# Thinking about buying a motard... **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [May 14, 2009, 7:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thinking-about-buying-a-motard/244156 "2009-05-14T19:51:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 22
**Author:** ![JiM\_P\_2001](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jim_p_2001/32/6364_2.png) [@JiM\_P\_2001](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JiM_P_2001)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 4:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thinking-about-buying-a-motard/244156/22 "2009-05-15T04:54:13Z")
> [@Gun Control](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/gun-control/18174/18): > > I take it you own one and know how they are to work on? > > It’s wicked easy to work on them. If you can turn a god damn wrench you can work on the bike. If you can’t do the maintenance then you shouldn’t be buying a motard to begin with. > > Give me 6 grand and you can have my bike. Seriously. :excited > > If you know how to ride do not get a DRZ 400. Sooo slow and bulky. Fuck those bikes, they are fake motards. > > I also wouldn’t buy a new one unless you want to get raped on sales tax. Also the 08’s have a lot of problems with the fuel injection units (first year for FI on them), so i’d stay away from that year. I guess for 09 they fixed it though… I take it yours is carbbed? --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/thinking-about-buying-a-motard/244156)._