I am looking for a 2000+ cbr600 and I did find one locally (I live in the middle of no where in Maine) and I have been looking for a bike that has damage because it will be my first bike and I know I will drop it on the sandy maine roads. I did find a 2000 CBR600 with 16K miles for $2000, and it does have a salvage title. I do have mechanic know how and I know a lot of riders and mechanics who could look at the bike for me. It seems like a good deal and price I can definitely talk down.
Most of the people I know ride Yamahas, so I want Honda people to give me advice when looking at this model CBR600. Thanks!!!

P.S. The salvage title was put on three seasons ago and have been cummuted since then.

 

they are great bikes and hold up better than the other brands. Seriously Ive put mine through hell and every gixxer around here thats had similar accidents had destroyed frames. I dont ride like that now but if the bike is in fairly good shape and runs well, the price is pretty good. p.s. 16k is the valve check period so it will need that asap if it hasnt been done.

 

Thanks for the info. The 16K upkeep will help with lowering the price. . Also 8K has atleast been put on it since it was salvaged.

 

so it's been driven around illegally with a salvage title?..are you sure it's not a "rebuilt title"?..there's a pretty big difference. salvage title is going to require you to jump through a bunch of hoops and some costs to get it registered as rebuilt and road legal.

 

Rebuilt... Sorry, I am just a little backwards being from Maine

 

in that case go for it, mine had a rebuilt when I got it.

watch out for that sand...I hit some in the apex of a turn and out came the front wheel...can you say low side? lol

 

Eeeh, my F4 was my third bike, and I can easily say that I wouldn't be able to really enjoy it had I not had experience. Best advice you can get right now is to start smaller, unless you've got lots of dirt experience.

 

F4 was my First and Only bike so far. Go slow, ride within your abilities and you will be fine. It is better to ride like a pansy than wrap it around a tree.

I didn't take the MSF course because I live in the middle of no-where and could spend LOTS of time practicing without any cars around, but I would recommend the course - certainly lots of bang for the buck, and when things slow down for me I might go take it just for the hell of it.

 

Done the course. Road my friends bike last year... Grew up driving anything that had wheels...It's just the first time i am actually going to be buying a motorcycle. I just wanted info about the year and such...

 

Guy sold the bike right before I was going to look. But another one I had been looking at is up for sale. It's a 2000 F4, clean title. New rubber, inspected, just a little scrape on the tank...looked great. So minimal of a mark that if I tried to get it fixed it would probably do more harm than good. He wants $3300. 22K on the bike.