Well I must say - once again another vehicle purchase went 100% the right way.
It's a
2006 Kawasaki Ninja 500R (EX500).
- 13.5K miles
- Only filled up with non-ethanol fuel
- Kept stock
- Tires: Michelin Street Sport - Replaced 6/18
- Spark plugs: Replaced 6/18
- Carburetor: All gaskets, O-rings replaced and cleaned - 11/18
- Valves: Adjusted at ~10,000 miles - 9/19
- Coolant flushed when valves were cleaned - 9/19
- Fuel petcock gaskets and O-rings replaced - 10/20
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Seller was younger than I thought - only 23. But had his act together! I arrived about 5 minutes early and he was in the garage with all the paperwork ready to go - plus a nice service manual and binder with a few receipts. He had also printed out official state of Florida bills of sale but I've never needed any of those. Just the title and tell the clerk the selling price. They have never asked me here for a bill of sale.
Went over the bike. Started right up and runs perfect. Looks perfect. Everything works.
Loading into truck wasn't hard. Feathered the clutch - he on the back end - me on the left side. Ratchet straps worked perfect. Never even stopped to re-tighten the whole way (1 hour each way). Thankfully no transport issues!
A few pics:
The seller - I told him he needed a pic of him and his bike on the last day:
Edit to include pricing info. Bike was listed at $1,900. I called and told seller I'd pay full price right now, over the phone, sight unseen, and no dickering. He said OK it's yours - but I can't meet you until Friday (this was last Sunday). I asked if I could send a deposit. He said he'd rather get everything in cash on Friday, but he'd hold it. I shared concern he'd get other offers and possibly cave in. He said make it an even $2K and he'd take the ad down. I said fine. Well he didn't take the ad down but he did raise the asking price to $2,500 and added a note "sale pending". Smart kid! He held up his end and I did too. I told the kid he was pretty savvy and may have a future in sales. He's in IT - fresh UCF grad and working in the medical field. I think he'll do good. There's always a back story - isn't there?
