900RK for sale: $1200 obo.

83' XJ900. I was gonna hang on to it cuz it really is a nice bike, but I just dont have the room or the time, so She needs to go. Just under 70K miles, runs good but could probly use a carb cleaning. Painted pearl white, pretty bike. New tires, New brakes, new fluids all around. I swapped on an SV650 Master cylinder because, as most of you know, Parts are a bit hard to find for this old girl and the original Master Cylinder was fubar. Still have the original if you want it though. Also has SV650 clutch perch and lever, again because original was worn out(pivot was elongated). Everything works well, starts up fine. It has a Supertrapp exhaust, sounds Really good. One minor thing: It has a small dent in the frame just behind the steering head, looks to me like it had been down on the right side at some point, no body damage though. Tank is fine, so is tail plastic, engine cases, and everything else. Bike rides nice and is plenty quick. I'll get pics up as soon as I can.

Bike comes with a Bill Of Sale(Surprise Surprise: rare to find these with a clean title). Should be easy enough to get a title for it though.

Asking $1200 obo.

 

70,000 miles and you want $1200? Do you have the title?

 

I'm guessing it looks a lot like my avatar

 

"Should be easy enough to get a title"

Well ... if it's that easy ... why don't YOU get one???

I tell you why!
Because "Should be easy enough to get a title for it" ... is: 100% Pure Homogenized Bool-shidt!

Getting a Title for a No-Title bike is a job for the I-M-F ... you know: "Greetings.. Mr. Phelps. Any dream you got about getting a Title for that Bill-of-Sale 900 and riding it on-the-road any time soon would really be a nightmare ... so, let that idea self-destruct in these next few seconds."

No dice.

That's a "Parts Bike Only!"

 

Eerrr...No title? Geesh, sounds like a great bike but the tail chasing that happens when you don't have a title is rather a PITA. I wouldn't spring $1200 for an untitled bike either, quite a risk. Great parts bike though.

 

Rare to find one with a clean title? 5 of my 7 came with clean titles.............

 

Perhaps title searches are easier in GA and Talon just didn't realize how difficult it is elsewhere. Let's try not to assume too much.

Greg

 

if it is out of the computer it is fairly easy to get reg and new pink, but other than that, it'll take more footwork than surgar ray had. what is the last year it was tagged?

 

Thanx. Someone didn't jump to conclusions. I really didn't expect to be flamed this way, this bad, or this much, so I guess I did something very wrong though i'm still unaware what it might've been... but on to the good stuff:

1. The bike is old enough such that you don't have to have a title to ride it on the street, so it's not automatically a parts bike. On top of that, I'd hate for someone to part out a RUNNING example of such a rare bike.

2. I saw a Mint, 14K original mile 900 go on Ebay for $3200, then I saw a Street-fightered(Read: far from original), flat-black-painted 900 go for $800. Both bikes ran "Good". So while I do beg your forgiveness if $1200 is Way too much, given what I saw others selling for and the condition mine is in, I thought $1200 OBO was a fair starting point, especially given that it's open to negotiation. If that price is just WAY off base, please let me know in a reasonably respectful way.

3. Difficulty in titling: Number one, you dont even NEED a title to ride this on the road, at least not in Georgia. If that's not the case in other states, please educate me, because I thought that was universal. Number Two, If you plan on keeping it for a while, I would imagine it's not TOO taxing to wait a few months for some paperwork from the state to get a clean title, because as I understand it, it's more of a waiting game than a jump-thru-hoops game. Again, that may just be Georgia: where we all have sex with family and no one has any teeth from all the moonshine...

Little background on me: I'm 24 and have a penchant for the Classics. While others my age are out doing wheelies on the brand new Gixxer Thousands that daddy bought them, i'm trying to figure out which spokeset i'm gonna need to put 17's on my DreamBike XS650 Cafe Racer. I just like the older stuff. The problem with that is that i'm always surrounded by people twice or even three times my age who know infinitely more than I do, or at least like to think they do, and they've usually been riding longer than i've been alive. So while I know way more than Most My Age about where motorcycling has come from, how good the old stuff is, and am aware that it's not just a means to get laid, i'm usually 'outclassed' by people who bought 1983 models Brand New and think i'm some kind of Kid. The only reason I mention all that is to say this: If i come across as uneducated or ill-informed, it's because i'm trying to catch up with all you Old-Hats. I haven't had time to make all the PITA stupid mistakes that it takes to learn what ya'll know, so forgive me if i'm a bit naive. I thought ya'll might appreciate a younger guy who isn't drooling over the latest ZX-10.

Ok, Rant over. I'm tired of hearing myself type. It seems i'm being wildly misunderstood, so I hope that clears things up a bit.

Any more Flames Of Glory out there?

 

Talon,

I think things in GA are very, very different than elsewhere. In most states, certainly here in NJ, you couldn't even register a bike without a title, so it couldn't be driven on the road.

The process of getting a title is very long and laborious and can cost several hundred dollars.

I think everyone here probably thought you were aware of this. This is a topic that has been discussed many times and most folks here have come to the conclusion that, pretty much, no matter how good the deal is, a bike without a title isn't worth buying because of the effort and expense involved.

Not to mention the fact, that there's always the chance that the bike is stolen.

Greg

 

in maine 85 and older bikes dont need a title for registration.
i went thru that that no title deal with a bike before...takes forever to get thru the bull :roll:

 

I'm with geebake. While I didn't comment on the other posters, I have first hand experience with trying to get a title. It is both a waiting game as you say AND jumping through hoops to satisfy the red tape makers.

No doubt your bike is a sweet deal to Georgians but perhaps not so to others outside the state.

Also, for my two cents - 70k is a lot of miles! Someone enjoyed that bike!

 

I'll pony up. I did assume you were aware that a title is necessary in a lot of states (mine included) for legal ownership. I do hope you took no offense from my post, no offense was intended. I ought to consider your side of the fence before I shot that out and I apologize. I fairly drool over the thought of a 900. I'm very pleased to hear of your perspective on older machines (and much older farts! ;-) ). I suppose I ought to check out Georgia for titling this Radian I've got laying here.

 

Here in Illinois, you can't get plates without a title; you can't legally transfer a vehicle without a title; and if you have a vehicle without a title in your name, your only real hope of getting a title is to have the last-titled owner file for a replacement title and sign it over to you (damn near impossible if the person you purchased it from never titled it in his name).

If you purchase a vehicle without a title, it is possible to get one, but you have to post a cash bond of (I believe) three times the value of the vehicle, which you lose if the state's title search turns up a lienholder or finds that the person who sold it to you wasn't the last titled owner.

I think you can see why some of us from the more restrictive states might have thought something fishy was going on. I will admit I had the same initial reaction as Rick (however unfairly to you), though I didn't post anything. I've seen too many local sellers trying to pull a similar trick on unsuspecting buyers who don't know what they're getting into...

 

The only thing more difficult than trying to register a Motor Vehicle, which has NO Title, in Massachusetts ... is getting your laundry and dry-cleaning out of a ChinaTown Shop, in Boston, if you forgot to bring the receipt.

"No tick-ee; no laundry!"

 

Oooookay, NOW the negative responses make alot more sense. Evidently is a Helluva lot easier to get a title/tag for something in Georgia than most every other state. I know of a KLX650R, KX500, WR426, 300EXC, and a KX540 that are titled and tagged for the street in Georgia. If I remember correctly: if a bike is older than (I believe it's) 23 years, you don't have to have a title to register it, just a Bill Of Sale, so you can see why I would offer that as a comparable replacement. Wow, didn't realize other states were so strict.... guess we Georgians got it easy.... and you Maine-ians.

Well.......... Shit......... I guess there's nothing else to do but put myself at the Mercy Of The Court here. I need this bike gone as I just don't have time or space for it. I'm sure someone here has use for it, So I guess it's a parts bike now. Wouldn't have put all the new stuff on it if i'd known that, but oh well. Tell ya'll what: I've got roughly $800 in it (not counting the immense amount of TIME i've spent getting it right).... Just give me what i've got in it and it's yours. A Complete, Running 900 would make an excellent parts bike for someone who wants to keep their 900 going into the next couple of decades.

 

:lol: www.its-titles.com. $150 and $15 for the notory. you can have a title in a month.good luck brother

 

Great.... no one wants it.... just great.

And what would it be worth WITH a title?

 

I don't think you should vent your frustration at the users here because they don't want to buy your bike. The users here are spread, literally across the planet and there may be no one in reasonable distance from you that's interested. It happens.

You have to remember that your bike has issues too. Aside from the lack of title, there's the altered brake system and the 'dent' behind the steering tube sounds very frightening to me. A questionable frame on a bike capable of such speed is a scary thing.

People here tend to either like their XJs very, very stock or very, very modified. One that's in between is going to have a little less appeal.

Also, you supplied no pictures. All anyone has is your description which is a little vague.

I have a bike for sale here as well that has generated no interest. It's the way it goes sometimes.

I wish you the best of luck with your sale, but hold no one here accountable for not being interested in your bike.

Greg

 

I'm always interested in bikes for sale, but more in a broken down, barely running/complete state. My eyes light up every time I see a 3,4 or 500$ bike on craigslist. I really wish I could grab the 900 from you, but I'm looking at a couple hundred additional just to get it here to Ohio. Good luck, friend.