2007 Honda Rincon 680

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Hello. Up for sale is a 2007 Honda Rincon 680 in near-perfect condition. It is fuel-injected and has independent rear suspension. It has ITP Mud-lite tires that show very little wear. It has 834 miles on it and the only imperfections I can find are minor scuff marks. This machine was super-clean when we found it and was always stored inside. The owner worked for the USPS. The machine should give you many years and miles of faithful service. New, this machine would have cost over $8000 and a new '12 model is much more than that. There are dealers listing new Rincons on ebay for less than $8000 but if you read the fine print you still have to pay taxes (or a dealer fee) and have it shipped (or pick it up well out of our region). If you want to contact me directly my email is ichthys@gtmc.net. You will see my 11 year-old son in one of the pictures. If you read my explanation below you better understand what we are about. This machine is the first one we've sold in which I'm partnering with him on the deal. It is my hope that he will learn how to do this and take it over for me. He has helped detail the machine and is helping to list it. Payment: Please understand, I am not trying to make payment a deal breaking issue. With as many times as I’ve done this I simply have the perspective that the cleanest way to do these deals is to transfer the ATV with title for cash. You get what you want at the same time I get what I want. If I let the ATV leave and am only holding a piece of paper (yes, cashier’s checks can even be faked these days) and you have the ATV and title (or even if you don’t have the title since these machines aren’t licensed you don’t really need one) I’m going to be out if that piece of paper is worthless. I am satisfied to let a buyer walk away if they are not willing to ensure that I have the funds prior to transferring the ATV. Options for payment: 1.) Cash (most preferred) 2.) Wire transfer to my bank 3.) Personal or Cashier’s check or bank draft (must clear prior to ATV pickup) Our story: We live in Nebraska and farm raising crops and cattle. We use ATVs extensively on the farm to get our work done. I am always on the lookout for excellent used ATVs to put to work here. I have been blessed through experience (that thing that costs you money to get) how to sort through the machines that are worth buying and the ones that need to be left alone. We prefer to buy like-new used machines because someone else is then paying for the depreciation. I have not been able to find these kinds of machines in our area at a reasonable cost. It seems that around here the ATVs have either several thousand miles or people want close to what they paid for them new, neither of which I’m interested in. My parents retired from farming and moved to Denton, TX, just north of the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex. We quickly learned that God has materially blessed that area of the country a great deal. There are a lot of people with a lot of nice things! One item in particular that a lot of people purchase is an ATV. Many of these machines get used very little then people either decide they want a different toy or that they need money or storage space and decide to sell them, at a steep depreciation cost. That’s where I come in. Since we use ATVs so much and have so many of them (currently 6 in the fleet) we are always searching for the next workhorse. Since my mom and dad live in an area that is a target rich environment we are able to find machines in North Texas and bring them to Nebraska to work. We put over 5000 miles/year combined on our ATVs so we will always need a next one. I decided that before putting an ATV into service we would try to sell it for a profit, to help pay for the next one we end up using. If we can break even buying and selling ATVs while getting the use out of them we need we will be way ahead. If a machine doesn’t sell we will re-list it or put it to work. In the spring of ’08 we sold 18 machines this way. The main advantage to our buyers who live in the region is that they can get an excellent machine that has depreciated significantly without driving hundreds of miles to pick it up. There are some good ATV deals on ebay but you either have to drive hundreds of miles to pick them up or pay hundreds of dollars to have them shipped. This machine can be picked up at my place in south-central Nebraska. I do the best I can to list these machines as accurately as possible knowing I would want the same as a buyer. I am so confident you will be pleased with this machine that I am willing to guarantee it. Here is my guarantee: If you come to pick up the machine and it is not as described or if you have some other problem with it at the time of transfer we don’t do the deal. I only ask that you be a serious buyer. You can buy with confidence knowing that if an ATV isn’t going to work for you then it is going to work for me and I don’t have the time to mess around with unreliable machines. I have to be very careful buying machines because I know they might be around for quite awhile. My take on ATVs: ATVs are fun, potentially dangerous, expensive, and absolutely crucial for us to get our farm work done efficiently. They get to places pick-ups just can’t, either because of terrain, mud, space or whatever. Because ATVs are fun people other than farmers and hunters own them for recreation. Because they can cause harm (I have children) it is important that you don’t let little kids on big machines by themselves (a 5 year old neighbor child was killed because of this). Because they are expensive, yet needed in our situation, I try to find excellent used machines that have depreciated significantly. In my opinion, a machine with less than 1000 miles is likely going to be in near-new condition. It would be possible for someone to ruin a machine in that amount of time (rocks, jumping, high-water, etc.) but most machines that have been through that kind of abuse have had significant modifications done to them (snorkeling, lift kits, huge mudder tires, etc.). I look for machines that are primarily stock with the exception of someone who has added nicer tires and rims, a winch, etc. You can tell a LOT about a machine by simply looking at it; clean? damage? faded? how does it perform on a test drive? As with about anything that is mechanical, how it is being used (and maintained) determines how long it will last. Depending upon how an ATV is driven and cared for I would correlate each 1000 ATV miles to 10,000 to 25,000 car miles. So, I would say an ATV with 5000 miles might be similar to a vehicle with 50,000 to 125,000 miles. I think most vehicles are pretty much worn out at the 250,000 mile mark (repairs cost more than buying something different) so if an ATV gets to over 10,000 miles it is getting pretty high mileage. The most miles I’ve ever put on an ATV before selling it was a little over 14,000 (and it still ran great). I bought it new and am very meticulous about care and maintenance. Once miles or usage start piling up on any kind of machine the maintenance costs are going to go up. If you’re going to use an ATV extensively, I’d say over 2,000 miles/year, I would not buy a high mileage machine. If you’re only going to put less than 200 miles on per year you could easily get by with a well-cared-for high mileage machine. I, personally, am very unlikely to buy a machine that has over 2000 miles to put to work on our farm because we use them so much. If a high-mileage ATV appears to be super-clean and a remarkable deal I would consider buying it. Who makes the best ATV? I won’t even attempt to answer that question but would suggest the following perspective: I think the top companies; Arctic Cat, Yamaha, Honda, Polaris, Can-am, Suzuki and Kawasaki all have the potential to make good machines. Each company could produce a bad apple (perhaps an assembly line worker was having a bad day). I’ve ridden all of the above-mentioned machines except Suzuki and am confident that any of them could help us get our work done on the farm. The constant variables that make a good machine are low miles and excellent care and maintenance. Again, these are my opinions and I don’t mean to offend anyone who feels differently about their own personal machine. I appreciate your interest and if you have any questions please ask and I will answer as soon as is convenient. Here is some of the feedback we received in ’08 when we sold several machines: Great Communications. ATV as Described. Rate this a Definite A+++++! Great transaction...friendly, cooperative seller....love the 4wheeler...thanks! Great seller, went out of his way to make transaction happen. Exactly as dscribd as advertised pleasure to meet and do business with Grreat Seller, nice rig Very nice person, wonderful to deal with and talk to, excellent transaction!!!!! Great quad for the money!! Smooth transaction! A+++++ Thanks Lanny!! grat quad ,looks like new, very pleased with ease of transaction with no pressur ATV was better than described!! Doesn't get any better!!