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[rustyrider]

I'd spend more time checking a bike over that was all clean and shiny than one that looks used.  I've been to look at cars in the past that look perfect on the outside because the owner has spent every weekend washing and polishing them but done no routine maintenance at all and the mechanics are completely shot.  What is even more worrying is that they don't seem to care when you point out possibly lethal faults.