Sadlsor
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- Joined
- Jan 15, 2020
- Messages
- 4,265
- Age
- 67
- Location
- Birmingham, Alabama
- Bike
- 2008 ST1300A
- STOC #
- 9065
Y'all got me looking again, so there's another 2 hours of my life I'll never get back.
But I thoroughly enjoyed it. Lots of examples all across the country, but of course the mileage is piling up, and the prices are definitely climbing up as the availability diminishes. They still get wrecked a LOT by silly riders who cannot handle turning - or stopping - from elevated speeds. Harder and harder to find truly STOCK examples, and they're getting closer to a $5 - to $6K average. Not long ago, I found low-mileage 2003s (last year of production) for under $4K, but no more.
With ST ownership, be aware if you find one that is NOT regularly ridden, we now know the SMC is likely to be toast. They were first made in 1997, and I saw many listed as 2012 and later... so some are being sold by real ignoramuses, or scammers, or used bikes wholesalers who do not know anything about this excellent motorcycle.
There is a Blackbird forum I used to frequent, and that place rarely sees new posts with new content any more, except for people trying to sell their 1100XXs.
You can find it here: http://www.cbr1100xx.org/forums
There *may* be a sub-forum on ADVrider; not sure.
But I thoroughly enjoyed it. Lots of examples all across the country, but of course the mileage is piling up, and the prices are definitely climbing up as the availability diminishes. They still get wrecked a LOT by silly riders who cannot handle turning - or stopping - from elevated speeds. Harder and harder to find truly STOCK examples, and they're getting closer to a $5 - to $6K average. Not long ago, I found low-mileage 2003s (last year of production) for under $4K, but no more.
With ST ownership, be aware if you find one that is NOT regularly ridden, we now know the SMC is likely to be toast. They were first made in 1997, and I saw many listed as 2012 and later... so some are being sold by real ignoramuses, or scammers, or used bikes wholesalers who do not know anything about this excellent motorcycle.
There is a Blackbird forum I used to frequent, and that place rarely sees new posts with new content any more, except for people trying to sell their 1100XXs.
You can find it here: http://www.cbr1100xx.org/forums
There *may* be a sub-forum on ADVrider; not sure.