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<blockquote data-quote="Valkrider15" data-source="post: 12437" data-attributes="member: 341">From my experience (2007 TE-510) all the years are solid bikes and all have a few well documented quirks / fixes that are required.&nbsp; Pre-2008 is Carburated so if you like playing with Jetting then look there.&nbsp; I've not ridden a FI bike but from everything I've heard they are great.&nbsp; There have been some reports of problems withe the Fuel Pump but I think that is par for the course and didn't seem to be a high number of bikes affected.The list of &quot;Required&quot; fixes on any of the bikes is fairly small.&nbsp; X-Ring on the Clutch Slave, Metal &quot;Y&quot;pipe for the cooling system, extra heat protection on the airbxx of the 2008, etc.&nbsp; My biggest recommendation would be to get a bike with a Plate.&nbsp; 2007 and newer TEs are all 50 state street legal.&nbsp; There are many 2006 plated TE's as well.&nbsp; Keep your eyes open on CraigsList for a deal.&nbsp; For example, there is currently a 2007 TE-510 with 500 miles on it for sale in Reno for $4200.&nbsp; And I just picked up a 2007 TE-450 with 222 miles for a buddy of mine for the sweet price of $3000.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Valkrider15, post: 12437, member: 341"] From my experience (2007 TE-510) all the years are solid bikes and all have a few well documented quirks / fixes that are required. Pre-2008 is Carburated so if you like playing with Jetting then look there. I've not ridden a FI bike but from everything I've heard they are great. There have been some reports of problems withe the Fuel Pump but I think that is par for the course and didn't seem to be a high number of bikes affected. The list of "Required" fixes on any of the bikes is fairly small. X-Ring on the Clutch Slave, Metal "Y"pipe for the cooling system, extra heat protection on the airbxx of the 2008, etc. My biggest recommendation would be to get a bike with a Plate. 2007 and newer TEs are all 50 state street legal. There are many 2006 plated TE's as well. Keep your eyes open on CraigsList for a deal. For example, there is currently a 2007 TE-510 with 500 miles on it for sale in Reno for $4200. And I just picked up a 2007 TE-450 with 222 miles for a buddy of mine for the sweet price of $3000. [/QUOTE]

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