pay someone else to do it.

[Exupnut]

bought my silver fzs 1000 for the same price as a blue one  :lol ...........bargain

U just gotta learn how to ride it now (he aims low lol)


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[sadlonelygit]

got my fazer 1000 for £1200 (17k on it's back and dark grey/silver combo )

[Dead Eye]

got my fazer 1000 for £1200 (17k on it's back and dark grey/silver combo )

Wow that is impressive! I bought my first 600 for more than that it had 20k on the clock itself...

[stevierst]

Did a straight swap of my '07 plate Tiger 1050 for my current '10 plate FZ1  8)  Happy bunny!

Also bought my first Fazer 600 for £2500 about 11 years ago, traded it in 18 months later and with nearly 30,000 extra miles on the clock. The salesman said he'd give me £2600 for it! 

[caretaker]

£200 for a low mileage p plate 600 diversion. did a lot of miles on that before the fazer.

[Tilts]

1963 Triumph Thunderbird, passed my test in 97, my dad said what ever bike he had in the shed I could have, a great introduction into motorcycling, master one of those, and everything else seemed easy.

[Tourx4]

My best biker bargins, my weise voyager jacket £55 instead of £130, my weise compass jacket £90 instead of £160 all thanks to fowlers winter sale. My xs arai chaser helmet in silver frost £190 instead of £297 and my 2xs jts waterproof leather gloves with knuckle protection £50 my parents payed £30 as they were my xmas pressie. On the whole i've been rather lucky!!

[Robbie8666]

just rememebered after reading theru about other bikes people bought & sold for a profit, I bought a superdream 250N for £120 quid just after I passede by bike test rode it for 2 years then sold it for £350 in 1996

[Oldgit]

Bought a wine coloured 2 year old BMW R850R MU for £3000 with genuine 2300 Miles on the clock, ran it for 4 years traded in on a New BMW R1200R SE for £5000--bargian of the century.  :pc

[ondrecz]

Won on EB few weeks ago..complete frame (in gold) with documents and valid MOT for 27.50 EUR. Swingarm, airbox and few racing bits  such as modded airbox cover, passenger R1 footpegs, swingarm spools, original crash protectors, were also included...sweet deal. Good start for new project:o)) Akrapovic 60mm exhaust downpipes for 100 GBP were on top of that (mentioned previously).