High mileage bike, but lower mileage engine - would you?

[Jamieg285]

I'm looking at a used bike for sale. The bike has done about 120K miles, but owner claims the engine was swapped and the current one has only 40K.


You can see from the condition of the bike (grips, footpegs) that it has done that sort of mileage, but most of that can be replaced/tidied up. The important bits of the bike look to be well maintained.


What do you think?  Is it worth a punt - good asking price, with a bit of work to do to bring it up to scratch, or is such a high mileage not worth going for?


The seller says he will put it through an MOT prior to sale.