SJ14 WWT - Blue 2014 GS Adventure LC TE

[Matty589]

Great and all but I still wouldn't want to pay £11K for it given <1000 miles 'til any extended warranty on the suspension vanishes, and the factory warranty expires in 6 months.

 

[stephen.stallebrass]

Great and all but I still wouldn't want to pay £11K for it given <1000 miles 'til any extended warranty on the suspension vanishes, and the factory warranty expires in 6 months.

True, and the warranty on the suspension only lasts to 30k miles I'm told...

 

[Deleted account 251212001]

True, and the warranty on the suspension only lasts to 30k miles I'm told...

What sales spiel did they give you on the bike Stephen?

 

[stephen.stallebrass]

What sales spiel did they give you on the bike Stephen?

None yet... we didn't get much past the pre-amble about what constitutes "very high mileage" before I got sick of his bullshit and the phone went dead... I didn't bother to call him back!

Apparently my GTR1400's modest 36k miles over 5 years is very high mileage... yet he failed to comprehend the irony that this GSA has 30k done over 18 months: notwithstanding that they both have never missed a service and that these big bore bikes can-should-do easily put 100k+ miles on the clock without any major issues. He then said the mods and accessories on the bike didn't add any value, so when I suggested he honour the part-ex offer of £6500 without them he quickly back-pedalled... so they're apparently worth something to him.

We didn't exactly hit it off... I can handle firm negotiation, if he didn't want to budge on his offer that's fine, but what I can't stand is a bullshitter! I put it down to a bad day and calling just as he was about to leave and so I was going to give him a few days to stew then call him back but I've since found one elsewhere that I'm looking into instead, which is a better deal.

 

[Deleted account 251212001]

None yet... we didn't get much past the pre-amble about what constitutes "very high mileage" before I got sick of his bullshit and the phone went dead... I didn't bother to call him back!

Apparently my GTR1400's modest 36k miles over 5 years is very high mileage... yet he failed to comprehend the irony that this GSA has 30k done over 18 months: notwithstanding that they both have never missed a service and that these big bore bikes can-should-do easily put 100k+ miles on the clock without any major issues. He then said the mods and accessories on the bike didn't add any value, so when I suggested he honour the part-ex offer of £6500 without them he quickly back-pedalled... so they're apparently worth something to him.

We didn't exactly hit it off... I can handle firm negotiation, if he didn't want to budge on his offer that's fine, but what I can't stand is a bullshitter! I put it down to a bad day and calling just as he was about to leave and so I was going to give him a few days to stew then call him back but I've since found one elsewhere that I'm looking into instead, which is a better deal.

I'm guessing he didn't tell you the one careful owner had been to Alaska n back! Lucky escape imho (the power of gser) - sounds like you're sorted for the better.

 

[stephen.stallebrass]

I'm guessing he didn't tell you the one careful owner had been to Alaska n back! Lucky escape imho (the power of gser) - sounds like you're sorted for the better.

Yeah, that would have been interesting to see... I might ring him back just to see if he'll fess up, assuming he knows its history. Not that it bothers me though, it completed the trip without a single problem I'm told and was serviced along the way, which is a testament to its reliability AFAIC (it was probably one of the good ones of that year, LOL)

 

[Nutty]

Sounds like you've had a lucky escape on both counts.

 

[WindyChuffer]

The salesman may genuinely not know the bikes history. However its somewhat irrelevant whether he knows the history or not. That trip, whilst being a fantastic adventure for the rider, is hardly a real challenge for a 1200GS so by knowing and not telling is not being deceitful. Other than the unusual mileage, there is absolutely nothing to worry about. Whenever you are buying a used vehicle you its highly unusual to know anything about the history but with this one its all there. You may even be able to contact the rider via FB too - he's got nothing to lose by being brutally honest.

I'd be comfortable buying this bike for sure.

However seems the OP and salesman have hardly hit it off which is fine - seems the OP was being perfectly reasonable to me.

 

[stephen.stallebrass]

The salesman may genuinely not know the bikes history. However its somewhat irrelevant whether he knows the history or not. That trip, whilst being a fantastic adventure for the rider, is hardly a real challenge for a 1200GS so by knowing and not telling is not being deceitful. Other than the unusual mileage, there is absolutely nothing to worry about. Whenever you are buying a used vehicle you its highly unusual to know anything about the history but with this one its all there. You may even be able to contact the rider via FB too - he's got nothing to lose by being brutally honest.

I'd be comfortable buying this bike for sure.

However seems the OP and salesman have hardly hit it off which is fine - seems the OP was being perfectly reasonable to me.

I agree, the salesman probably doesn't know anything about it and it has had at least one other owner since the original purchase. I do think the Argentina to Alaska trip was a pretty good test, more than most would do anyway. I have similar plans for it and I've already contacted the original owner who did the LongWayUp overland trip and he said he had no problems at all with it... Higher miles don't bother me at all, I've just found a slightly better deal elsewhere. I'm probably the most reasonable person on the planet, LOL, at least I try to be.

...assuming he knows its history...