Originally Posted by ShannonM

Assuming that you're looking at an early 90s steel frame and fork 750, in rideable shape and with no damage, 200 bucks is quite fair. If it's aluminum, with a suspension fork, don't bother, the old steel ones are the only good ones.

If that's the bike, what you're looking at is one of the best production loaded touring framesets ever made. There's nothing that you'd put on a 2023 touring bike that won't fit the 750, and, really, the only thing you'd need to change before setting off across the country might be the flat bars if you don't like them.

Drop bars, new brake and shift levers, new tires, cables, housings and chain... If you do the work yourself and shop carefully, you're looking at around 300 bucks, maybe a bit less in parts, plus 200 for the bike as-is.

You'd be hard-pressed to buy a new touring bike of anything like the same quality for much less than 2 grand.

--Shannon