USMC Military KLR650 (another surplus auction)

[Strizzo]

re: west texas - most of it north of midland, you're probably correct but if you haven't been down into big bend or the guadalupes and points west, you're missing out.

 

[Czechsix]

I will bet that it's going to go over $2500. Military bikes bring lots of money..even really hammered ones. I've seen beat KLR250's go for over three grand......

 

[VeggieRam]

How can you tell? The RPM range is the same, and form what I googled not all of the JP8 versions had the diesel sticker on the side.

2000 model year and carb on the engine give it away.

 

[BrettinSanAntonio]

I understand. I've been told west texas is "God's country" to which I responded, "he can have it." There are few landscapes I have seen that are more uninteresting than the flats of west texas. IMHO.

You need to drive farther south of I-10. The Big Bend and Davis Mountains region is what people refer to as "God's country".

 

[BrettinSanAntonio]

I've nothing against Texas, but I do love a good quotation. To wit:

Civil War general Phil Sheridan is famously credited with saying, in 1866 . . .

"If I owned Texas and Hell, I would rent Texas and live in Hell.”

Damn Yankee.

 

[BrettinSanAntonio]

This place is literally 25 minutes from my house. I think I'll have to bid on this bad boy.

I've got an old '79 Honda CT90 Dual Sport I'm rebuilding for hunting and cruising around. I really don't know anything about these larger bikes.

Any opinions or thoughts on them?

 

[Scenic WonderRunner]

Can I get that with a Machine Gun Mount and Rocket Launchers?


I want one!:costumed-smiley-007


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[TJ Willy]

My concern is how long it has been crated without having been ran. No miles on an older bike can be as bad as high miles. Don't ask me how I know!

It would be a unique bike to have but KLR's in the market are priced very attractively and many with a lot of aftermarket farkles on them. I saw a new 08 KLR for 3200 sell the other day. That would have been the way to go. And it was farkled up as well.

 

[crusader]

The way this auction is looking, somebody is going to buy this for MORE than the Government paid for it and for more than you can buy a BRAND NEW one from the dealer...

 

[Czechsix]

The way this auction is looking, somebody is going to buy this for MORE than the Government paid for it and for more than you can buy a BRAND NEW one from the dealer...

Hehe. Told you guys that - I speak from experience in these things. What's the current bid?

 

[jcbrandon]

High bid is $6,090 with 21 hours left in the auction. The government paid $6,518 originally.

 

[spencyg]

And the bike is only worth about a third of that if it wasn't painted olive drab....

Some people will buy the darndest things.

Spence

 

[Czechsix]

High bid is $6,090 with 21 hours left in the auction. The government paid $6,518 originally.

It's that high end CARC paint, dontcha know?

Good old GL strikes again - and hopefully the winning bidder actually looked at the lot, and didn't believe the photos.

 

[TJ Willy]

It's that high end CARC paint, dontcha know?

Good old GL strikes again - and hopefully the winning bidder actually looked at the lot, and didn't believe the photos.

I was watching this and quit at 3k. Mil-Spec means twice the price don't ya know? As a military contractor, I know it means the government pays twice as much any way.

I figured they paid more than the stated price price of $6nnn.