ShawnR Posted September 16, 2011 Report Share Posted September 16, 2011 (edited) It's been a year since the crash (deer) and I just bought a replacement bike. 87 Kawasaki Concours - $900.Fuel petcock leaks, shift shaft seal leaks and has exhaust leaks, but seems to run & ride fine. I will probably fix it up over the winter and may give an attempt at refinishing & painting the plastics. It can't look much worse than it does now. I do have the hard bags, but took them off to strap it to the trailer.It is looks familiar to anyone and you might know a history, speak up. Edited September 16, 2011 by ShawnR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conn-e-rot Posted September 16, 2011 Report Share Posted September 16, 2011 congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfloydgad Posted September 16, 2011 Report Share Posted September 16, 2011 Good job Shawn, You will find that the Concours is a very easy bike to work on, I'm on my 2nd. and do all my own work. Get the Clymer manual, it is the copy of the Kawi Shop manual, just cheaper. Any questions. let me know, I'll try anything once.Ride safe all, and ATGATT please.Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester3681 Posted September 16, 2011 Report Share Posted September 16, 2011 That's a sharp bike for $900! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedTriple44444 Posted September 16, 2011 Report Share Posted September 16, 2011 Nice bike! That will be a good daily rider for sure. Good deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokey Posted September 16, 2011 Report Share Posted September 16, 2011 Great find!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buildit Posted September 16, 2011 Report Share Posted September 16, 2011 Good buy, but for future reference it is not advised to strap a bike down either with the kick stand down or the center stand since it put a lot of pressure on the frame where it shouldn't be. Should be an easy job to fix it up and have a great ride! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagr Posted September 16, 2011 Report Share Posted September 16, 2011 Good job Shawn, You will find that the Concours is a very easy bike to work on, I'm on my 2nd. and do all my own work. Get the Clymer manual, it is the copy of the Kawi Shop manual, just cheaper. Any questions. let me know, I'll try anything once.Ride safe all, and ATGATT please.GregOnly "pussies" ride Concours right Greg? OP. Glad you're riding again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfloydgad Posted September 16, 2011 Report Share Posted September 16, 2011 Jagr,Yep, you got it, and I am a huge closet Lesbian also. Ride safe all, whatever you ride or who.And ATGATT please.Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightRider Posted September 16, 2011 Report Share Posted September 16, 2011 Most of those Concours's have a ton of miles on them. How many does this one have? For 900$ either way, nice pickup! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedytriple Posted September 16, 2011 Report Share Posted September 16, 2011 Glad to see you are on your way back to being on a bike again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShawnR Posted September 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2011 Most of those Concours's have a ton of miles on them. How many does this one have? For 900$ either way, nice pickup!49,000 miles. About half as many as my ST1100 had when it got smashed. New tires front & rear as well.I'll run through it and flush all of the fluids (brake, clutch, rear drive) and then put some effort into making it "pretty". I like doing that kind of stuff and can wheel it into the basement to make it a winter project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simplysix Posted September 16, 2011 Report Share Posted September 16, 2011 Jagr,Yep, you got it, and I am a huge closet Lesbian also. Ride safe all, whatever you ride or who.And ATGATT please.GregGood find on the bike though. Congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted September 16, 2011 Report Share Posted September 16, 2011 Wondered how long it would be. I think I'd do compression check, valve adjust, plugs, fluids and brake pads.Inspect and R&R bits and pieces.Clean and paint. Looks like a Corbin saddle.What color/s? Thinking silver and two tone blue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twisted12 Posted September 17, 2011 Report Share Posted September 17, 2011 900 is cheap to get back on two wheels, nice buy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magifesq Posted September 17, 2011 Report Share Posted September 17, 2011 Mitch told me he just sold it, now I see its new owner right here yo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeefZah Posted September 17, 2011 Report Share Posted September 17, 2011 Cool man, hard to go wrong for $900! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max power Posted September 17, 2011 Report Share Posted September 17, 2011 Nice find. Id do what ReconRat said. Make it mechanically solid before worrying about making it pretty. Its a concourse, any $ spent making it look good is kinda a waste, but I hear they are great tourers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motociclista Posted September 17, 2011 Report Share Posted September 17, 2011 Good buy.If you need pointers as you start working on the bike, and don't find the expertise you need here, I can recommend the Concours Owners Group forum. It's a great group of people and you don't have to be a paying member of COG to sign up for the forum to post and ask questions. There are lots of people there who have many years and miles on the original Concours and can answer probably any question.http://forum.cog-online.org/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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