6,700 Miles Too Much? What would you pay?

Looking for an 09 WR250Rs but not many out there. Found an 09 with 6,700 miles. From the pictures it looks clean and perhaps used as a commuter. Is that too many miles? How much would you pay--before or after taxes (pick one). Thanks in advance...

No it's not to much! Valve checks aren't even required until 26000 miles. This isn't a high HP race motor. It's built to last. There are also a few members here with over 20,000 miles and counting on their WRR's. As for price, that's a tough one as there are a lot of factors involved. But if you think the price is right, go get it and ride!

I paid $3,500 OTD for my 08 with 1,800 miles back in January. I'd say that you can purchase the one you are looking at for less.

Thanks guys, great feedback and very much appreciated.

Lurkers , please step up to the circle and join this conversation. Give me your thoughts.

I'm tempted by the bike because it seems that not too many WR's come up for sale and I may end up waiting a long time. I'm not rich but I can purchase new without a problem but I hesitate because I spend an ungodly amount of money on motorcycles. I have four in the stable with untold amounts in farkles and gear. Wait a minute, that's actually an argument to purchase new. The relative difference viewed against the money I have in bikes and gear is not very much.

I think $3000 range sounds about right too. See if they have a record of the oil changes.

I have the R and will have it set up the way I want this summer, then will be looking for a used X (or new if I can't find one) for my winter project.

WeazyBuddha wrote:

I'm not rich but I can purchase new without a problem but I hesitate because I spend an ungodly amount of money on motorcycles. I have four in the stable with untold amounts in farkles and gear. Wait a minute, that's actually an argument to purchase new. The relative difference viewed against the money I have in bikes and gear is not very much.

Kinda depends on how you look at it, doesn't it?

If you're only saving $1500 off a new bike by buying one with 6500 miles that you don't really know how it was treated all that time, why not buy new if you're not on a tight budget?

I buy all my vehicles new - have had only a few vehicles in my lifetime, but I keep them forever. The truck is a '95 Dodge Ram Diesel 4x4 that I am regularly being asked if I want to sell because it doesn't have all that extra shyte on it. The truck before that was an '81 S10, that the only reason I sold it was because I went overseas on a tour in '93 and the rules for personal vehicle storage then would have killed me and a buddy offered me way more money for the S10 than it was worth with its high mileage (maybe not, he's still driving it). I fully intend to be driving that Dodge when I turn 90 and they take my driver's license away.

So if you're the kind of guy that carefully picks the vehicle you want, sets it up just the way you want it, and then runs it forever, buying brand shiney new so you know exactly what you are getting and can break it in and run it the way you want it, new is not a bad strategy.

On the other hand, when I bought my shiny new in the crate bike, I missed a "used" WR250R for... $3500 I think it was. The guy bought a new one from the local dealer that I had been looking at but the dealer wouldn't budge on. He rode it for 180 miles in one day, decided he wanted a quad instead, and put it up for sale for $3500. I would have been all over that, and to hell with totally new.

There's still deals out there, but the prices in the new and used WRR market are tightening up a bit. Maybe $4.00+ a gallon fuel has something to do with that.

You realize there's an '08 WRR with 100 miles, supposedly a $1000 in farkles (including pipe and programmer), located in College Station in your state, for sale right here in the flea market, right? Asking $3600

https://wr250rforum.forumotion.com/t4269-fs-2008-wr-250-r-in-texas

I tend to buy used when I can, farkles and gear, too. When pricing bikes, I check at the bank for loan value and go up from there. Kelly Blue Book and NADA guides are online, too. Best of luck, shopping can be tough.

Sarah

With 6700 miles, I'd offer $2500 and go from there. There are a bunch out there with less miles for not much more.

That being said, I'm one of those who buys new for the sake of having no headaches about what the previous owner did or didn't do. 23,000 miles and counting on mine.