Wanted: anyone know any T7s for sale in the SF Bay Area?

[dirtbird]

any leads/contacts appreciated.

thanks.

[POLISHADAM82]

try Berkeley Yamaha

[cstatman]

call my pal 

Hilary Schaub

 at Gilroy Motorcycle Center....

if anyone can find a T7? its her
 

Home Gilroy Motorcycle Center Gilroy, CA (408) 842-9955

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Home Gilroy Motorcycle Center Gilroy, CA (408) 842-9955

 

 

[POLISHADAM82]

4 minutes ago, cstatman said:

call my pal 

Hilary Schaub

 at Gilroy Motorcycle Center....

if anyone can find a T7? its her
 

Home Gilroy Motorcycle Center Gilroy, CA (408) 842-9955

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Home Gilroy Motorcycle Center Gilroy, CA (408) 842-9955

 

 

I can't wait till they open new store it's going to be freaking hugeeeeeeeeeee

[Frisco]

On 8/3/2021 at 2:14 PM, POLISHADAM82 said:

try Berkeley Yamaha

I really like that dealer. Scott is a great guy to buy a bike from.

I had a deposit down, but was told not to expect new ones till next year. I was lucky and snagged a used one last weekend! 

[AZJW]

@cstatman @POLISHADAM82 Good to know info on these dealers. If you can, a review here would benefit folks like @dirtbird when looking for trustworthy dealers to work with.  Thx.

 

 

 

[dirtbird]

thanks to all for the suggestions. will make some additional calls and see but the story nationwide seems to be, dealers: 8-deep waitlists and no inventory until next year and the ones they get will likely be bought by the waitlisters. private sellers: super-jacked pricing, like 14k+. which i get, sellers market and all but, out of my range.

[dirtbird]

10 hours ago, Frisco said:

I really like that dealer. Scott is a great guy to buy a bike from.

I had a deposit down, but was told not to expect new ones till next year. I was lucky and snagged a used one last weekend! 

curious about mileage, general condition, farkeled-ness and $ range you paid. thanks.

[dirtbird]

17 minutes ago, dirtbird said:

thanks to all for the suggestions. will make some additional calls and see but the story nationwide seems to be, dealers: 8-deep waitlists and no inventory until next year and the ones they get will likely be bought by the waitlisters. private sellers: super-jacked pricing, like 14k+. which i get, sellers market and all but, out of my range.

not trying to piss anyone off on a yamaha forum but, i guess there's always this...

KLR650 Tengai - The rarest of them all! - motorcycles/scooters - by...

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The KLR650 Tengai was a one-year only bike in the United States, 1990, and is the rarest of the KLR variants. I had never even seen one in person until I stumbled across this bike up on a ranch in...

 

[Frisco]

23 minutes ago, dirtbird said:

curious about mileage, general condition, farkeled-ness and $ range you paid. thanks.

The bike has accessory lights and indicators (Cyclops), Touratech lower engine guards, nice proper hand guards, a Camel ADV tail tidy, and a rally seat. Nice mods, really, and stuff I likely would’ve done anyway. My Tenere started life living in a fog shrouded costal town, so there is a shocking (for me, not shocking really) amount of light surface corrosion for a 2021 bike. Spokes were starting to fur up, brake disk carriers had light rust, and light rust on the exhaust guards. It’s cleaning up well though and it gives me some quality time with my new bike. I paid 11.5K and the bike had a bit over 5K miles on it. More than I wanted to spend, but that’s the way it goes when you need such a rare and popular bike! No regrets and I bought it from a stand up guy.

 

I hope you’re able to find one!

Edited August 5, 2021 by Frisco

[Hibobb]

10 minutes ago, dirtbird said:

not trying to piss anyone off on a yamaha forum but

 

@dirtbird It looks kind'a different for a KLR. Alway neat to have a one-off bike. Still, I would want my friends to see me riding it!

[dirtbird]

15 minutes ago, Frisco said:

The bike has accessory lights and indicators (Cyclops), Touratech lower engine guards, nice proper hand guards, a Camel ADV tail tidy, and a rally seat. Nice mods, really, and stuff I likely would’ve done anyway. My Tenere started life living in a fog shrouded costal town, so there is a shocking (for me, not shocking really) amount of light surface corrosion for a 2021 bike. Spokes were starting to fur up, brake disk carriers had light rust, and light rust on the exhaust guards. It’s cleaning up well though and it gives me some quality time with my new bike. I paid 11.5K and the bike had a bit over 5K miles on it. More than I wanted to spend, but that’s the way it goes when you need such a rare and popular bike! No regrets and I bought it from a stand up guy.

 

I hope you’re able to find one!

@Friscothanks for the info. that's a fair bit of $ but as you said, it's just the market. enjoy!

[dirtbird]

16 minutes ago, Hibobb said:

@dirtbird It looks kind'a different for a KLR. Alway neat to have a one-off bike. Still, I would want my friends to see me riding it!

@Hibobb DOH!  it reminds me of the Honda TransAlp

[Hibobb]

44 minutes ago, dirtbird said:

@Hibobb DOH!  it reminds me of the Honda TransAlp

You mean this bike (both in my garage)!

 

 

[dirtbird]

3 hours ago, Hibobb said:

You mean this bike (both in my garage)!

 

 

now you're just rubbing it in...