Each year R1 has a different area that it may be better in but their all great bikes in general. Sometimes the 1st year of a design change may have a few minor bugs that have to be worked out but by the time you buy a used one it's most likely already been taken care of. The cost you stated seem ok for a bike in very very good condition but price is also based on the area of the sale. You may be able to get him to drop it little for a bike of that age. 20,000 miles is no big deal. Good Luck.
Ride the bike first and make sure shifting into 2nd is not a problem and it holds each gear selected not pop out, most of the early bikes devour 2nd gear.
It could be that I'm a cheap bastard, but I think you could get something newer for $3k. Unless it's very clean, it doesn't sound like a screaming deal.
Yeah I live around New England, New hampshire to be exact and i can't seem to find anything near that price for a r1 that's the lowest i could find and i talked him down lol
+1... i would buy it and maintain it. there are a very few of them out there. some seemed to have problems with carbs but mostly its was resolved with minor fixes and adjustments. i would get one if i wasnt saving for the '09.
GL :thumbup
Stop questioning and go grab yourself one of the sweetest R1's ever made at a very good price. Do a little research on the 1st (carburated) R1's, you won't find many owners that would trade 'up' to a newer model, they might buy a newer model aswell, bought the carbed R1's have a cult following for a reason.
My 2001 R1 had over 78,000 miles on it before it started popping out of second gear. That's the only reason I got rid of it. Other than that it was a great bike. Still miss it sometimes!!!
And has no problems with Second gear, 20k is not a problem at all.
But for 2001 $3k i don't know i just don't like that 3 on front if it was like 2.9k as long as it hits the 2 in front not 3k i think it's to much for 01, even though it's only $100 less i dont like 3k for R1 my opinion.
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