$5,999 New '10 YZ450F Haha

[Cable Stretcher]

Snow, that is exactly what I was saying.  I have enough money in an 02 that I could have bought a show room  hold-over brand new bike.  I have heard of and seen friends of mine go 100+ hours and 2-3 years without replacing "anything" on their bikes.

[Micahdogg]

I bought this 1997 RM250 back in 2000.  I got a great deal on it, but I put enough money in it to be able to buy a new bike.  In 2004 I sold it for $1600, which is all I could get at the time. 

It got replaced with this 2001 RM 250 which I was starting to get quite a bit of money invested in.  After riding a friends 2005 YZ250 last year and feeling how tractible that motor was, it really made me want more from my bike.  I was contemplating a full motor rebuild geared toward more low end - and basically just throwing a few grand at the bike.  That is when I remembered the outcome of my 1997 RM and decided I could probably just bite the bullet on a new one.

[factoryX]

Here is what people need understand. Once you buy something, its value is cut by 50%, and your never going to see that money again. This is the problem with making payments of a period of 3-4 years. As for people saying that with the money they spent to repair an older bike they could have bought a newer one, problem, you will end up buying parts for new bike as well.

[snowboarderro]

not all really factory

i head a deal on a brand new kx 2007 for 2500 euros with lots of spare parts

but i didn't had at that moment the money .....

also a second hand ktm 520 from 2000 it's at 300 euro on the market

and at the ktm dealers it's 5000 brand new

it depends from area to area

[miedosoracing]

EXACTLY!  Show me any track any day, a rider who hasn't spent a wad on aftermarket parts for his 250F or 450F...  Here's where I love to compare, 2 strokes are cheaper to put parts on as well.  I have my 2006 CR125.  I have put in a new crank, CR250 Forks, new piston, new wheels and tires and countless other things on it.  It is better than new and have less than $2000 in it total.  I will be putting about $600 or so in it soon though for a 144 kit.  But either way, I'll compare anyone's bike against mine. Even a brand new one.  CR500AF, same thing. $2,000 in it.  Now of course, most people can't do the 500 thingy. But the 125, most can rebuild a 2 stroke motor.  I bought it for $1,000 and then put on the parts.  Someone didn't think they needed an aircleaner...  
Also, I'd like to point out that many of the new 4 stroke buyers have loans out on them, so the cost is even higher than they say.

[Micahdogg]

As for people saying that with the money they spent to repair an older bike they could have bought a newer one, problem, you will end up buying parts for new bike as well.

Not if it's a KTM   I've got the billet hubs, excel rims, filter, pipe/silencer, v-force, etc...  The only thing I'm buying is what I would need for any bike - tall bars + tall seat.

[snowboarderro]

i have a loan on my klx 450 and it sucks,

but i made the decision when i had no money to buy nothing,and i need i bike with license plate

and the ktm it's not an option for me

[factoryX]

In oregon yes, and I can back my statement with me having owned a 85 atc250r, and it was just as expensive to repair as a 2008 trx450r. The prices differ from state to state and you have to be simply in the right place and time for the best deal. 2500 euro = $3302.50 usd which is still cheap, but for a used bike from 1996-2002 the price shouldn't be over $1500 in comparison of what new bikes cost today, rofl.
http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/mcy/2099863110.html  

[Sheriff]

As for people saying that with the money they spent to repair an older bike they could have bought a newer one, problem, you will end up buying parts for new bike as well.

Not if it's a KTM   I've got the billet hubs, excel rims, filter, pipe/silencer, v-force, etc...  The only thing I'm buying is what I would need for any bike - tall bars + tall seat.

I have a YZ that also came with hubs, rims, air filter, pipe/silencer, reed valve. Just because your hubs are billet doesn't mean you won't have to maintain the bike... The only maintenance advantage a KTM has is the lack of linkage bearings.