Dealerships such as Sumoto buy run down bikes or possibly even wrecked bikes from overseas and bring them in, as has been described earlier in this thread. They then spend a bit of money with a quick coat of paint, or the Tyga kit, and sell them for stupid amounts of money, all to bring in first riders who are usually the younger blokes in, because they look great!

Whats under the fairings, who knows, how straight is the chassis? who knows...

Man my advice to oyu is if you are willing to spend more to have security, go and look at the new Honda CBR125's or the Kwaka Ninja 250's... they would be going for that figure ballpark second hand... they look reat, are a newer machine, and will maintain their resale now much much better than te CBR's.

Manufacturers are selling new bikes to suit this market, the CBR will be a thing of the past in 5 years...