Hi everyone, I'm new in to the group, to Nighthawks and to motorcycles of any kind! After a long time discussing with my wife if she would let me buy mi first bike, I got a sweet deal: if I quick smoking, she would give her permission plus $3000. I'm proud to say that after two months smoke free I can claim my prize. I just can't wait to get into a bike, but not any bike, it have to be a Nighthawk 750. I saw it for first time in 1995 in a close-up and I felt for it.
So I've been looking desperately for the best deal I can find, withing the amount of money I just mention... I found a good deal, and now my wife and I are wondering if it is too good to me true. WHAT I FOUND: I found a black, 1996 Nighthawk 750, with only 1600 miles on it... the final price is not set yet, but it is under $3000 (probably $2800). I saw it today. I looks beautiful and spotless. The body, paint, chromes, lights, etc all look fine as far as I can see. I turned on several times, always start right away, almost not choke. MY DOUBT: because I've never ride a bike, I don't know how. Therefore I don't have license to drive it. Consequently, I wasn't able to actually RIDE the bike. I couldn't see anything obviously wrong with it, but it is really weird to me that a 13 years old bike only have 1600 miles on it. The seller is a mechanic. He claim he got the bike from a friend not long ago (the first owner), but he have other bikes and he never ride it too much. He just said he needs the money. The problem that I have is that he is asking me to decide between tomorrow Friday or Saturday, otherwise he would sell it to someone else (yes, probably not true, but...) MY QUESTIONS: 1) Are there any (common) ways to trick the millage on these bikes? just replacing the whole gauge? 2) Is there any specific points I should check besides "how good she looks"? specially something for a person like me that cannot compare it with other bikes. 3) Under your experience, it is common to find such a good deal (specially, such low millage)? Am I too paranoiac? Or this is just a fair deal? 4) Can I check the history of the bike with his VIN number in Carfax? or something else? MOST IMPORTANT: 5) Can anyone help me in the next 24-48 hours? I am very sorry in asking so many questions, but it is been hard for me to find Nighthawks at all where I live, and I would hate to let a potentially good deal just pass by. My lack of experience give me a hard time to decide. I hope it is not too late to ask. Unfortunately I did knew about this wonderful group until 10 min ago. Thanks in advance for your help. Cheers, Javier. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
