too good to be true?

[rockershocker]

http://westmd.craigslist.org/mcy/723520567.html

under 5k miles and 15 years old seems odd to me, does anyone know how hard it is to roll an odometer on a bike over? could it have 105k miles? lol.

basically, does this seem like a good deal or a scam to you? I've never bought a bike before so I really don't know what to look for

[jonnythan]

http://westmd.craigslist.org/mcy/723520567.html

under 5k miles and 15 years old seems odd to me, does anyone know how hard it is to roll an odometer on a bike over? could it have 105k miles? lol.

basically, does this seem like a good deal or a scam to you? I've never bought a bike before so I really don't know what to look for

I think it's more likely that this bike was just sitting around mostly unused for several years.

By 1987 bike had 9k on the odometer when I bought it. I'm quite certain the odometer never rolled over.

[olebiker]

http://westmd.craigslist.org/mcy/723520567.html

under 5k miles and 15 years old seems odd to me, does anyone know how hard it is to roll an odometer on a bike over? could it have 105k miles? lol.

basically, does this seem like a good deal or a scam to you? I've never bought a bike before so I really don't know what to look for

Not a scam but may have had the speedo changed. Mileage on a bike is not as important as how well it works. How well it has been looked after.

[Flesher]

Dents in the tank? everything painted a flat black? Non original mirrors? ...that bike's been crashed. I'd stay away, you should be able to find a much better example for a couple of hundred more.

[jonnythan]

Dents in the tank? everything painted a flat black? ...that bike's been crashed. I'd stay away, you should be able to find a much better example for a couple of hundred more.

That's not necessarily true. Could be a few dings in the top of the tank.

I'm about to paint my whole bike a flat black. Not because it's been crashed, but the paint is fading a bit and it would look cool.

Maybe it was some hideous faded green before or something. It is 15 years old.

[mydlyfkryzis]

Nighthawks come in 4 colors, depending on year.

Red, Yellow, Blue and Black.

None are what I would call Hideous.

My 91 NH paint is fading a little, but looks tons better than flat black.

I bet that bike was dropped.

[rockershocker]

yeah, thats kinda what I figured, I wont be able to buy for 4 or 5 more paychecks anyways, and I won't get my license until august, so I'm just watching craigslist, if i see a deal I'll pounce on it this would have been one of those but I don't think I'm gonna go for it

[HYPERR]

Sounds like a lot of money for a bike that looks like was painted by a blind man with a can of Krylon primer from Walmart.

[G3rrity]

My bike is 28 years old and had 5500 miles on it when I got it. It was obvious that the bike had this much mileage, because everything was in near perfect condition. Granted, I got it from a dealership (it was the owner's father's bike) not a person from craigslist. Either way, it is definitely possible that the bike really does have that much mileage on it. Go look at it in person, that may help.

[flynrider]

Nighthawks come in 4 colors, depending on year.

Red, Yellow, Blue and Black.

None are what I would call Hideous.

My 91 NH paint is fading a little, but looks tons better than flat black.

I bet that bike was dropped.

If you've got the red one, cover it up! In my early days (before I owned a house with a garage), my bikes were left outside in the AZ sun. The paint would start fading gradually within a few years. One day, to my horror, I realized that I was riding around on a pink Kawasaki (formerly red). I ended up taking a can of red Krylon to it. It wasn't very pretty, but at least is wasn't pink anymore

BTW - My current NH is the '93 blue one (only year for blue). It sits in the garage at home and under covered parking at work. The paint still looks new. What a difference a garage makes.