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!
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Engine's very clean. Has very minor rust though.
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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?
