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7/1/2016 4:31pm
7/1/2016 4:31pm
I'm trying to get a bike again, but I'm restricted budget wise, so I'm looking at second hand.
I was shocked to see the price disparity between two strokes and four strokes on the second hand market.
I've seen people asking in excess of 3 k for 2002 model YZ 250 2 ts ...it's nuts! So hard to find a post 2006 model yz250 2t for less than 5 k.
Yet there is an abundance of late model four strokes for well under 4 k. I'm not a four stroke guy but the best deal I've spotted so far is a very clean 2006 YZ 250 f for 2.5 k....that's about 1 to 2 k cheaper than heaps of beat up 2002 to 2005 two strokes... That's the way it seems to be here in Australia, is it similar in other countries?
I was hoping to find a good YZ 250 2 t for under 3 k to use as a practice bike before I buy a new bike early next year.
It's really crazy here....they are asking as much or more for brand new 2016 YZ 250 2 t's than they are for brand new 2016 450's. Seems to be saying something that the manufacturers should be listening to
I was shocked to see the price disparity between two strokes and four strokes on the second hand market.
I've seen people asking in excess of 3 k for 2002 model YZ 250 2 ts ...it's nuts! So hard to find a post 2006 model yz250 2t for less than 5 k.
Yet there is an abundance of late model four strokes for well under 4 k. I'm not a four stroke guy but the best deal I've spotted so far is a very clean 2006 YZ 250 f for 2.5 k....that's about 1 to 2 k cheaper than heaps of beat up 2002 to 2005 two strokes... That's the way it seems to be here in Australia, is it similar in other countries?
I was hoping to find a good YZ 250 2 t for under 3 k to use as a practice bike before I buy a new bike early next year.
It's really crazy here....they are asking as much or more for brand new 2016 YZ 250 2 t's than they are for brand new 2016 450's. Seems to be saying something that the manufacturers should be listening to
The Shop
http://bakersfield.craigslist.org/mcy/5663538247.html
https://allentown.craigslist.org/mcy/5630194423.html
Pit Row
The 2017 ktm 450 will likely be in the vicinity of 13 k.
Spotted a 2008 YZ 250 2 t for 3 k.....it's the only sensible price I've seen so far but I'm suspicious of its quality.
Anyway I won't have the money I need for another month or so, so I will see how things look then
$1.10 USD they were still asking in excess of 11 k for a new 450 at rrp.
They figure we can pay more here in Australia so I they jack the prices right up
Also just found another 04 for $2,000 and it looks like it has never been ridden. https://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/mcy/5657759597.html
Did this person not see the ad on eBay for a brand new ( dealer bike ) 2016 YZ 250 f special edition ( yellow version ) for $ 9k?? http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=252421002589&globa…
I'm pretty sure it's a girl that owns it, I might ring her up just to tell her She!s dreaming!
I haven't bought a second hand bike since the late 80' s I've always had new bikes , somewhere near 30 of them I'd say, always sold them for not much money, even in fantastic condition, I always found my old bikes difficult to sell.
As I sit here on a cold wet Saturday, bike shopping for a decent and affordable second hand bike , I am both amused and annoyed by what I'm seeing
I would love to be able to find a bike that good for that sort of money....that would make a perfect practice bike
Side note... I personally love the steel frame yz's rather than the aluminum. Just my opinion.
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