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1998 FE501E, SHOULD I BUY IT

Joined Nov 2007
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g'day everyone ive posted a pic of the bike i was looking at getting, its a 98' husaberg fe501e, it has 4000k's on it, always serviced, the asking price is $3400 australian dollars... What do use thiink
 

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I don't know what the conversion rate is from Auz dollars to USD, but, I think your money would be better spent on an 04 or newer bike.

While this 98 looks to be in fine condition, I notice that it has the conventional 50mm WP extreme forks, which, when tuned properly are probably one of, if not the best conventional forks ever made. However, it is my understanding that they no longer produce parts for them. I am however, relatively sure that you could find parts for the rest of the bike.

However, this was the towards the end of development for that series of motors and they were pretty darn good. By this time they had an oil pump to help with lubrication, and had made improvements to the clutch pressure plate to greatly improve dis-engagement. I am not sure but I think this year had the domino control for the clutch which had the on the fly adjustment which I had retrofitted to my 94 and it worked great.

Just be aware that this series of motors consumes oil, it's just their nature. So you will need to keep an eye on the oil level. In a typical desert race for me, which is about 80 miles, my 94 would consume about 20%-30% of its oil. It was a great bike though, and it ripped!

Just my two cents.
 
i think that comes to about 3000 USD OR SO.I know new bikes are alot more in AUS than in the US,like almost double .i know nothing about yourAUSused dirtbike market but that bike looks to be in nice shape not one that is flogged and may be alot of fun to own.4000 km is like 2500 miles,not too bad.JOEUSA has like 10000 miles on his 2000 berg.if you get it i would take the clutch cover off and the rocker off to have a good inspection of things.i say get it and enjoy!dan
 
I don't think you can get too tied up with prices in other countries & conversion rates for whole bikes. They are rarely ever worth shipping across the world so their value really gets set by the local market.

I paid AU$3750 for my '98 FE600E about four years ago but it was rougher than the one in your pics. I got it cause I thought it was a bargain but the bloke from Canberra I bought it from seemed happy. Nothing else at the time was much under $4500.

From what I've seen around it is probably worth haggling on to see what the real price might be. I doubt you'd get any Japanese bike that will go or handle as well for under $6k in similar condition.
 

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