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How Many Miles
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The youngest FZS 600 Foxeyes are now 13 years old and are now seen as "emerging classics". As far as trade in values go they are "off the scale" at 5 years old & 20,000 miles as far as dealers are concerned. They wont want to spend money on a trade in to resell in the showroom with a warranty. My local Yamaha main dealer doesnt even want to do the valve reshimming on my 01 plate 600 as they put it "Due to its age"!
So forget trading in-either sell privately or better still keep on top of the maintenance(a lot of this is preventative anyway designed to avoid unnecessary costs down the line) and ride your Fazer into the future :lol .
With a bit of mechanical sympathy & use of decent oil these engines should be good for >100,000 miles. It is more likely that untreated corrosion of frame or electrical issues will bring you to wrong MOT result.
If you buy a new bike then as soon as you ride out of the dealer it has depreciated and then you have to factor in cost of finance deal(if any) including loss of any interest the money would otherwise have earned. also you become tied in to servicing costs at dealer while bike under warranty.
Its funny how manufacturers/dealers suddenly regard something they sold new a few years ago as virtually valueless-but they are in business to sell.
If we always bought bikes with our heads without emotion many of us would probably be a lot richer-but bikes are not the same as other consumer durables.
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How Many Miles - by tex1507 - 28-09-16, 02:23 PM
Re: How Many Miles - by Fazerider - 28-09-16, 03:15 PM
Re: How Many Miles - by Frosties - 28-09-16, 04:00 PM
Re: How Many Miles - by kebab19 - 28-09-16, 06:05 PM
Re: How Many Miles - by mtread - 28-09-16, 07:35 PM
Re: How Many Miles - by fazersarg - 28-09-16, 08:26 PM
Re: How Many Miles - by misterjayb1 - 28-09-16, 08:36 PM
Re: How Many Miles - by unfazed - 28-09-16, 09:41 PM
Re: How Many Miles - by Frosties - 28-09-16, 10:05 PM
Re: How Many Miles - by Dave48 - 29-09-16, 05:24 AM
Re: How Many Miles - by darrsi - 29-09-16, 06:21 AM
Re: How Many Miles - by misterjayb1 - 29-09-16, 08:13 AM
Re: How Many Miles - by celticdog - 29-09-16, 11:14 AM
Re: How Many Miles - by fazersharp - 29-09-16, 11:56 AM
Re: How Many Miles - by Kentish - 02-10-16, 10:17 PM
Re: How Many Miles - by Bretty - 03-10-16, 08:35 AM
Re: How Many Miles - by Bretty - 03-10-16, 08:37 AM
Re: How Many Miles - by Paul - 03-10-16, 12:32 PM
Re: How Many Miles - by Frosties - 03-10-16, 11:40 PM
Re: How Many Miles - by celticdog - 04-10-16, 08:37 PM
Re: How Many Miles - by misterjayb1 - 04-10-16, 09:05 PM
Re: How Many Miles - by Kentish - 06-10-16, 08:32 PM
Re: How Many Miles - by stevierst - 06-10-16, 09:33 PM
Re: How Many Miles - by Kentish - 06-10-16, 09:37 PM
Re: How Many Miles - by Frosties - 06-10-16, 10:41 PM
Re: How Many Miles - by mtread - 06-10-16, 10:53 PM
Re: How Many Miles - by stevierst - 06-10-16, 11:30 PM
Re: How Many Miles - by tex1507 - 07-10-16, 11:12 PM
Re: How Many Miles - by Jacko - 15-10-16, 04:55 PM

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