For all you lurkers out there, I'm going to pour my heart out on here for lack of anything better to do.
So I pull up to this place out in the sticks, I swear I heard the banjos, and there is this dusty 'Kat sitting in a barn. It has a slight bit of surface rust on the exhaust header and the outside of the chain links, and maybe two small scratches the size of a dime on the entire bike. It was dark as hell, but the bike was incredibly clean in spite of the dust. The tires were meh. Six year old stock rubber with 5,500 miles on them. But ride worthy. The bike had the toolkit, though no manual. All the lights worked. The controls were in good working order. About the controls, why the hell does the Katana have rubber mounted clip-ons? That annoys the hell out of me. Anyways, the chain was properly tensioned, with no rust on the inside of the links or rollers. The rear sprocket at least looked great. (No I didn't count the teeth) The brake rotors were not grooved, and the pads still had plenty of meat. We put it up on the center stand so i could wiggle the tires, and the hub bearings seemed fine. I bottomed out the front and rear shocks, no leaking seals. The oil looked very clean in the site glass (recent change). No tears in the seat. Ignition was good. The bike started up with choke engaged. (Cold night). It did not idle smooth, though that may be a few things. It wasn't as bad as I've seen.
$3200 was the offer made and accepted, conditional that I get to come back and ride it before I buy it.
