FS CBR600F

For sale, on behalf of my darling daughter - One nice CBR600F in black.
2001, 24k miles, FSH, all keys, lowered seat for a 5'4" girl plus the
original seat.

She bought it from a dealer in Cheltenham just under 2 years ago with
the intention of getting her direct access licence, paid a load of cash
for lessons and then lost interest so it has been sitting unused and
will need a new battery.

Her opinion is that it should be worth around 3 grand, I have no idea
if this is realistic.

Currently located in Cheltenham, I will be picking it up within the
next few days and giving it a cleanup, so available for inspection
near Weston Super Mare next week.

 

What's her inside leg measurement? When I was looking at 600s even the
lowered ones seemed too tall for me but I'm only just 5'3".

 

Just checked - she is 5'3" and can get the balls of both feet down with
bike boots on. She wears 29" jeans but these are long on her in the
current floordragging fashion.

 

You appear to have missed the important question.

 

asking it is probably why the daughter tried to suffocate him with a pillow

 

For a nine-year old CBR600? She's living in a dream world. Try knocking
a grand off.

 

Cheltenham? Doubtful.

 

I was thinking the same sort of thing. A good 2001 R1 would be less
than 3 grand

 

People delude themselves that keeping their mass market vehicle clean and
low mileage makes it a classic. Happens all the time with CBR and BMW 3 Ser
owners.

For a 9 y/o CBR6 I think most people would be willing to pay about £1500,
£1750 if its minty, and considering what it cost new that seems perfectly
fair.

 

<considers scruffy 35k mile CBR600 racebike>

Nor me

 

Or they think: I've put new tyres, chain, sprockets and brake pads on
it and that cost me £400 so that makes it worth £400 more

Checking used eBay suggests that £2000 is ball-park for an 01, and
£1500-1750 covers 1997-99 bikes.

 

Asking prices sure. But do they sell?

 

How is it feeling at that mileage. Beemers of old would shrug it off.

This Saab feels like new at 50k and I have high hopes for it at 100k.

 

On 10 Feb, 12:57, "'Hog" wrote

To be fair, so does my cheap as chips 2008 Ford Focus with 54k on the
clock and it's 6k miles overdue a service

 

Sorry, should have said: these were completed auctions. So, yes.

 

Well Saabs are CAC too hence my relief.

I may be wrong but it seems to me that Fords since they launched the Puma
and Cougar, post Probe fiasco, have been pretty damn good.

 

It's an Aero so it doesn't Pogo but I could expect some things to wear
faster

 

X-reg Fiat Multipla, now around 133k: battered but unbowed.

 

lozzo took a blunt brush and painted...

Not quite the AndyR style of service schedule.

Need to try harder

 

Quite a few years ago, I was asked to look at the wife-of-a-friend's
car, 'cos it was 'noisy'. Fiesta I think.

Started it up, lotsa tappity noise. Went to check oil level, dipstick
wasn't in place properly. It had -really- black and smelly oil on it.
Check level, off the bottom of the stick. Top up, with quite a lot of
oil. Restart engine - no more tappity noise.

"When did you last have it serviced?"

"Erm, we've never had it serviced - couldn't afford it"

Looked at clock, had done about 40K miles IIRC

"How long have you owned it?"

"From new"

Oil never changed or topped up in quite a few years of short trips.

About a week later the engine exploded.