too many miles on this SRX?

[A100man]

Hi Folks

At the risk of queering my own pitch I present this SRX 400 that caught my eye.
I fancy a cheap lightweight single of this genre to spanner/ride. BUT this has gone around teh clock (albeit in kms - so about 65k miles) too many for this motor or OK assuming regular oil changes?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204758691383?
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[blurredman]

Interesting. The MOT history is so clean it has never even had an advisory since 2006
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[A100man]

[Easy-X]

Seems a little pricy considering 750 is the starting price
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[blurredman]

[stinkwheel]

Mileage, well, at that sort of mileage you're always taking a bit of a risk. I'd say it's down to how the bike runs.

With an SRX, I think the main issues would be corrosion and electrical gremlins. Any I've seen have been real rust buckets and they were famous for the wiring going prematurely furry. That one looks like no exception. I think you'd really need to look at it and see how deep the rot goes. Are we talking cosmetics in need of a lick of paint or can you poke holes in the swingarm with a biro pen?

If it's gone round the clock, you'd also want to tally up to yourself how many other bits are rotted/worn/fucked. They could have been keeping up with ongoing maintainance or it might need a total strip and rebuild. By the time you've paid for brake rebuild kits, discs, hoses, chain and sprocket, cables, suspension bushes, forks/shocks and bearings, the cost can have more than doubled.

The engine is probably the least concering part. It's a single so if it's worn out, you need to replace one set of everything.
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[temeluchus]

It has the whacky and now getting to unobtanium for bit dual cv/slide carb setup, that id rather never have to look at again having repaired a mates SRX400.
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[A100man]

[struan80]

I just plain don't like it

[A100man]

[struan80]

[stinkwheel]

[A100man]

[A100man]

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[struan80]

Still no bids on it. Auction ending pretty soon