FS: 2001 ZZR600

2001 ZZR 600 (51 plate) for sale.

It's an unrecorded damaged/repaired. It's been sitting in my garage for
something like 15 months because I haven't got around to fixing it.
Consequently, I just want to see the back of it right now.

The accident only caused plastic damage, with the only metal damage
being some small scrapes to the RHS of the frame and generator cover,
about halfway down the bike (the RHS exhaust has been replaced). If you
are truely worried about the frame, the scrapes could be removed with an
afternoon with some wet & dry (or 5min with a die grinder).

Due to my no-so-skilled painting, some of the panels are slightly
different shades, but you can only really tell if it's sunny or you are
looking for it. There are still a few scrapes and scratches here and
there (on the original panels), but by and large the finish isn't too
bad (Id call it a 2m paint job - looks good from 2m).

Milage is 5400Km (yes, its an import). I haven't started it for about 6
months, but the last time I did it didn't take long to get going. Even
after riding it a few miles (last time I rode it), the oil in the sight
glass looks new.

currently, no tax or MOT. Im not taxing it, since Id have to get
insurance, but I can get an MOT at the buyers expense (which Im
confident it would fly through) if a potential purchaser is worried
about it.

Colour is red/black. Location is Docklands, London and due to all the
above, price is £2,700 firm.

Im going to give it a wash and take some pics tomorrow if anyone is
interested. If I dont hear anything for a few days, it's going up on
autotrader for £2,900.

cyberj (at) pobox (dot) com

 

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=lRTXa.52882$9.net

Hmmm

 

Thats the one.

I got off my ass, painted and assembled it.

Didn't I make that clear in my original post?

 

*Snort*

 

My thoughts exactly.

The CBR is brilliant, btw. I should never have bought the ZXR; I
should've done what I did a couple of weeks ago, bought a 600 and had
it 'altered to fit the short-arsed burd'.

*sigh*

--
Lesley
CBR600 FW
SBS#11[with oak-leaf cluster]
BOTAFOT#101A UKRMHRC#12
BONY#54P BOB#18
Real burds don't take hormones, they rage naturally

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2.9k for a crashed neglected ZZR6.... he's taking the piss.

Just as long as it can be re-altered back when you sell it.

 

Is this the point where I "rise to the bait" and you verbally tear me a
new asshole, making me look stupid becuase I have the audacity to
suggest a price that the "established resident geeky newsgroup bike
price guy" says is too high?

ah, **** it.

In what bizarro world do you live in where "not ridden for over a year"
equates to "neglected"?. The battery has been on a charger and the only
possible problem of it not being started is gunk being built up in the
carbs, which take a couple of hours to remove and clean.

Crashed yes. But £500 to dream machine (or any other painter) would fix
that and it would look brand new. You would then never even know. I
don't want to decieve anyone, so Im being upfront about the bike's
history. I believe I adjusted the price accordingly.

Bikes like this sell on autotrader for 4 grand from a dealer. Obviously
a private sale would be less, but maybe Im out of touch with the market.

But ****, you have to start somewhere.

 

He's also the geeky guy that produces stuff on bike prices for bike
magazines so I suspect he knows what he's doing.

Even accepting your claim of £4k for a bike in clean order (which I
don't), asking 2.9k plus 500 for paint (it'll be more) you end up with
3.4k; 600 quid less than the top book asking price. Not really worth
the risk.

 

It's a reasonable definition. It has been neglected for a year.

Maybe. Could be a lot longer, mind.

No. Dealers *ask* four grand for them. I reckon a dealer would sell a
pristine 2001 UK model (see below) for ukp3750. Maybe less. Privately,
maybe ukp3250, because you have to price it below used CBR600s and the
like, which are far more competent machines and in greater demand.

Also, there are quite a few pristine 1999-2000 models around priced
below two grand, and as all ZZRs are effectively the same (it only got
one model update in its life), they sell on condition rather than model
year and age. In other words, a 1999 bike with 6k on the clock at
ukp2.5k is a better bet than a scuffed 2001 bike at 2.9k.

You are, I'm afraid.

I don't think you get it, do you? You're saying it'll cost 500 quid to
get the panels looking good again. So we're at 3.2-3.4k. The frame
damage will be seen by anyone clued-up enough to look. So the fact that
it's been down the road will chip the value further. And finally, it's a
parallel import with kilometre clocks, which knocks the value down even
more.

I'm not saying that you won't sell it for that money - there are people
with more money than sense everywhere. But I am saying you're asking a
ridiculously high price, given what I've just outlined.

 

*Ahem*

Some would ;-))

 

I'd hope it's the point where you realise that someone who knows a lot
more than you about it is offering useful advice, thinly veiled as an
insult as is our wont.

Insult him back, ask a realistic price, sell it and buy him a bottle
of claret.

 

A realistic sale price should just about cover the cost ;-))

 

I was thinking of a bottle of Sainsbury's own, you're thinking of a
case of classic first growth. I wonder who's closest.

 

Wouldn't it have been easier to change the burd?

 

Whilst the idea of having surgery to replace my short legs isn't a bad
thing, I don't think it's commonplace yet Molly.

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Lesley
CBR600 FW
SBS#11[with oak-leaf cluster]
BOTAFOT#101A UKRMHRC#12
BONY#54P BOB#18
Real burds don't take hormones, they rage naturally

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