Redrooster
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Hi all, would you buy a 1150 gs with 50k on the clock but no service history?
Ta
Fair price!
Ta
Fair price!
1150gs no history
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I did,
No problems. Turned out to be a right little gem. And now its cleaned up it looks a minter.
You can get plenty of history from the BMW dealer that initially sold it and also from DVLA MOT history.
Of course the price is always key.
No problems. Turned out to be a right little gem. And now its cleaned up it looks a minter.
You can get plenty of history from the BMW dealer that initially sold it and also from DVLA MOT history.
Of course the price is always key.
Fanum
Toubab
I would too.
Service history means something, but a decent home mechanic will be able to service a Lebbenfiddy BETTER than a dealer will.....for example, Rocker float gaps before doing valve clearances (dealers don't do them to anywhere near the tolerances that a decent home mechanic will), common things like freeing off the OEM overtightened cable ties that cause the loom around the headstock to crumble into copper dust etc etc
Check the fluids...including final drive and brake.....if brake nipples are seized up, they may never have been bled/fluid changed.
Have a read of the Font of all wisdom section and make a list of things to check, then use common sense, and see if therte are any reciepts available (there should have been at least one change of alternator belt for example)
Or, maybe even better, find a local tosser who will come and look at it with you....most can be bribed with a bacon buttie and a mug of tea, and having an impartial person along could provide that small voice of common sense as you start to fall in love with the bike and get all misty eyed
Just stick up a post in your regional section and I bet you'll get a few replies of people willing to come and kick its tyres with you
There's some here that would benefit from a service like that before getting engaged to be married....
Or, maybe even better, find a local tosser who will come and look at it with you....most can be bribed with a bacon buttie and a mug of tea, and having an impartial person along could provide that small voice of common sense as you start to fall in love with the bike and get all misty eyed
Though, watch out if they try for a test ride "on your behalf".
ChrisH Kerry
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I did - or rather swapped for my Versys. Happy enough with it - only had 40K Kms on clock and in fairly good shape for Irish bike.
Myke Rocks
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Doesn't interest me.
When I buy, all I am interested in is price v condition.
As far as I am concerned, the service history is woth the full of your arse of boiled snow.
If it goes well, what benefit does a service history bring?
If it goes badly, don't buy it. If you have bought it with a service history, it it going to fix any future fault? No!
Engines and gearboxes generally go on for ever nowadays, and there are very few things that a service history will prevent.
Myke
When I buy, all I am interested in is price v condition.
As far as I am concerned, the service history is woth the full of your arse of boiled snow.
If it goes well, what benefit does a service history bring?
If it goes badly, don't buy it. If you have bought it with a service history, it it going to fix any future fault? No!
Engines and gearboxes generally go on for ever nowadays, and there are very few things that a service history will prevent.
Myke
I drive a company car with a full service history, serviced on the dot at huge expense, it rarely doesn't have an issue or two with it.
Service history means nothing imho. The last bike I bought with a service history needed loads of work doing to it. They ripped the guy off for a load of new parts (brake calipers all round, on a 27,000 mile bike???) and it surged like an absolute bastard. I got the bike really cheap and new what I was getting into when I bought it.
My 1150GS I bought with 44k on the clock and rode like a diamond, home mechanic serviced.
If it looks right, is priced right and rides well, then it'll be fine.
Service history means nothing imho. The last bike I bought with a service history needed loads of work doing to it. They ripped the guy off for a load of new parts (brake calipers all round, on a 27,000 mile bike???) and it surged like an absolute bastard. I got the bike really cheap and new what I was getting into when I bought it.
My 1150GS I bought with 44k on the clock and rode like a diamond, home mechanic serviced.
If it looks right, is priced right and rides well, then it'll be fine.
Seems like the key. Is getting a good ride of the bike prior to riding. It will tell you the most about what your getting into.
Look for oil leaks and does it tick over ok. Then jump on it and see if it accelerates right, the gears change right, the steering and suspension is okay and it doesn't smoke. All down to external condition and the price then.
Look for oil leaks and does it tick over ok. Then jump on it and see if it accelerates right, the gears change right, the steering and suspension is okay and it doesn't smoke. All down to external condition and the price then.
rudiemoto
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That was your rt1150 which I bought and sorted and my mate is still riding it with 145k plus ....
And the last bike u bought was my 1150
The overwhelming majority of ‘bikes that I have bought (literally more than I could ever remember) have come without service history, and I’ve only owned one seriously crap ‘bike....Kawasaki KLR 650 take a bow....
As has been said, condition v price every time.....
As has been said, condition v price every time.....
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