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1996 RGV250 VJ23 CA plated

J

jimshih

New member
Joined
Mar 13, 2007
Location
Santa Clara
Moto(s)
NSR250 RGV250
1996 Suzuki RGV250SP (Vj23A)
It only has 6xxx original kilometers.
Fully de-restricted the bike with the OEM Suzuki 42E10 CDI along with the proper jetting, chambers and airbox mods.
Bike runs strong and hard.
Although the bike only has 6xxx kilometers last owner did go to the expense of installing a brand new top end. The motor is as fresh as they come. The nice thing about this bike is that is is all original and it is VERY unusual to bring a bike over from Japan that is so absolutely free of corrosion.
The chambers on the bike are the Sugaya street set. The bike is titled and plated in California
$11500 4086792236
 

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jimshih said:
Although the bike only has 6xxx kilometers last owner did go to the expense of installing a brand new top end.
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I saw this on CL, nice looking bike.

A little unusual to redo top end w/such low miles on these stock machines.
 
... and in case people didn't know, the RGV is very similar to the Aprilia RS250. Dif heads and some minor sheeit.
 
Lulz I saw the price and scrambled for my monies but then realized that I missed the zero at the end.

Sick bike!
 
Normally I would keep my mouth shut, but...

I know the previous owner of this bike (the pics in this posting are in fact from the ad that the previous owner posted and are of his, not the sellers, garage). It was sold maybe 60 days ago (for considerably less than the current ask, I might add).

I have contacted the previous owner and his response regarding my question about maintenance/upgrades on this bike was "I did not put a new top end in it." So, for what it's worth, the bike in question (assuming that it's the one in the pictures), has not had a new top end done recently.

But it is a nice bike, even if the seller is trying to flip it.
 
Take a look at jimshih's posting profile. The only thing he's ever done here on BARF is post buy and sell threads. Dude is not part of this community.
 
Burning1 said:
The only thing he's ever done here on BARF is post buy and sell threads. Dude is not part of this community.
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budman, take a 50% BARF commission from this guy who bought a $8,000 crashed-on-both-sides motorcycle and marked it up to $11,500 for BARFers
 
Burning1 said:
Take a look at jimshih's posting profile. The only thing he's ever done here on BARF is post buy and sell threads. Dude is not part of this community.
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Unfortunately there are a few "flippers" who specialize in grey market. This has been frustrating for us BATS when it comes to buying two strokes.
 
Hey folks - there's nothing wrong with trying to flip a bike, but we don't tolerate misleading ads or people who are simply only here to make a buck off of our membership.

Consider this thread "on my radar". Generally it's not a good thing to be a blip on my screen unless you're squeaky clean.
 
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