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ohiomoto Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2825	Re: Talk me out of buying a SR500 Reply #15 - 07/01/19 at 07:44:03 But really, you shouldn't. LOL
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springman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2246 Spring, Texas Gender:	Re: Talk me out of buying a SR500 Reply #16 - 07/01/19 at 09:41:05 Ohiomoto, you are so forceful. i doubt Philthymike will buy now.
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philthymike Serious Thumper Offline Wallowing in my own crapulence Posts: 1413 Philadelphia Area Gender:	Re: Talk me out of buying a SR500 Reply #17 - 07/01/19 at 12:08:13 That did it. Changed my mind with that one!
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Re: Talk me out of buying a SR500
Reply #18 - 07/01/19 at 14:54:45

Hay , I've got that rear tire on my Savage now ! .

Mike ... Don't buy that SR400 . Grin

Really , it weighs more than the S-40 , it has less power than the S-40 , it is wore out and need a lot of TLC . , unless your getting it for $200.oo then leave it be .
There , If that don't keep you from getting it , then I want to ride it too , after you get it a fixed up and shinny ! Wink

You know what ... This SR500 looks just like Lancers LS-650 ... its done up the same way .

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Reply #19 - 07/01/19 at 17:43:43

Saw the bike and having doubts now. It's much rougher than it looked in the pictures. Some bad rust spots on the frame, dents in the tank and elsewhere, spraypainted parts, recent gasket sealant around the base of the cylinder, a hole drilled in the header, rotors need grinding etc.
The more I looked the more bad I found. And the engine ran badly.
It's definitely not worth the money asked and it's going to be a big challenge to restore. It is complete though and all original except the muffler.
I need to think it over. It might be better off as a parts bike.
I don't know.

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Re: Talk me out of buying a SR500
Reply #20 - 07/01/19 at 22:52:31

If ya got money to waste on rebuilding an old junker then do yourself a favor and buy a new 400 to throw money at in stead of an old bike that will never be worth much.

I understand that once a bike is out of production for 10 years the factory quits making parts for them and you have to scrounge for everything.

That SR400 is a perty bike !

how about a twin ? under $6k new

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Reply #21 - 07/03/19 at 16:17:08

So I've thought it over. The seller doesn't seem like someone you can haggle with and frankly the price is a ripoff considering how bad off the bike is. I wouldn't pay more than $500 for it as is and anyone who does is stupid. They're convinced it's a valuable vintage collectible and think they'll get a big payoff for this reason alone. I'm not rich so $1800 is just too much for me while doing so much work on Thumpy.
And I'm not a sucker. Vintage old things are worth money if it's not going to take more than you pay for it to make it right again. Tongue in cheek estimate I came up with is 3 grand counting $1500 for a total paint job. I did quote the paint job too.
And this figure doesn't count the chrome too.
So 3000 is alot more than 1800. Not worth it.

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ohiomoto Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2825	Re: Talk me out of buying a SR500 Reply #22 - 07/04/19 at 04:26:25 I recently saw a couple of decent looking SR500s for about $2500.
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DesertCat Full Member Offline Posts: 192	Re: Talk me out of buying a SR500 Reply #23 - 07/11/19 at 10:41:25 I'd buy a decent priced used SR500 -- in a NY minute.
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Re: Talk me out of buying a SR500
Reply #24 - 07/12/19 at 19:31:07

I don't think finding a decent priced one is a possibility on the east coast. The hype has been bought big time.
The one I looked at that was dredged up from the ocean floor was 1800. Another in my area that's been Frankenbiked from 4 wrecks is $3k and the best one which is in mostly original good condition is $4k.
People suck way too hard on their crack pipes up this way.

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DesertCat Full Member Offline Posts: 192	Re: Talk me out of buying a SR500 Reply #25 - 07/12/19 at 19:35:45 There isn't a single used SR500 or SR400 in the Phoenix/Tucson area. Oh wait, there's one SR500 that's been turned into some sort of crap bobber, probably because it was wrecked.
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DesertCat Full Member Offline Posts: 192	Re: Talk me out of buying a SR500 Reply #26 - 07/12/19 at 19:46:41 MMRanch wrote on 07/01/19 at 22:52:31: how about a twin ? under $6k new ================= You know, that Royal Enfield 650 looks good.
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philthymike Serious Thumper Offline Wallowing in my own crapulence Posts: 1413 Philadelphia Area Gender:	Re: Talk me out of buying a SR500 Reply #27 - 07/12/19 at 19:49:16 All the ads for the ones around here say something about the bike making a great bobber. This time next year I'll probably find all 3 bikes for sale again as roller bobber projects, all cut on, not running and missing parts. Enough of that junk for sale here to fill a landfill. Poor old bikes.
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