I'm lookin for my first bike and i'm really stuck on this 96 f3 it has 31,000 mi its a one owner always garaged bike and its $2500 im gonna offer the guy 2000 cause thats all i can afford. is 31,000 to many miles? i understand its high but compared to a car would it be like 100,000 miles? i basically need it to last me like 2yrs would be nice is that reasonable? please help!

 

31k ain't squat if the bike has been looked after.The F3s have the toughest valve system of all bikes on Earth.

Ask the owner:

"Has it ever been down?" Make him show you where and what he did to fix it.

"How does it wheelie?" If the owner starts to answer "how to",walk away.These bikes live longer when the front wheel stays on the ground.When the front is up,the motor is starved of oil.Don't let anyone tell you about "oil pickups" and stuff like that,it's all nonsense.

"How often did you have the valves looked at?" If so,ask what the valve specs were.

"What oil filters do you use?" Yes this is important.OEM is best.K&N,STP,Fram,all junk.EMGOs are good and so are Vesrahs.

Does it have paper or K&N air filters? Paper is best.K&Ns are only beneficial if there has been lots of hop-ups done. Otherwise,these bikes (and a few others) make more power with paper.

These motors will go longer than 100k,literally,provided the front wheel has been on the ground.My F2 has approx 60k ham-fisted miles and still runs like a dog shot in the ***.

If everything is good,tell him "All I have is 2k.That's all I have". Be sincere when doing this.He may take it.

Good luck and holla back

 

those miles are not high once taken care of correctly as stated above. but most ppl tend to shy away from buying bikes with over 20k on the odom . shop around see whats out there . and if 2k is all u have be prepared to drop another 5 to 6 hundred on whatever bike u get cause you might wanna invest in some gear and the bike may need 1 or 2 small upgrades you may want

 

My Bike had like 31+ K on it and i got mine for 2000 But my bike Is a kick *** bitch so that was a KILLER deal for me IDK about your deal tho. I guess it all depends on the bike.

 

my 00 F4 has 44k on it n I'd put it it against one with 2k on it any day. Its all in how its taken care of. Thirdgenlx has almost 120k on his 05 F4i.

 

 

I agree with everybody. I mean as long as you take care of a bike it will last a long time. I know its not a sport bike but my neighbor has a harley with 80000 miles on it.He keeps up on itand it runs amazing. My f2 has 25000 and the same applies just take care it. Try and find out a little about the history and if you know somebody it wouldn't hurt to ride it and look it over.

 

I bought my 96' F3 last year and i paid $2700 for it, and it had11k miles on it. The bike runs great, havent had any serious problems with it. But yes, the F3 is a strong bike and will last for many years if taken care of!!!!

 

GO FOR IT!! ! ! !

 

Mine has a little over 50k... so 31k is nothing! These bikes will run forever as long as they have oil and gas.