I have a decision to make...

[ridikulus]

I'm about to buy my first bike and I've narrowed it down to 2 bikes (both Kawasaki Ninja 250s). I saw both of them this weekend and here are the details:

Colour	Black	Green
Year	2008	2009
Mileage	11,500KM	8,500KM
Price	$3,400	$3,200
Repairs Required	$0	~$300

Both bikes have been dropped but there's minimal damage on the edge of the black bike's handle bar whereas with the green bike there are scratch marks on the exhaust only, everything else is minimal. Overall the black bike looks like it's been maintained well and runs perfectly. The green bike has a rusty chain and the front tire may need to be replaced as the threading is worn down but it does look to be running in good order.

I guess I need some advice on how much replacing a chain and tire would cost. If it will total $300 all together in repairs like I assume it might be worth it to go with the green bike. If it's more than that, it may be better to go for the well maintained black bike for a few hundred more even though the mileage is higher.

Let me know what you guys think. Thanks!

[throttle]

If you don't care about it being green or not, just buy the black. If you do care about the green then just get the green one if it's only the chain and tire you have to change. Maybe you can negotiate down to $3000 for the green as well.

[N3WMAN]

Black.

I don't know how you wear out a FRONT tire and chain in 8k. The green bike owner has clearly not given a **** about proper maintenance.

$3400 for a good running Ninja 250 is a steal.

[ridikulus]

Yea the green bike owner didn't even really bother to give it a wash before I came to see it...it was pretty dirty. I'm pretty sure I can talk him to $3000 and then repair the bike. My concern is the bike functioning well throughout the season and then having a decent enough resale value for next season for when I upgrade.

I plan to put 8-10K KMs on the bike I purchase. Black is an easy sell but it will have 20K+ clicks on it by the time I'm done with it. The green will have under 20K clicks on it.

I think I would be able to sell them for $3000 by next season. Thoughts?

[N3WMAN]

Yea the green bike owner didn't even really bother to give it a wash before I came to see it...it was pretty dirty. I'm pretty sure I can talk him to $3000 and then repair the bike. My concern is the bike functioning well throughout the season and then having a decent enough resale value for next season for when I upgrade.

I plan to put 8-10K KMs on the bike I purchase. Black is an easy sell but it will have 20K+ clicks on it by the time I'm done with it. The green will have under 20K clicks on it.

I think I would be able to sell them for $3000 by next season. Thoughts?

I put 20k on my 250 in one season and still sold it for $4100. Go black and don't look back.

[absolute]

black...
green : rusty chain = havent been lubing and cleaning the chain, probably neglecting the basic bike maintence too if he cant do something simple which takes 5 mins or less to do, every 500km
espeically cuz he didnt even bother to wash it for people to come have a look, and weather is not an excuse, its been beautiful out

sold my brand new 250, 2010 this year which was purchased last year....both front and rear tires still have at least 10,000km worth of tread left on it. (i put 8.2k km on it)

and the rear should wear out faster than the front too so iunno what he was doing, unless he's already replaced the rear. unless he took it to the track, it doesnt really make sense lol

go black