Last week I was made aware of this (supposedly) running and titled YZF750R on Facebook Marketplace. Seller was asking $1000 for it and it was only a three hour drive away. After a bit of back and forth and several other potential buyers either backing out or not showing up, I was able to grab it. I nearly walked away because it took the seller almost an hour to get the bike to run and the bike was advertised as having a title, but did not. Apparently, "previous owner having a title that never made its way to me" counts as being titled. Also, "never been down", means "fell over in the back of the truck but somehow still ended up with rash on the left side" is a thing... At least it came with replacement "plastics" which turned out to be fiberglass.
Anyway, I decided to try my luck and pulled the trigger. The bike runs and rides but is a little rough. The chain is dry and the brake pads are paper thin. Every plastic piece that can be broken, is. There's a slight leak coming from the clutch reservoir and I think there's an air leak at the carbs (idle hunts between 2,000 and 3,000 rpm with the choke on, but gradually improves as the bike warms up and the choke is turned off).
Kind of unsure on what to do with it right now, but sort of leaning toward getting the fiberglass replacements installed and bringing the bike back to near stock appearance. Not very confident in my ability to do the cutouts without screwing something up, but we'll see.
Anyway, I decided to try my luck and pulled the trigger. The bike runs and rides but is a little rough. The chain is dry and the brake pads are paper thin. Every plastic piece that can be broken, is. There's a slight leak coming from the clutch reservoir and I think there's an air leak at the carbs (idle hunts between 2,000 and 3,000 rpm with the choke on, but gradually improves as the bike warms up and the choke is turned off).
Kind of unsure on what to do with it right now, but sort of leaning toward getting the fiberglass replacements installed and bringing the bike back to near stock appearance. Not very confident in my ability to do the cutouts without screwing something up, but we'll see.
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