I'm new to the forum, and thought this would be the place to help me pull the trigger on a bike. I'm looking at a CBR600F4I, 2005 with 12K miles. I would like to know from the experts, if there are any issues with this bike as I noticed that Honda stopped producing it in 06. Would appreciate any feedback from you guys. Thanks in advance! By the way, the guy wants 4200 for the bike. Is that a reasonable price?

 

is the bike all stock? good condition? post pictures up. the experienced people on here will tell you what they think.

 

https://cbrforum.com/forum/f4i-main-forum-11/honda-cbr600f-fs-f4i-super-review-106580/

this is an excellent write up
honda quit producing it bc it was just time for the next generation sportbike

 

Depends on how hard you want to look. Myself and another guy landed 06 F4is very recently for $4500. The one I'm getting has 2529 miles on it. Its bone stock except for an undertail.

But to find that, I had to scan craigslist covering all of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and Ohio. Sent out emails to anything that looked like I could get in my price range. The guy was asking $5500 but we got down to where we are now

 

Look forward to spending 200-600 on maintenance. And thats if you do it yourself, which you should. (shops charge on average $60/hr) Use that to negotiate. Don't ever trust what the po says, he's trying to get rid of something, so he'll tell you whatever you wanna hear. It's always good practice to flush all the fluids, change the plugs, and proly the brakes too whenever you buy any used bike (or car, truck, lawnmower, ect.) And tires will cost ya 200-300 for a good set, and a new chain and sprocket kit 150-200. So offer 3500 and explain to him you'll have to fork out another 700-800 (over estimate some), then negotiate from there.

 

Unfortunately none of the normal negotiation methods worked on this dude. He knew he under-rode it. Never took her out of the 6k rpm range. Zero evidence that she ever rested on anything but the kickstand. The front fender was clean (except for the normal road dirt) so it had never been up on 1.

The only negotiating point I had was his wife. She wanted to start a family which meant money. And he still had a loan on the bike. So I kept talking chit about going the months to the end of the season, possibly to the beginning of next season, paying off a loan on a bike her husband never rode. And how much baby gear $4000 would get them. So she glared him down to $4500.

Yeah, I know I'm not nice

 

^^ Haha! That's funny, Kuro...
I kinda did the same thing when I bought my CBR. He was a really cool guy but his wife wanted it gone. His $3500 quickly went to $2,600.

 

Reasonable price? ...YES. ;-) Of course, a full inspection of the bike is in order to verify if the bike is indeed in good condition. Visual is one thing, "under the hood" is another. ;-)

If the seller is open-minded & upfront about the bike, ask if he'll agree to a factory Honda inspection at the closest Honda dealership...which you'll pay for. At best, you confirm the bike's condition...at worst, you find any problems that need addressing. That's a plus for the owner as well...especially since its free to him.

Seems to me that if you're not adept at knowing what to look for in purchasing a bike, this is a prudent idea. You can expect to pay up to $80 for this but isn't $80 alot cheaper than what could be more later?

As already stated, expect to do some maintenance when you get the bike...& maybe a new set of tires as well.

Good luck.