[nycste]

Hello everyone I am 31 years old 6ft 240ish solid weight and I am looking to get my first motorcycle. This next part might sound silly but I have set my eyes on a bobber style bike. My research shows they are my ideal match and make a great city bike which will be parked on the street and I want to limit the amount of flare plastic body parts I do not need because people are just a holes at times.

I have only ridden ducati super sports so far that's what I learned on and sport bikes are nice but I want a bobber cruiser style bike. So this is how I found these forums because a stryker is for sale in my area and some of you have ironically discussed it on these very forums. I have also checked out the new bolt as well and I am really turned away with how much plastic material like it has and looks like. I do not want that I want minimalist look less parts to repair and fix and break!

So now to get onto more details I only have gloves ATM still need all my safety gear ESP driving and living in NYC. My budget is 6k at most realistically unless I finance or something and most custom older Yamaha Honda bobbers I have been looking at are all in that price range without to much custom work done.

I really really love the copper bolt kit that I believe low and mean setup and have a video of on their site. So with that said here is a link to the stryker for sale near me which several of you have already bashed even though no offense to anyone I prefer this look over the stock one. It's my bike and my preference is all. However I am realistic and realize this bike lacks several parts and only comes as is with a new separate seat I have not seen yet. Would I be better off finding a used bolt to bobber out I do want small fenders on the front and back ideally but can manage without them for now I plan to use the bike year round except in snow my ride is 7 miles to work and back home all highway main roads.

Here is the Craigslist link I am looking for honest feedback on howmuch this bikes should cost be honest and down right brutally honest because I might bring this right to the dealer whose selling it to bring price of the bike down.

NYC Staten Island link is here thanks for looking honest feedback!
http://newyork.craigslist.org/stn/mcd/4016094649.html


http://auburn.craigslist.org/mcy/3984641004.html
This is another link I saw someone post I like the bike it's out of my price range to start with and I recall someone saying its not worth 10k but this is the look I am liking it's my bike my call!

I assume I cannot demand or ask for more parts but instead have to lower the price in order to get a fair deal because the bike is already custom and missing several factory parts almost 1/4 of the bike sorta.

Thanks for any and all feedback I'd like to add that I saw the forum post on eBay about another riders stryker black and green hornet I think for sale it's to much for me it's beautiful but realistically I cannot park that on the street lets be real! I hope it finds a good home it's a beauty but at the same time I want a bobber look.


I have no problem sharing my cell if someone wouldn't mind talking about my questions in greater detail or could help me out build a bike etc etc just pm me thanks again!

 

[SmokenJoe]

As for looks, that's individual likes and dislikes. Go with what flips your bic.
The only thing I don't care for on the 1st bike is the exhaust. I think it will be loud and obnoxious. That can be remedied with going back to a stock or aftermarket pipes. Stay within your price range and see if he will drop the price for the Fugly pipes. :nod:

My choice;
http://newyork.craigslist.org/stn/mcd/4016094649.html

 

[Stryker2012]

The thing you got going for you is how heavily chopped up and modded the NY bike is. I don't care how much aftermarket parts and paint you have in a bike, it only lowers the value. Stock will always bring more money, only for the fact that when you customize a ride, you narrow the market to people who specifically like what was done. That is why I never buy someone else's custom bike...because unless I radically changed the look again, I would always be riding so-and-so's bike. Imagine if you bought the green hornet bike..everyone who saw it in shows or in forums will associate with the original owner..not you.

So that being said....the Auburn bike is asking way too much. You can buy a New Stryker for that money, and pull the rear fender off yourself...the NY Stryker is (and no disrepect) hacked, and if it still runs well, I wouldn't pay a penny more than $4000 for it. As you can see from the comments in this forum...once again, there won't be a huge market for it, and the leverage is your favor. I'm sure they don't have a lot of inquiries on it, so if you like it that much, offer them the $4000 cash, and walk away. I bet they would take it.. (and make them eat the sales tax and any other fee's...tell them you want to drive away for $4000 flat...nothing more)

Good luck....like I've said before. Everyone has their owns tastes and opinions, and that's fine. You can tactfully say you don't like a mod (and the person doing the mod has to be man enough to suck it up) or they can be an ass about it (which there is never a reason for) Just don't disrespect someone else for their tastes. That is what modding is all about.

 

[bozzly]

the thing you got going for you is how heavily chopped up and modded the ny bike is. I don't care how much aftermarket parts and paint you have in a bike, it only lowers the value. Stock will always bring more money, only for the fact that when you customize a ride, you narrow the market to people who specifically like what was done. That is why i never buy someone else's custom bike...because unless i radically changed the look again, i would always be riding so-and-so's bike. Imagine if you bought the green hornet bike..everyone who saw it in shows or in forums will associate with the original owner..not you.

So that being said....the auburn bike is asking way too much. You can buy a new stryker for that money, and pull the rear fender off yourself...the ny stryker is (and no disrepect) hacked, and if it still runs well, i wouldn't pay a penny more than $4000 for it. As you can see from the comments in this forum...once again, there won't be a huge market for it, and the leverage is your favor. I'm sure they don't have a lot of inquiries on it, so if you like it that much, offer them the $4000 cash, and walk away. I bet they would take it.. (and make them eat the sales tax and any other fee's...tell them you want to drive away for $4000 flat...nothing more)

good luck....like i've said before. Everyone has their owns tastes and opinions, and that's fine. You can tactfully say you don't like a mod (and the person doing the mod has to be man enough to suck it up) or they can be an ass about it (which there is never a reason for) just don't disrespect someone else for their tastes. That is what modding is all about.

+100%

 

[mikoloe]

As for looks, that's individual likes and dislikes. Go with what flips your bic.


I havent heard Flip your Bic in Decades! That is too funny Joe!

I bet most these guys here dont know whats that's about.....aye

 

[nogard]

The 1st bike is more appealing, and you might as well go loud if you are going to get them bobbed out. Buy what you want man, and screw anyone who has a problem with it.

 

[JesterAZ]

My 2 cents: at around 6k, you could buy a used stock '11 and bob and chop it to your liking and then sell the stock parts you removed to help offset your initial cost. Or store the parts, in the event of a future sale (so the bike holds more value). Thats the route I'd go. The Auburn one is way overpriced.

But if you want instant satisfaction and you like these bikes, buy what makes you happiest. Thats most important.

 

[Blackvapor]

As for looks, that's individual likes and dislikes. Go with what flips your bic.


I havent heard Flip your Bic in Decades! That is too funny Joe!

I bet most these guys here dont know whats that's about.....aye

Isn't that "flick your Bic"?

 

[63falcondude]

Personally I hate the bobbed stryker but it's whatever you like. Even a bobbed stryker will be longer than a lot of other bikes stock.

 

[Michael88997]

Isn't that "flick your Bic"?

I have always gone with "tickel your pickel"


its simply what you like.. if you want to buy it already modded or buy a used stock and do it yourself..personally I would prefer to do everything myself cause I enjoy that. I think the bobber style looks pretty awesome... I would say the first one is probably the better choice out of the two and maybe try to talk them down some on the price.

 

[mikoloe]

I think you should buy a Bolt and bobber that out!

 

[SmokenJoe]

I think you should buy a Bolt and bobber that out!

That would really Flip my Bic! Awesome idea.

 

[Adrenaline Revolution]

I think you should buy a Bolt and bobber that out!

I agree %100 with Miko...
I can't believe I said that.
The bolt would be an excellent starting point.

It's not the bobber "Look" I commented on in the other post you refer to, it's the absolute Jr Hi hackjob the guy did to it.
Anyone with a small set of Korean wrenches, a couple screwdrivers, a pair of vice grips, some tape and a bag of cheap spray paint from autozone could have done better.
Show the salesman this post and tell him to sell it to you for $3800 and do it fast before it scares any more customers off his show room floor.
The way it looks now it is an embarrassment to his dealership.
Find a real seat for it and a cobra exhaust and even half a rear fender, then re-shoot the paint and you might have something there.

That said I'd still go for the Bolt which is (I'll bet) probably what the moron who tortured this Stryker traded this abomination in for.:nod:

 

[mikoloe]

 

[nycste]

Hey everyone thanks for the

1. Comments
2. Suggestions on Cash offer price $3800-4000
3. Yes I love that copper Bolt but you realize thats prob 15k

No updates on the bike or the shop might talk to them on Sunday or just wait till next week. The stryker to me is so much more bobber looking then the BOLT but again its really just preference.

thx

PS...

any guesses what happened to that exhaust on my craigslist add why does it look so bad and weird? and was the frame cut or chopped or are there screws which unhooked the rear fender holder?

 

[WOLFStryke]

Hey everyone thanks for the

1. Comments
2. Suggestions on Cash offer price $3800-4000
3. Yes I love that copper Bolt but you realize thats prob 15k

No updates on the bike or the shop might talk to them on Sunday or just wait till next week. The stryker to me is so much more bobber looking then the BOLT but again its really just preference.

thx

PS...

any guesses what happened to that exhaust on my craigslist add why does it look so bad and weird? and was the frame cut or chopped or are there screws which unhooked the rear fender holder?

You can buy a brand new totally stock 2011 Stryker from a dealer for about $7500 & make it your own. Its only $1500 more, but the NY bike is hideous

 

[nycste]

O guess I never realized howmuch a 2011 stryker price drops that's good to know and ill be the first to admit I'm clueless about all this I just like a certain look! We all have diff taste speaking of which a new bike posted for sale looks nice alittle to comfy looking for me but at least that's all changeable and has all parts check it out let me know your opinions thanks guys!

http://newyork.craigslist.org/stn/mcy/4021776860.html

Ps as a new rider am I better off spending more for a newer bike then an older custom one that's been worked on and sometimes no way of knowing all the real details good or bad?!

 

[Stryker2012]

Yes...definitely. If you have never ridden before it would be best getting a bike that is "normal" so you can learn the basics of riding, and not worry about how to deal with any handling quirks a modified chassis might present. Kearning to ride a bike isn't hard to do...knowing how to properly handle a bike when the feces hits the fan can be the difference between life and death. Why learn on a bike that might not handle properly to begin with...but hey...things always work out one way or the other...but you asked :biggrin1:

 

[SmokenJoe]

Bolt........http://www.starmotorcycles.com/star/products/modelspecs/682/0/specs.aspx

Probably get it for around $6000

 

[loismustdie]

Regardless of anyones opinions about looks. The first bike looks like is barely road legal. Loose wires wrapped in electrical tape going to the turn signals/tag plate? Also looks like the exhaust is made of two welded soup cans. If you like the look, that's your right, but whatever you decide, make sure the thing is safe and road worthy. I would not even come close to describing the first bike as that. Someone else mentioned that it just looks like a salvage title bike. No offense, but that is not what I would want to spend my hard earned money on. Just my opinion. Take it for what it is. Good luck, ride safe