i have a offer for my 1988 Savage even trade for a 1995 seadoo gts 600 cc jet ski with trailer.

It looks like a decent deal as the best I have found for buying the ski online was 2k and I was selling the bike for 1k what I just have invested in it.

I am on east coast in cape may and the guy is a coast guard guy wanting to get a motorcycle when he moves to the west coast. He is moving next month so wants to get deal done soon I have no knowledge of jet skis but am not planning on moving and live near ocean I should have one lol and I do have 2 savages so will still have my favorite of my two bikes as well. What do you all think?

An 88 ? did you import it?

I had a 1995(?) Yamaha VXR Pro for several years and it was a lot of fun, but the fun wore off fast. Luckily I had a friend with a lake house so I never had to trailer it around, but even with it being right there at the lake I never used it as much as I thought I would.  I got it for $425 (steal at the time) and learned a little. I had issues with the ignition switch rusting out and had to repair that with hard to find parts. Had an issue withe cracked fiberglass at the engine bay hinges that I repaired, had to clean the carb a lot from it siting up at the lake for long periods, didn't have a battery tender so I had to constantly wait on it to charge before riding it, had a small impeller gasket leak that I never fixed, etc.

Moral to the story is if you don't know much about them, get someone that does to take a look and seek out those hard to detect and expensive and time consuming issues that could need repair. I got lucky and most of my issues were minor and I learned a few things, but sold it to my brother and rarely ever wish I had another one because I know it would sit up and get ridden maybe 3 times a year.