31-03-13, 02:37 PM
If I read this right you have bought a 1998 bike that was damaged in 1999, I would be looking at the bikes mileage now and how many owners it has had.
My way of looking at it is if the bike was damaged when it was fairly new most of the miles on the clock have been done since the crash, if it has only had a few owners and a lot of miles I would not worry too much about it, hopefully that makes sense.
I would keep it for a while and see how it turns out, remember there are lots of bikes out there that are cat c and there are lots of bikes out there that have been damaged and repaired by their owners without the insurance and hpi companies knowing about it therefore it will not show on hpi check.
My way of looking at it is if the bike was damaged when it was fairly new most of the miles on the clock have been done since the crash, if it has only had a few owners and a lot of miles I would not worry too much about it, hopefully that makes sense.
I would keep it for a while and see how it turns out, remember there are lots of bikes out there that are cat c and there are lots of bikes out there that have been damaged and repaired by their owners without the insurance and hpi companies knowing about it therefore it will not show on hpi check.
If you worried about falling off your bike, you'd never get on.