Ex police bike good idea?

[Ste]

They can sell vehicles with no warranty if they want to, there's nothing which says dealers have to give warranties with vehicles they sell.

You're still covered by all your statutory rights.

They might be getting a few in dirt cheap every now and then at prices too good to turn away and just knocking 'em out cheap but without warranty but that doesn't mean zero risk. It's any combination of risky, naive and stupid for car dealers to also be dealing bikes.

Can you go and have a look at the bike and the service history? The dealer not knowing about bikes isn't necessarily a bad thing.

It's weird how bad the photos are and that raises questions.

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[AndrewJDC]

Looks decent enough, just go and have a look and see what you think. Chances are, like has been said they got it cheap on a part exchange to shift a car and now want it off the books.
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[B0ndy]

I've seen some of those bikes on sale with 100k miles, that sort of mileage wouldn't bother me in the slightest providing it had been serviced regularly.
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[BTTD]

Interesting. My mum bought her Outback from there earlier this year. Seemed decent enough (for a car dealership), and had a couple of classic bikes in the showroom on display (not for sale).

[Undinist]

37,000 miles in 5 years seems like very light use for a police bike.Would it have been used as an unmarked traffic bike, cruising Yorkshire's motorways to catch people speeding?

The terrible photos might give you an opportunity, because many people will be discouraged by them and suspect that the bike has suffered from salt damage etc. If it turns out that the bike is nice and shiny and the dealer has shot himself in the foot with his shitty phone camera, you might be on to a winner. So go and have a really good look at it...check the sprockets, forks, behind the panels, the works. Can you get a friendly technician to give you a list of things to look for? Maybe go to the place where you would get it serviced and ask their advice. It's good business for them if you buy the bike and become their happy customer. Go in through the back door and talk to people in the workshop before the sales guy starts giving you his patter.

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[adam277]

Don't have much to add other then I regularly see police cars on the back of recovery trucks with zero damage to them.
This could be for many reasons but I suspect that it is due to poor maintenance as it has no doubt be outsourced to a private firm.

I highly suspect that the people who do the repairs no longer even do preventive maintenance and are just fitters who waits for something to break.

I may be wrong though as I am completely ignorant on the subject.
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[TravisBickle]

Had a butchers today. It looks clean. Some redundant wiring under the seat leading towards the front under the fuel tank but doesn't look like anything that can't be tidied up. Bodywork is sound, no obvious cuts or holes drilled to mount lights or other equipment so yeah most probably a covert/surveillance bike... still has me puzzled though it must have had blues and twos fitted SOMEWHERE but I can't see any obvious evidence of WHERE there were previously. Which I guess is a good thing as they must have been placed in a manor that made no lasting damage to the bike, that I can tell anyway.

Bike went straight to BCA Peterborough from West Yorkshire Police and this trader got it from BCA. Wouldn't let me test drive it but offered a no quibble 14 day returns policy so long as it's returned in same condition. Starts up and revs up sweet, I simulated changing through the gears and met the biting point in each gear with engine running, all seems fine. Fingers crossed!

It's got a taller screen, crash bungs, heated grips and a scottoiler fitted which are all nice extras.

Knocked him down to £3,500 which considering there's two other bikes on there a year older than this one (albeit with less mileage) and priced at £5300 and £6000 I think I've got a good deal...

£500 deposit, pick it up next month, so excited gonna pee my pants but like my pants I bet the weather will be pants and pissing it down :-/

Roll on summer!!!

[Polarbear]

Nice one. I hope it's everything you want it to be.
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