I bought my FZ1S from a forum member 2009 bike bought it in December 2013 £4000 it cost me. I bought it after getting a friend to go check it out for me as I lived in Spain and the bike was in Scotland.
The bike was described as in excellent condition and the photographs showed up the one imperfection on the bike, a very small scratch on the pillion grab rails. Neil said the tyres were needing replacing in about 1500/2000 miles PR3's
My mate said when he saw the bike it was sprayed with ACF50 but it looked good regardless. He judged that the bike would be sound as the seller had another bike in his garage which was also spotless as was the garage. So I bought the bike basically on what my mate said. As I lived I Spain and did not fancy riding down through Europe at that time of the year I left it with Neil until April.
The bike was as described when I did collect it and I kept her for nearly 2 &1/2 years, she never missed a beat. Only reason I sold her was because of my dodgy knees. Also a lad hounded me for the bike and I sold it for €6500 @ the exchange rate of £1..00 = €1.20 so I made £1500 on that bike, not really as it cost a small fortune to put it on Spanish plates, but it was in every bit as good a condition the day I sold it as the day I bought it. It had 10,000miles on it when I bought it and 18,000 miles when I sold it.