Well you may have spent more, but yours certainly looks prettier than mine!
-Kyle On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 9:42 PM, mhillard <mthill...@comcast.net> wrote: > > OK, from what I've seen here, I'm the guy who probably paid more than > everybody else for their Nighthawk. But I'm completely okay with > that... > > To explain why you have to understand,... I wanted a Nighthawk for > about 5 years. While cost to me was important, within a certain > boundary it was not the limiting factor- finding just the bike that > met my requirements was. A newer model year, low mileage, > mechanically sound and cosmetically beautiful was what I was looking > for. Yes, I know what you're thinking, why didn't I just buy a new > bike? The problem is the Nighthawks are not manufactured anymore. > Even the 250's are gone now, and with my 6'2", 220lb frame the 250's > that were made after 2003 were just too small for me. That left me > with only one option- look for something used. > > So I looked on and off for a few years but didn't find anything, until > I found my '03 750 on the Internet. I bought it from a Honda > dealership (which, right there, should tell you it ain't gonna' be a > steal), where somebody had just traded it in on a 4-wheeler. But the > bike was in just about show-room condition. Other than a small ding > in the exhaust where it had fallen over on the kick stand, it was > everything I wanted. The dealership had completely serviced the bike > and installed a new battery, but other than that it was stock. I paid > just under $4K for it, and it had 3200 miles. > > So, after taking so long to find exactly what I wanted, I wasn't going > to let a few hundred dollars (the difference between what I paid and > what probably would have been a better deal) get between me and that > bike. I bought it on the spot- and would do it again if I had to re- > do the experience. I just love that Nighthawk. I never winterized > it, as I've found that anything above 40-degrees is a opportunity for > at least a short ride. And here in Maryland, we get a fair number of > 40+ degree days even in the middle of winter (my wife has learned it's > now very easy to get me to go to the grocery store on the weekends- > but only as long as whatever we need will fit on a Hondaline luggage > rack ;-)). > > Here's a pciture, if you want to see it. It's really not all that > special,... except to me: > > http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers/web/NH-03-750.jpg > > - MHillard- 2003 Nighthawk 750 > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
