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<blockquote data-quote="KaskadeHD" data-source="post: 139597" data-attributes="member: 1323">So I got to the guy's house, looked around at the bike, and it looked pretty clean. I checked, it had spark &amp; compression. I put my friend's battery in, and it didn't start. So we brought the bike to the guy's friends house 5 miles up the road, and tried push starting it about 15 times. Still NOTHING!&nbsp;So I asked if he was willing to negotiate, he said yes. I offered him $1,200 (He had it listed for $1,500). He said $1,475. After some lowballing on my part, I got him down to $1,350 and 2 boxes of clothes. (Weird right? But I take whatever I can get.. there were some columbia and north face jackets in there, pretty nice!) So he said &quot;Look, we can keep trying to start it, but if it starts I want $1,500, or you can take it right now for $1,350...&quot;I took it as was...&nbsp;My friend and I drove it home, emptied out the carburetor, push started it, and it fired right up!!! Sweet!&nbsp;It took about 5-10 minutes of riding for all the bad gas to get burned up, but once it hit the fresh stuff it started riding awesome!&nbsp;So by taking the chance I got $150 off (and some new clothes)!&nbsp;&nbsp;I thought you guys might want to see the condition of it, and I must say it's in pretty great shape!&nbsp;[ATTACH]16170[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]16171[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]16172[/ATTACH]&nbsp;[ATTACH]16173[/ATTACH]Engine's very clean. Has very minor rust though.[ATTACH]16174[/ATTACH]Tires still have tons of tread left!(You could tell the bike has been sitting for a year like he said, since there were spider webs between the tread before we rode it!)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;So do you guys think $1,350 &amp; 2 boxes of clothes was a great deal for a 2005 Honda CRF230F?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="KaskadeHD, post: 139597, member: 1323"] So I got to the guy's house, looked around at the bike, and it looked pretty clean. I checked, it had spark & compression. I put my friend's battery in, and it didn't start. So we brought the bike to the guy's friends house 5 miles up the road, and tried push starting it about 15 times. Still NOTHING! So I asked if he was willing to negotiate, he said yes. I offered him $1,200 (He had it listed for $1,500). He said $1,475. After some lowballing on my part, I got him down to $1,350 and 2 boxes of clothes. (Weird right? But I take whatever I can get.. there were some columbia and north face jackets in there, pretty nice!) So he said "Look, we can keep trying to start it, but if it starts I want $1,500, or you can take it right now for $1,350..." I took it as was... My friend and I drove it home, emptied out the carburetor, push started it, and it fired right up!!! Sweet! It took about 5-10 minutes of riding for all the bad gas to get burned up, but once it hit the fresh stuff it started riding awesome! So by taking the chance I got $150 off (and some new clothes)! I thought you guys might want to see the condition of it, and I must say it's in pretty great shape! [ATTACH]16170[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]16171[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]16172[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]16173[/ATTACH] Engine's very clean. Has very minor rust though. [ATTACH]16174[/ATTACH] Tires still have tons of tread left! (You could tell the bike has been sitting for a year like he said, since there were spider webs between the tread before we rode it!) So do you guys think $1,350 & 2 boxes of clothes was a great deal for a 2005 Honda CRF230F? [/QUOTE]

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