MIKE BROWN'S 1996 Honda of Troy CR125 FOR SALE
Joh...@my-dejanews.com
This 125 was raced for a year in the Nationals by Mike Brown, and you still
want $5200 for it? Let me see, I can either spend a lot of money on a hopped
up bike which has had many VERY HARD hours on it, and tell everyone how cool I
am because Mike used to ride it, or buy a brand spanking new one (sans $12,000
of accessories, of course), under warranty, fresh motor and parts, all for
roughly the same price. Hmmmmmmm, seems like a no-brainer to me!
And was it the extra riding since last month that made it worth the
extra $200 over what you listed it for in June, or have you added more
race equipment??? ;)
BTW, I have a '97 KX250($5500) which has an FMF Pipe ($200), Silencer($100),
MSR Shift Lever($25), New Graphics($70), Odometer ($100), Full tank of gas($5)
and Fresh gear oil($5) that I'll let you have if you call me in the next 20
minutes for only $6005, but act fast because it won't be around here long at
these prices! :-g
Just curious, opinionated, and of course, sarcastic!
Johhny
>Last spring, our family drove down through Dayton, Ohio and stopped at Honda of
>Troy trying to find a 1997 YZ125...but found this kick ass bike instead. This
>is the same bike Mike Brown raced in the 1996 125 Nationals...we have
>documentation from Honda of Troy to prove this. It was ridden by a 50 year old
>rider for a season so it has absolutely no time or use on it and is in better
>condition then when we got it (he put a new grahpics kit on it, new tires,
>etc). He is selling it due to an injury. Here is a list of the parts that are
>on it...all prices have been checked in catalogs and I have called dealers on
>the suspension prices.
>
>Mike Brown's 1996 Honda of Troy CR125
>
>Honda CR125- 4,799.00
>Pro Circuit porting, powervalve and head mods.- 260.00
>Pro Circuit case splitting and matching- 290.00
>Crank Truing and balancing- 260.00
>Pro Circuit exhaust pipe- 175.99
>Works Honda fork and shock kit- 7,500.00
>Pro Circuit Fork Revalve- 135.00
>Pro Circuit Shock Revalve- 135.00
>Pro Circuit large shock bladder cap- 34.95
>Works Honda water pump gaurd- N/A
>Works Honda water pump- N/A
>Complete Hinson clutch assembly- 224.99, 176.99
>Barnette clutch plates/springs- 90.00
>New Dunlop tires (K695/ K490)- 80.99/ 72.99
>Braking oversize front brake- 179.99
>Braking oversize rear brake- 224.99
>Pro Circuit Titanium footpegs- 220.00
>Renthal Workslite rear sprocket- 64.95
>Renthal front sprocket- 26.99
>D.I.D. Gold 520ERT racing chain- 85.00
>Works connection frame guards-50.99
>Special Works Connection case guard- 56.99
>Pro Circuit brake snake- 9.95
>T-vents- 36.00
>Applied racing top triple clamp- 73.99
>Applied racing bottom tiple clamp- 107.99
>Applied racing bar mounts- 43.99
>Renthal handlebar-72.99
>Renthal Grips- 9.99
>Rewelded and gusseted frame and swingarm- N/A
>Welded radiators- N/A
>Honda of Troy team graphics (tank/shroud, fork slider, fender, seat cover, rear
>fender, swingarm)- 140.00
>Acerbis fork sliders- 33.98
>Acerbis number plate- 19.99
>Acerbis Radiator shrouds- 33.99
>Acerbis side panels- 33.99
>Acerbis front fender- 24.99
>Acerbis rear fender- 16.99
>Twin Air filter- 20.99
>Powder coated frame- N/A
>Over 400 worth of parts (new bearings, piston, clutch, etc) replaced when we
>bought it
>Total (W/O Works pump and guard, gusseted frame, welded radiators and powder
> coated fram) $16,225.62
>
>This bike makes 38 HP and is EXTREMELY fast. We are asking 5,200 or a
>resonable offer...e-mail me if interested.
>
>MxRacer
>1997 YZ125
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MxRacer965
You obviously aren't familiar with race teams maitenance schedules are you?
The bike is TOTALLY rebuilt every race. These bikes don't get a chance to wear
out. The cylinder is replaced every couple races, the frame is replaced too,
the bike gets a new piston and ring every race, it gets a new clutch every
ride, everything is torn down between races, inspected, replaced and put back
together again in better than new condition. And how hard can 50 year old man
ride a bike anyway? This bike hasn't even been used enough for my dad to have
to replace the piston. And the price thing was my mistake...my dad told me
5,200 but I forgot that part...oops! And it has only ONE ride on it this year
and about 5 on it last year. The bike hasn't been ridden in about 4 weeks
(when my dad had his accident). And what the fuck do you want anyway!? A bike
that is better than new that costs about 16,000 to make for a measly 2,800 like
a normal, ragged out, piece of shit CR125!? This is far from a ordinary CR125
and the price reflects that...in fact, we bought it in 1997 and paid 8,500 for
it because we knew how great a deal it was. I can see why you didn't realize
this stuff...I see you are dumb enough to ride a KX...oh well. Ya know what I
think? I think you are jealos that we have this jewel of a bike and you
don't....he he he. Later!!!
I lykit 1
>And how hard can 50 year old man
>ride a bike anyway?
Hey anyone know how hard a guy like say oh I don't know.... Malcolm Smith could
ride?
> A bike that is better than new that costs about 16,000 to make
I'm an appraiser by trade and can tell you that cost has little to do with
value
And clean up the language after you go clean your room!
Richard
> dumb enough to ride a
97' XR400
Pay...@webtv.net
mxrac...@aol.com (MxRacer965) wrote:
>
> You obviously aren't familiar with race teams maitenance schedules are you?
> The bike is TOTALLY rebuilt every race. These bikes don't get a chance to wear
> out. The cylinder is replaced every couple races, the frame is replaced too,
> the bike gets a new piston and ring every race, it gets a new clutch every
> ride, everything is torn down between races, inspected, replaced and put back
> together again in better than new condition. And how hard can 50 year old man
> ride a bike anyway? This bike hasn't even been used enough for my dad to have
> to replace the piston. And the price thing was
My uncle Jack in Arizona is 55. He rides the piss outta his bikes, daily.
They are friggin T-I-R-E-D when he sells them. Oh, don't get me wrong, he
maintains them and they look good. This year he sold his 97 CR250 for $3500.
Put same BS in his ad too "rode by 55 year old man". He said the first guy
to show up bought it. He didn't even want to start it!! Uncle Jack doesn't
lie about his bikes, he'll tell someone he rode the thing to death, but they
think, "how can this old grey-haired fart ride the hell outta something?"
Running ads like this for the last 10 years, he said the longest it ever took
him to sell a bike was 2 days.
my mistake...my dad told me
> 5,200 but I forgot that part...oops! And it has only ONE ride on it this year
> and about 5 on it last year. The bike hasn't been ridden in about 4 weeks
> (when my dad had his accident). And what the fuck do you want anyway!? A bike
Nice cuss...little uptight?
> that is better than new that costs about 16,000 to make for a measly 2,800 like
> a normal, ragged out, piece of shit CR125!? This is far from a ordinary CR125
> and the price reflects that...in fact, we bought
it in 1997 and paid 8,500 for
The price reflect jack squat. Hey buddy, my 88 KX is for sale for only
$75,000. As you can tell by the price, it is no ordinary bike.....
> it because we knew how great a deal it was. I can see why you didn't realize
> this stuff...I see you are dumb enough to ride a KX...oh well. Ya know what I
Well, guess RC and Emig are pretty dumb too, eh?
> think? I think you are jealos that we have this jewel of a bike and you
> don't....he he he. Later!!!
If the bike is such a "jewel", why don't you race it/buy it from your dad?
Are you saying your YZ is a better bike? Why not dump the YZ and get the
Honda if this is such a killer ride? Don't take this as a flame (well, you
can if you want), but most here can see through the smoke and mirrors. If
the bike was so good, you'd be riding it and we'd be reading an ad for a 97
YZ. Here is my guess: the fact of the matter is you guys bought a bike that
is too much for either of you. You paid way too much, and now your dad (or
you, or whoever) will never see that cash again, so now you're trying to cut
your loses and dump it. Only problem is, most folk who are gonna dump 5.2
G's on a bike will not buy a used bike, espically a 96. The other problem is
that unless you are as fast and ride as hard as Mike Brown, the bike will
never fit you. It was set up for Mike Brown to ride like only Mike does. Am
I close?
John and Kim
88 KX250 #837 (for sale....$75,000)
96 XR100
Rowdy
<snip>
> etc). He is selling it due to an injury. Here is a list of the parts that are
> on it...all prices have been checked in catalogs and I have called dealers on
> the suspension prices.
>
> Mike Brown's 1996 Honda of Troy CR125
>
> Total (W/O Works pump and guard, gusseted frame, welded radiators and powder
> coated fram) $16,225.62
>
> This bike makes 38 HP and is EXTREMELY fast. We are asking 5,200 or a
> resonable offer...e-mail me if interested.
>
> MxRacer
> 1997 YZ125
Forget it Racer !
people do not value any changes from stock, i can tell you from
selling by own bikes !
they'll go like this:
"applied hyper triple clamps, oh well, but will stock stuff still fit
when the upper or lower hyper clamp breaks ?
so i have to buy rotors from braking 'cause the honda ones won't fit
anymore ?
etc. etc."
they will back off as soon as they see aftermarket seat covers (i
sadly did experience that)
and you can't add up sprockets/chain/plastics/air-filter yust because
you swapped the honda ones !
i would deduct worn tires/plastics/chain/sprockets from your asking so
they better be brand new !
and never ever mention a 'rewelded'-something, they'll think you had
broken the part !
so your list boils down to the honda works fork, the rest is a well
maintained, perhaps a bit over-customized CR125 (hey, is there any
part in place, that says 'HONDA' on it ?)
if the fork is top (i assume, i easily can dial/revalve works forks to
'worse-than-stock' and i do mean honda-cr-stock, which really is bad)
AND the customer does value it, you've got a chance asking 5 grand.
MHO WDIK Peter
MxRacer965
EXACT replica of the bike...to make an EXACT replica of the bike, you would
have to buy this stuff. Thats why I have air filters n stuff like that in
there. All I'm doin is puttin in there what my dad told me to ok?
Sorry to hear about your bad luck with selling bikes...we havn't had that kind
of luck. In fact, we have the bike at a dealer right now and they've had TONS
of racers eyes bug out at the list of acessories and they want the bike...just
have other bikes at the moment and can't afford spending that kinda money
without selling their's first...and the dealer only does consignments so they
are SOL with our bike. One guy is checking with his bank to get the bike
(dealer denied his credit) so we don't have that bad a price on it...plus we
paid 8,500 for it in 1997. And yes the tires, plastic, chains, sprockets are
BRAND NEW. (actually, it does say HONDA on the clutch cover...I think thats
about it though)
djo...@cyberhighway.nospam.net
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>
>John and Kim
>88 KX250 #837 (for sale....$75,000)
>96 XR100
>
Would ya take $74,500?
Richy Rich Jones
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Charles Vincent
> <Snipity Snip>
> >New Dunlop tires (K695/ K490)- 80.99/ 72.99
> >Total (W/O Works pump and guard, gusseted frame, welded radiators and powder
> > coated fram) $16,225.62
> >
> >This bike makes 38 HP and is EXTREMELY fast. We are asking 5,200 or a
> >resonable offer...e-mail me if interested.
> >
> >MxRacer
> >1997 YZ125
>
Well These must be magic tires, I just bought the exact same set of tires and they
cost me 60 bucks for the rear and 49 for the front. And there were delivered to my
door and had nipples on them (hmmmmm... nipples). So If I can assume that this
outlandish markup spreads that would mean your prices are approximately 70% of what
they should be. Thus making your 16,225.62 figure approximately 11,456.30 (I have
no idea why you are reporting these prices to the cent? we don't even use such
precision in real life let alone make believe) And for the one you are all waiting
for 5,200 = 3,671.52. So ask that around and see if you can get someone besides an
in debt / bankrupt MX'er trying to mortgage his trailer to buy your bike.
-My Two Sense?
Chuck