You're right, Diane. The prices are horrendous. I was shocked when I started shopping around for a used bike and discovered that $2,000 Canadian would generally only get you a 20-year-old bike with 40,000 kilometres on it and in need of some work.

My husband fluked out on a website where a guy had just posted his 1996  Savage with 5,800 miles (9,300 kilometres) on it with no work needed for only $2,000 Canadian. You can bet we jumped on that right away, especially when he sent us the pictures and we saw the excellent condition of the bike.

There were some additional costs incurred along the way because the bike had been purchased in the U.S. and had never been registered in Canada, so we agreed to split the costs, and in the end we paid $2,200 – still WAY better than anything else we had seen. It has turned out be an excellent purchase.

Vikki

In the Buy & Sell magazine (at least here in Ontario, Canada) I often see used savages with very few kilometers on them.  I guess people buy the bike, ride it for a bit, and then want to move up to a two cylinder or bigger bike.  

I am the 5th owner of my savage, and yet in the 5 years before I purchased it, those 4 owners only put on 7,400 kms.  Couldn't have ridden it much.  I don't ride it in the rain, but even so, I've just about gotten 13,000 kms. on it so far.  Kind of feel that the bike must be happy to finally be ridden and taken care off (lol).  

There do seem to be an awful lot of used bikes for sale though.  I wonder how many people go out buy a bike, find it's too much bike to handle, and then sell it.  

There sometimes seem to be good deals on salvage title bikes, if you know what to do to fix them and bring them back to title status.

01 ls650, 5000 miles on it, highway pegs, saddle bags, two helmets, sissy bar, got it for $1500. definately bang for a buck

Hashbrown wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:10:


Aaaa, I got a 2001 with only 533 miles for $1800!  I got a great BIG BANG for my buck!  The Michigan economy is all downhill so you can find great deals here.

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Wow!  Guess I'll have to shop for stuff in Michigan...

Well, I was heavily leaning towards a new 2006 GS500F but I think a S40 may be a better deal for me.  

Cash is very limited for us as Ive been on disability for a while now.

How is the Savage for having a passenger on it?  It will mostly be myself and my 7 yr old on the bike but once in a while I wouldnt mind having my wife on the back.

The S40 is $1100 CAD less than the GS and Ill mostly be in town with the occasional 2 hr drive.

I've taken several trips with my 7-year old and my 10-year old.  Can't even tell they're on the back!