Guys (and gals), the real question is very simple;

Should I buy this bike http://www.bikedirectbristol.co.uk/stock/608035/608035.html
with this known damage http://www.nsr250.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1213
for what is going to amount to well over £5k (my pretty much mint NC35 which has got to be worth £3.5k at least and around £1700 cash ) of my money

I have emailed them about it, pointing out it is over full retail price for the bike etc to no avail they just say it's very rare (there were only 1500 ever?) and there is not much margin in it for them anyway so they may come down a bit but not enough to make you think it's a bargain.

TBF I've wanted a '28 since I first saw one and this is probably the prettiest one I've ever seen and this post is probably just me trying to talk myself into what I know in my head is financially a bad deal.
Then again was buying a 2/ motorbike ever a financially sound move?
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