Well, Abe very kindly made the time to check out the silver bike I linked above, from his very objective observations, it sounds like it has maybe had a bit of a hard life, and there are possibly one or two things which don't add up, so... I think I'll give that one a miss!
I also spoke to the current owner of ST2UP's '94 which he's selling, it sounds like a fantastic bike, I'll just need to look into what costs are involved with transferring it to Vic, I'd like to come out of it for not much more than $4k, so I'll see how negotiations go. There is another '94 for sale locally for $3500, I'm considering checking it out, but I have to say that the idea of knowing a bike's honest history (i.e., ST2UP's) is worth a bit, especially if I'm planning to keep it for a good while.
Now, here's my other dilemma, which I'm hoping you can all talk me around... Originally I was looking for a '90/'91 model, so I could put it on club plates. I'm in a very lucky position of having a work vehicle supplied as part of my package, the up side of that, is I haven't had to worry about paying full reg for a few years (woohoo!), the downside, is even my daily rider bike has become a monthly rider (fortnightly if I'm lucky). So an ST will be ridden monthly at best... Probably for weekends away at least, and with a good week long trip every few months, but otherwise, it may not be seeing too much action in the in between times. My tight-fisted, frugal Scottish upbringing baulks at the idea of paying full reg for a 'toy'... I rationalise that by saying 'you only have to pay full reg on it for three years, then it can go on club plates'... any advice to settle my wallet-closing reflexes?? Thanks!
