R1 Advice needed please

[flyer]

Hi, Im thinking of buying a S plate, RI. Its mint but has 22,000 miles on the clock, is this a bit much for a performance bike????

Any advice would be appreciated. ta.

[G]

It can be fine, obviously make sure the price reflects the mileage and give it a good looking over as with any bike.

[flyer]

Thanks for that. I know the bike and majority of its history, just wondering if thats a lot of mikles for a bike thats been used the way it should?

[MarJay]

[firefox]

[flyer]

I know its been asked a million times, sorry, just want to check these things before I splash the cash.

[akaDAVE]

That would be a high mileage for your average performance bike....but this isn't any average bike we're talking about is it.
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[Keir]

you do know a 98 R1 can go around the word in 2.8 seconds dont you?
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[DynaMight]

Mates got a 99 R1 with 27,000miles, still runs perfectly fine. I think the valves only need checking every 24k miles....so haggle with that in mind. As long as it's been serviced it'll be fine.
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[Stridz]

go for it!!
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[Stridz]

go for it!!
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[Stridz]

go for it!!
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[CoronaBoner]

[geordiecbrblo...]

Give it a good ragging as 2nd gear can go on the early R1s - look for a 'sloppy' change and dropping out of gear on hard acceleration / deceleration

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[Villers]

I rode one of the 'legendary' ( ) 98 R1's last week. Im looking after it for a mate. Its a marlboro special edition or something.

It has 27k on the clock, and one of the biggest things I noticed was that the gearbox feeled very crunchy at the bottom end and sloppy at the top. It also has probs with the rev counter too.

I wasn't very impressed with the finish but it did seem in fairly good nick for a 9 year old bike. Plus its the first bike to make me swear out loud whilst riding it. Brutal acceleration!!
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[Darkside]

hmm i've owned one, be careful of leaky fork seals, and this may be because im a pussy but i'd fit a steering damper! Have you ridden it yet?
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[Timmeh]

[ram_doom]

The '98 R1 can also, only string one sentence together.

And, that is;

SUFFER THE LITTLE CHILDREN

To be fair, a litre bike should be ok with double that mileage if looked after, from what I've observed on ebay and bike trader
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[skida]

22000 miles on a litre bike should be nothing, however, it really depends on who has been riding it. Does the owner like to brag about his exploits on the road and on track days? Are the headstock bearings cattletrucked due to excessive wheelying? Has the gearbox been bollixed with endless clutchless changes? Are the front callipers knackered because it's a Yamaha and the owner took it out once when the roads were salty?