Buying a bike with a swapped out speedo

[ScaredyCat]

So,

I'm looking at getting a bike and find one that looks like it'd fit the bill. The thing is it has a

"Replacement used speedometer"

I'm not entirely sure if that means they swapped out the speedo for an old one that has more miles on it or not. They do go on to say:

"documented by dealer with invoice to prove current mileage."

Should I just stay away from it?


Andy/ScaredyCat
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Honda CBF125 ↳ Speed Triple

[Alpha-9]

Really are a ScaredyCat aren't you

It seems legit, just shows that the bikes had a crash at some point, you might want to ask about anything else that was damaged. I had to change my clocks and that's because when I crashed it bent the frame, the forks, and smashed the clocks up

depends if it's cheap enough to justify buying a crashed bike
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Fzr-600 1999

[Beez]

[blurredman]

I remember back when I broke my CG speedo, I purchased a new one, and used that one for a while, including going through an MOT. So, from my previous MOT I had acheived some 25k on a 125...LOL!

However, I did note down the numbers before and after any changes and managed to calculate what I would have if I put it back, so my bike is all legit, even if looking through the old MOT there is a discrepency. Namely in the fact that one mot shows 22k, the next shows 48k then the 3rd shows 27k xD
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Current: 1973 MZ ES250/2 - 18k, 1979 Suzuki TS185ER - 10k, 1981 Honda CX500B - 91k, 1987 MZ ETZ250 (295cc) - 40k, 1989 MZ ETZ251 - 51k.

[Rogerborg]

On a bike, wouldn't bother me. Assume it's the highest of any candidate figure though, unless there's compelling evidence to the contrary. If dealer told me that a bike came with two wheels, I'd count them carefully.
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[The Shaggy D.A.]

I wouldn't shy away from it, but I'd want to see MOTs backing up mileage claims. I sold my CB500 with a speedo that read 32,000 miles more than the bike had done, but I had a picture of me doing the swap, plus MOTs for the previous 6 years. If you can see an owner's done 4k, 4k, 4k, 36k, 4k, 4k, then unless they went around the world for their holiday on it it's quite likely it's genuine
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[J.M.]

I don't get why people never set the mileage on new clocks to match that of their old clocks?

Surely all it takes is using a drill to act as the speedometer cable and add miles on to the clocks. Then they reset to 0, then you increase the mileage until it matches your original clocks mileage?

I've done more miles than my bike says! The speedometer cable managed to fall out about 20 miles from home
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[blurredman]

[ScaredyCat]

[Alpha-9]

£1300 will get you a clean YBR

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/Motorcycles-Scooters-/422/i.html?_nkw=ybr+125
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/YAMAHA-YBR125-LEARNER-LEGAL-2008-FUEL-INJECTED-57-REG-JUST-1970-MILES-/290727373427?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item43b0b3aa73#ht_500wt_1156

Simples
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Fzr-600 1999

[J.M.]

It doesn't have to have been crashed. The clocks on the bike may simply have stopped working so the biker brought a second hand set of clocks to replace them.

It's always a thought to actually ask the owner why the clocks have been changed?

Also, buying a crashed bike isn't something I would really worry about. So long as any repairs are done to a good and safe standard, there's not a lot to worry about.

I crashed my bike in to a van at speed. Repaired it myself and I have absolutely no worries about safety when riding it; proven by the fact I will happy take people that I care about on the back of the bike. I'll be keeping this bike about another year and a half more. Maybe even more than that, I don't know. It still needs cosmetically refining but that doesn't bother me so much. I may save up to get the frame re painted etc, we'll see.
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2004 R1 & 2018 XSR900