Thank You, your advice makes me more confident in making decision. But i'm not sure that it's too bad. May be everything ok with the engine. May be it just requires 100-200 $ investment to refresh it and it will be a good bike. How much could cost Nighthawk 750 around 95 year in good condition? May be there are some characteristics how can i test the engine?
PS: Wow, New Zealand! I'm a Fulbright student from Ukraine in Arizona receiving response from New Zealand! ))) On Aug 5, 7:53 pm, "Dennis" <[email protected]> wrote: > You should be able to find a decent 700S Nighthawk for around $2000. I've > bought two in the U.S. that were excellent for $2200 (an '85 and an '86). > So, don't settle for trash. Start scanning EBay in your area - one will > turn up. These (and the other Nighthawk variants) are excellent, low > maintenance, well balanced machines. Be patient and get agoodone and > you'll never be sorry. > > Cheers from New Zealand, > > Dennis > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2011 2:37 PM > To: Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers! > Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers]Please,giveagoodadviceforbeginner! > > Hello to all Nighthawk Lovers. > > I am going to buy my first motorcycle and i found that Honda Nighthawk > is the closest to what i want through what i can afford. > I am a student, so money is the biggest factor for me and i'm looking > through used motorcycles. > Today i found agooddeal on the > craigslist:http://tucson.craigslist.org/mcy/2530725806.html - Nighthawk 750, > 1995 year, 47k mileage for 1000$. But when i went to look at it, my > inspiration reduced. It looks like owner doesn't care properly about > it. I didn't ride it, just looked, checked. It startsgood, works > smoothly,goodresponse on axcel., didn't saw smoke from exhaust on > high rpm. But looks dirty, broken turn lights, all plastic parts and > paint shows that it had kept long time on Arizona sun, tires used > much, front shock has small leak. > > On the one hand, I like this model of motorcycle, it is agoodprice > (since i can't afford something more than 2000$ ),goodyear for the > price, starts well, sounds ok. But on the other hand, there is big > mileage and i'm afraid of hidden problems with engine and transmission > because it probably didn't maintained carefully. It looks not so > attractive, but i do not care much about cosmetic problems, i can fix > it easily. > I'm an engineer and i'm ok with mechanic work, i'm ready rebuilt an > engine, if it necessary, but i'm afraid that to buy this Nighthawk and > rebuilt it could be more expensive than to buy motorcycle in better > condition. > > What can Youadviceme? If i'll look at it one more time, where should > i pay attention, how can i check that engine is not going to die? > > Thank You! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
