1989 Yamaha FZR1000
Miles: 16,438
VIN: 3GM002399
$9,500 CAD
Approx: $6,880 USD
OBO
Maintenance:
In preparation for the listing, the seller had us rebuild the carburetors, replace the spark plugs, change the oil, and install a new battery. Additionally, we made a list of recommended repairs. Olly did the work, he notes the following in his condition report:
Gas Tank Internal: Signs of Rust
Tire Year Front: 0317 / Rear: 0317
Tire Life Front: 70% / Rear: 70%
Tire Press Front: 36PSI / Rear: 38PSI
Brake Life Front/ Rear : Pads are contaminated
Suspension leaks: Yes
Hydraulic Clutch Fluid: Dark / Low
Oil Quality : New / Level: Good
Coolant Quality: Bad / Level: Low
Low Beam: Ok
High Beam: Ok
Turn: Ok
Tail Light: Ok
Brake Light: Ok
Plate Light: Ok
Kill: Ok
Horn: Ok
Battery: New
Bike was ran on bench by bottle
Recommended Services:
• Coolant Flush
• Clutch Fluid Flush
• Battery
• Chain service
• Replace sprockets
Notes:
• Damaged Screen
• Minor Body work imperfections
• Some cracked inserts
• Exhaust chrome has rusting
• Front brake reservoir is oxidized
• Forks are leaking and has contaminated brake pads
• Forks have minor pitting
Modifications:
Battery tender lead.
RSBFS
Back in 2018 Tad wrote a post about one of these and it sold before he could publish the post! From the RSBFS archives, “A modern literbike is a relatively peaky beast: chasing horsepower without increasing displacement means ever-higher revs are required, and a six-speed box makes sense…Yamaha’s FZR1000 one of the cutting-edgy-ist sportbikes of its day, made do with just five and could still be considered fast now. Six-speed gearboxes had become the norm for motorcycles by the late 1980s, unless you were looking at cruisers, touring machines, or big-bore sportbikes. Why? Well, narrow, peaky powerbands require more gears to effectively exploit and the big-inch engines of the aforementioned six-speed exceptions had enough flexibility and torque to make them window-dressing: an extra gear just wasn’t needed.”
Back in 2018 that bike went for $5,500, fast! As always, curious to see how this one goes today.
Good luck to the buyer and seller!
Great bikes and I own a couple from different year. However, this example has too many issues and although the mileage is not bad, I think it’s too high to sell for the asking price. I would think $4000 would be fair.
Agreed, price seems more in line with a mint sorted example. I remember when this model debuted, I thought sport bikes couldn’t get any crazier. I was wrong.