Excellent price for bike of this age and mileage at 1800 quid- but (and theres always a but…)
Nurburgring sticker. :ermm:
After market steering damper. :ermm:
De-stickered fairing/rear panels. :ermm:
Also, the front tyre! 
Depends…do you want a bike that’s been ridden and used as designed, or one that’s been babied?
I’d like one that’s been babied so that there is enough left of it to let me use it as designed! 
what is your budget NJ?
Hi Waxy, my budget is 2.5k although I’d be prepared to go to 3k for something special (very low mileage, mint etc).
I am looking for a trader as I need to part-ex the kwak.
How much would you want realistically for the Kwak? As this obviously adds to the “price” of the bike you can get…
So if you could get £1k for your Kwak, you could look at bikes priced up to £4k…which should get you a pretty tidy example.
My cost to change was £3k with my Blandit for px and this got me a mint 06 bike on an 07 plate with 4,000 miles!
I’d probably get 800 quid for the kwak as it’s nowhere near mint - ideally I would like to spend under 2 grand after px taken into consideration.
There is a lot of variability in the market at this level - bikes with thrity k+ on the clock are pitched in at similar prices to rarer 14k bargains.
It’s just a question of holding on for one of these lower mileage bargains to appear - they do pop up every now and again.
Like property, prices seem a bit keener up north than the south east - although I can’t be arsed to ride up to Bradford to look at a bike . . .
Dunno… There are no decals on my daytona, I sprayed the fairings myself, it has done 40k, I know it’s top speed, it is fitted with crash bungs, it has a custom map, I am frequently the twit that screams past you like the worlds fastest indian, and I always try to get my money’s worth out of the tyres…
That said, if I didn’t already own it I’d buy my bike like a shot. I have got on top of a lot of the usual Triumph issues, fitted it with mosfet reg and upgraded the harness, did the valve clearances myself to a tolerance of 0.01mm, replaced the throttle body assembly complete with new sensors, put new headstock bearings in, replaced the stator, changed the oil religiously and far more often than necessary, put iridium plugs in, replaced coils from a low mileage model, rebuilt forks, hand polished top-yoke, flushed and changed the coolant far more often than necessary, recently stripped and cleaned all the components of the brakes, I could carry on…:hehe:
I think you could tell a lot more about the bike from listening to it.
As long as chassis and components are good, go for it.
Check fork seals for weeping.
Start engine and check for excessive cam chain noise.
Ride the bike and try to accelerate hard in 1st and 2nd gears to check for clutch slip or if the transmission jumps out of gear.
Bring a multimeter and check the power output of the bike running to checking the charging system (I can send you a troubleshooting flow chart if you need it for this). Regulator rectifier seems to be a Honda weak point. You can also check if the unit gets very hot when running for a while.
Look at life of pads by standing at reverse of forks and calipers.
Lift front up and check for play in steering by trying to rock forward and back.
Do same for rear checking for side to side play.
Likely other things to look at (check all over for crash damage and get a HPI check).
After all that, it seems sound? Go for it as these bikes are some of the best built and go on and on even with racing abuse.
Even abused it will probably be better condition than your Kwack (and my Suzi to be fair )
there’s no original decals on mine either, and its not been down the road btw
just the previous owner thought it could look better without so he took them off.
and its got nurburgring stickers…
Thanks for the opinions guys (and the detailed stuff Afro ) - yep - I know you shouldn’t judge a book by it’s cover etc - and yes - a proper mechanical inspection should be the decider - but let’s face it - THIS THING HAS PROBABLY BEEN RAGGED WITHIN AN INCH OF IT’S LIFE . . .
Look at the bike for what it is on the day, don’t get too hung up on mileage, 7½-10k pa should be fine …
Second hand sports bikes with how many previous owners? The odds are that at least one of them has abused it in one way or another.
Yep - good advice - thanks. 
DUNNO ABOUT THAT !!! 
Good point Immortal.
So going off subject, who is the "worlds fastest Indian"right now?
Back on subject. I like to buy decent mileage machines with a genuine full service history rather than low mileage jobs.
NinjaJunkie Unless you want a real pain in the rump job of selling your existing bike privately, find your new bike in a dealers that will do PX. Dealing with the sh*t heads that come to “buy” sub £1K bikes is an experience to be avoided.
go & have a look at it, he may let you have a sit on his NR750 while you’re there
Yep - totally don’t want that experience.
I doubt it - my budget would only get me a replacement mirror off an NR750…
if it helps, I wouldn’t buy it
Yeah - it ticks all the wrong boxes and sets off several alarm bells (to get really clichéd about it…)