So, unfortunately the guy with the 97 never responded. I wen’t and checked out the 04, and it was pretty solid. Started right up, sounded good, rode good. Has some cosmetic damage here and there, tail light was busted, missing plastics screws in a couple spots, and the suspension was a little creaky. Compared to the 02, the shifter seemed a lot lower, maybe sagging, but not sure. Nothing that I could find besides that. Didn’t leak anything and it started right up and idled well. They had a couple of other REALLY nice toys in the garage, and you could tell this didn’t get ridden too much and maybe was for the kids or something. It had both Utah and California registration stickers from 2022 on it. Owned by a family in the air force who moved to Japan. I got them down to $2,000 for it. My buddy (who is more experienced than me but not super experienced he got his first bike a couple of months ago) really liked this one.
I found a really really clean 02 that had two owners. Had an exhaust on it, shock covers, new starter, and gasket maker on the left side of the engine (in photos). When he started it the first time, it died, then he started it and gave it some gas and then it idled fine completely after that. This bike was SPOTLESS. Very tasteful mods, and I mean you could eat off of it. Looked brand new. Suspension was silent, had good resistance. Front tires had slight dry rotting. It was sitting in a garage next to a bunch of Yamaha bikes, and I got him down to $2200. Not sure which one to get. What do you guys think?? Posted pictures of the 02. Not that this is my main concern, I prefer the color way on the 02 a lot more. My buddy didn’t like this one as much because of the gasket maker and you having to give it gas while starting to idle. I noticed It was on reserve, not sure if that could effect anything. I’m going to pick one of these up tomorrow and I need some people with more wisdom and experience to
