Looking at buying a FZS600 again.

[Silverlegacy]

Hi all.
I've been off the site for a while after having a bit of a break from biking but looking at getting back into it.
I've come across a 2000 FZS600 Fazer at my local dealership, ive not been to see it yet, but going this afternoon.
Its done 36k miles and going for £1000 as its was taken in part ex against a new bike.
Not sure what the exhaust is, as the pictures not great and its had a mod on the front headlights.
Not sure what people think?
I used to own a FZS600 very similar to that one just in black and also had a FZ6 but wasnt too impressed.

[Freck]

Doesn't look too bad for a grand, though I'd be interested to see what the stickers are hiding.  :rolleyes

[Bretty]

I can confirm that is a fzs600. Buy it!

As long as it's had regular oil changes, stops and goes and the gearbox is behaving. Buy it! It's not until around 50k they are considered high mileage and even so nothing is that expensive to change. If it has a good service history (valve clearances checked, cam chain changed?) it's on the money. Use it's general condition to haggle on price (tyres, scratches and scrapes, corrosion, chain and sprockets?)

[Silverlegacy]

Hopefully the stickers are only hiding the paint underneath and nothing else.
Not a huge fan of stickers all over a bike, but will have a look, hopefully not been on there too long to effect the paint work.
Spoke to the guy about it and going to view later, then if it looks ok i will test ride it tomorrow at some point and take it from there.
Just need something to get me to work and back, about 14 mile a day commute.

[BBROWN1664]

It may just be shadows, but it looks like the seat has been lowered. Other than that, it looks good for the money, especially from a dealer where you will get a warranty.

[Fazerider]

Just need something to get me to work and back, about 14 mile a day commute.

Seven miles each way... surely a pushbike would suffice?  :pokefun

[Silverlegacy]

Hi all,
Just been to look at the bike on my lunch break as didnt want to wait until i had finished work.
As a whole the bikes seems pretty nice, one sticker on the front of the bike seems to cover a fibre glass repair from what looks like a hole to attach a camera bracket? the rest are just to balance it out.
The front indicators, although not brilliant, don't look too bad and the engine and exhaust sound ok, but cant test ride it until tomorrow as need to dig my gear out the loft.
The one big thing that might be a deal breaker is that shows the mileage as 36,383 and pretty sure thats what it said on the clocks, but cant honestly remember (will be making a phone call in a minute) but when i did the MOT history check now that i know the reg it shows up a few inconsistencies with the mileage.
its a bit hard to explain but the Reg is V686 TAV, i used the    https://www.check-mot.service.gov.uk/    looking at the DVLA stuff it seems to show some mots were done in miles and some in Kilometers? 
I've not come across this before?
Dont know what you guys think about this??

[BBROWN1664]

Headlamp masks/converters fitted

This says to me it may be an import. Nothing to really put me off though and may explain the lower price.

My guess is that all of the MOT's have been done on Kms. 57,404Km = 35877.5miles

Someone may have changed the speedo and done a mileage correction on there.

[gingernut]

It looks all right , if its got lots of paperwork etc service , receipts etc , check the cam chain noise , the carbs rubbers , has it reg oil changes etc… mines is the same colour scheme , but 57800 miles and still pulling strong


Ginge

[Silverlegacy]

There is some kind of black tape on the headlight at the bottom, like a black strip.
Its hard to tell if its just a mistake by the mot guy putting in miles as KMS.
The Mot mileage does seem to flow in the right direction with just that issue of the miles/KMS confusion?
I do like the bike and would be a shame to pass on it, but not sure what issues i might have with the head lights if its an import?
Sorry, I'm not very technical and probably stuff that's blatantly obvious to everyone else.

[BBROWN1664]

No issues at all really. They would just "kick" the wrong way meaning some tape would be needed to pass the MOT and stop dazzling on coming traffic.

[Bretty]

You can access the bulbs pretty easily, I would be surprised if it is not easy to change the beam direction(?!)

When you apply for insurance, it flags up if a bike is an import. I'm not sure what impact it would have but it's probably worth exploring.

I would just make an offer of £800/850 cash and let fate decide.

[Bretty]

I've never done it but headlight adjustment doesn't sound that difficult.

http://foc-u.co.uk/index.php?topic=4607.0

[BBROWN1664]

The "kick up" is not adjustable. It is something the lens/reflector handles. The only way to get it right is to replace the headlamp assembly. The cheap, and normal, way to do it is to put some black tape on the lens in the right place.

[Silverlegacy]

Well i went back into the dealership last night to speak to the guy about the bike and to check on a few bits and at the minute still a bit 50/50 as to whether i have it as the guy was playing the old "sold as seen" - "trade bike" thing, although after i explained to him that it wasn't listed as that in the advert and I'm buying through a dealership  as a normal customer then I'm covered by consumer law and the bike has to be fit for purpose.
I'm just waiting for a call back from head office to see where we stand with it as I can appreciate if you buy a bike private you've not got much come back but this is through a dealer and i at least want a little bit of piece of mind (just incase)

[His Dudeness]

Looks pretty good for the money but there's plenty of them around so don't be afraid to walk away if you're not happy with it

[matt7chunk]

Looks nice,  I do like the two tone fazers,  the exhaust looks like a blueflame twinport,  it will sound nice,  check that the baffles are in

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[Silverlegacy]

Hi all.
Well after a bit of two and frowing with the dealer i finally had the bike ( with a 14 day return policy)
I didn't notice when i looked at the bike that the clocks were actually in KMS not MPH, but knew that the mileage was in KMS.
The weird thing is when riding to work today i noticed that that on the speedo when the traffic was doing 30 it was saying 30KMS on the clocks, when i would of though it should say 50KMS and again when doing 50MPH, if that makes sense?
Also when i got to work i checked the trip computer and it said i had travelled 6.7, which is the exact distance it is to my work in miles? so i am wondering now if they have somehow managed to covert the clocks to MPH and the mileage of the bike is closer to 58 k rather than 38k which is what is was sold as?
So wondering if £1000 for a bike with that mileage is as good as deal as i first though??

[Mick-H]

Could try and get in touch with the previous owner, he/she should be able to clear up the issues.

[fazersharp]

There is Gov website where you can check every mot the bike has had which also records the milage that may shed some light on it.
Insnt there an in line gadget that converts the needle position