26-01-14, 10:08 PM
When I buy a bike or car I prefer to get one with as much service history as possible , I bought mine 3years ago with 18300 miles , its an 02 and was owned by the previous owner for 7 years , it was advertised at £2750 I haggled him down to £ 2500.
It had the following mods hagon shock , mra vario screen , rear hugger, goodridge braided brake lines, heated grips , crash bungs , dual horn installation .
It had a main dealer stamp for the first service , an independent garage had carried out the 2nd service at 11800 miles , talking to the seller it was very apparent that he was very anal about maintaining the bike , so I made a judgement call , if I had a bad vibe about a seller even with fsh I would walk away .
The bike now has 30800 miles , I have carried out the following myself oil & filter every year , exup valve stripped cleaned regreased , the spark plugs twice , air filter once its due a replacement , replaced coolant twice 2nd time because I took the radiator off to paint the front of the engine , checked cleaned adjusted and relubed the chain when it needs doing , JHS racing have carried out the following a major service at 26000 miles inc valve check , 2 rear tyres , 1 front tyre , rear brake pads , front brake pads , rear tyre valve . I intend to keep this bike so probably go overboard on it .
It had the following mods hagon shock , mra vario screen , rear hugger, goodridge braided brake lines, heated grips , crash bungs , dual horn installation .
It had a main dealer stamp for the first service , an independent garage had carried out the 2nd service at 11800 miles , talking to the seller it was very apparent that he was very anal about maintaining the bike , so I made a judgement call , if I had a bad vibe about a seller even with fsh I would walk away .
The bike now has 30800 miles , I have carried out the following myself oil & filter every year , exup valve stripped cleaned regreased , the spark plugs twice , air filter once its due a replacement , replaced coolant twice 2nd time because I took the radiator off to paint the front of the engine , checked cleaned adjusted and relubed the chain when it needs doing , JHS racing have carried out the following a major service at 26000 miles inc valve check , 2 rear tyres , 1 front tyre , rear brake pads , front brake pads , rear tyre valve . I intend to keep this bike so probably go overboard on it .