what are yalls thoughts on a 1998 vtr1000 superhawk with 52,000 miles. i am looking to buy but need advice on a bike with this many miles

 

That's not that many miles actually for this motorcycle. Really, what you should be worried about, is how the bike was maintained by previous owners.

In case you were wondering, there are quite a few threads asking the same thing as you. Most bikes on here have 15,000 miles to 60,000 miles. A few are closing in on 100,000 miles with barely an issue. Again, maitenence plays a huge roll.

If you buy it, check to see what kind of CCT (Cam Chain Tensioner) it has. Stock CCT's are know to let go (the spring inside it breaks) and if that happens, your valves meet the pistons and bad things can happen.

Also look at the R/R (Regulator/Rectifier). The stock ones tend to cause issues. You need to upgrade it to a MOSFET type.

If you buy it, let us know and we'll help you out with your questions.

 

That's not high miles for a Superhawk.

A local guy has one with 120k miles( when I saw it a few months ago).

My 2001 had 50k miles when I sold it and it was perfect. Well maintained? if yes, then don't worry about miles unless its @ 200k miles lol

 

Thanks for the advice. Is 1500 a bad price for it? It has a Manuel cam chain tensioner??

 

MCCT is great, it means the PO did their research and likely paid attention to the rest of the maintenance. Remember, we're judging the bike over a few words and no pictures at this point, so saying anything is really pointless, but that sounds like a great price.

 

How do you post pictures I have about 3 pictures I can put up

 

Best way is to upload them to a photo site like photobucket.com, and then paste the image link. Then they're all big and cool looking.

 

image_zps23c4c2ea.jpg Photo by Rcl0753 | Photobucket

 

Ok I just loaded the pictures let me know what y'all think

 

Just so you know, all 1998 Superhawks were red in color. Do you know why it was changed to black?
Also, the wheels and sprocket cover are from a late model Superhawk or someone simply just changed the color.
The subframe is painted black (stock is silver), so you know that was removed at least once. Not that it's an issue. Just an observation.

Looks like a decent bike. Find out why the color change on several parts. Was it dumped? Owner simply wanted a different color, ect.?

 

On the Photobucket page, there's a little box that gives you an image link. You can paste that in the text and it does this:





All 98's were red, so that one's been re-painted at some point. Looks tasty though!

 

It's all there, has nice exhaust, stainless brake lines, decent tires, flush mount front turn signals, fender is gone all ready 1500 is probably what you would get for it as a trade on a brand new bike so not a bad price IMO.:-)

 

If it's in good mechanical condition , $1500 is a good deal. IMO ofcourse