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Of the two wheeled: 2009 V-Strom 650 ABS

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Old May 5, 2011 | 09:05 AM
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Of the two wheeled: 2009 V-Strom 650 ABS

2009 DL650A, a little under 15,000 miles. This has been a superb bike that I bought for a mixture of commuting and touring. Having changed jobs I'm no longer commuting on it regularly, and vary rarely getting out riding otherwise.

Set up for
I'm 6' 1" and a little under 200lbs, 33" inseam. Fits me great.

The (Not That) Bad
I have dropped it, slowly, on a gravel road at under 3 m.p.h. It had Givi crash bars and side cases (Givi E21s) on at the time. The E21 has a bit of rash (but works fine) and the Givi bar deflected a bit. Both are featured in the pictures below. If you took the Givi case off you'd been hard pressed to tell.

The Good
Well, everything else... I've had no trouble from this bike in nearly 15,000 miles.
  • I did the valve check and adjustment late last summer so that's out of the way, and kept a spreadsheet of before and after tolerances and shim measurements.
  • Chain lubed at no more than 300 mile intervals and tension adjusted as necessary. Measured it per the manual and it looks to have plenty of life left.
  • Needs nothing; farkle "map" below, but includes everything you need to hop on and ride many miles in all weather.
  • Wearing a set of Battle Wings with a few thousand miles on them. Plenty of life left.
  • Plumbed with power and waterproof case for iPhone where you can see it.
  • Clean title in hand, no liens and such.

Price
I'm asking $6,200 picked up, Oakland. You get the stock windshield, seat, battery tender, front sprocket, whatever other bits and bobs I have kicking around the garage (I'll be out of the riding business for now after this).

For test rides usual rules apply: cash in (my) hand, you drop, crash, ding it, then you bought it.







Old May 5, 2011 | 09:37 AM
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Hey I just saw this on BARF

nice bike.
Old May 5, 2011 | 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by mikev
Hey I just saw this on BARF
Yep; just posting it up there and here this morning.

Originally Posted by mikev
nice bike.
Thanks. Feel free to buy it
Old May 5, 2011 | 09:59 AM
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I'm trying to sell my Tuono still!
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