Signs of clocked mileage - First big bike buying?

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Hi everyone,

New to the forum (and biking world) after passing my DAS couple of weeks ago... looking to buy a decent 600cc sportsbike, and seen a bike for sale from a nearby dealer which is a couple of years old but has just under 1k mileage. Anything I can look out for to see if its genuine, or if its been off the road for major repairs or something for a long time?


Cheers,
J

[iooi]

Thngs like foot pegs, should have some wear, but not a lot, or look brand new.
Tyres, are they the factory fitted ones ?
Generally look at the nuts and bolts do they look like they have been worked on.
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[Finglonga]

Levers should be free from wear and both matching, check engine casings to see if its been dropped.

Important Take someone else with you to look at it as you are looking with buyers eyes and will miss simple things(everyone does). An extra pair of eyes will spot things you may miss.
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[Keir]

and its not really unusual for sports bikes to have stupidly low mileage. alot are just bought and polished not ridden.
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[AngelGrinder]

Seconded with getting an extra person to come with you, even better if they know what they are looking at, like a mechanic or something.

Even if you can try and convince a mechanic to come with you if you offer him some money.

[Chriss]

Won't help here, but the Mrs's old car had MOT certificates with it, that had lower mileage than the car. That's also a give away, check the service book, I'd be highly suspicious if a bike with that low mileage wouldn't have been dealer service. Basically, no service book, maybe more than one service?
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TheShaggyDA: I've got 3 or 4 pairs that predate my wife, so at least 11.5 years old.

[McJamweasel]

Just to back up what Keir said, it is really not uncommon for a 2 year old bike to have only 1000 miles on it.
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[faddius]

Approach or contact some local bikers and get their opinion on the dealership, if they say its a bit dodgey or shadey then take that into consideration, if they say its tip top and pristine, take the plunge and trust them.

[Jamie S]

[Dezeaz]

Picked up a 2002 CBR 600 with only 1700 miles on the clock recently, and the bike was imacculate.

Owner must have only been a sunday rider

[Kal]

A thou over two years is like 10 miles a week - I don't understand it but it happens...
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[Jamie S]

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[athelstan]

Not a lot to do with the thread but years ago I bought an old car and found that the speedo didn't work. I took out the speedo and stuck to the back of it was a tatty label which read "f*cking hell not again".

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[Rhys]

[Jamie S]

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[Rhys]

ooo woopsy...dealer oh yes Jamie...theres me thinking about buying from an individual
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[McJamweasel]

[Noxious89123]

O_o

I've done 800 miles on my bike in about 2~3 months.... And it's a 125cc
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