Tomorrow I'm going to check out a used '03.
The bike's got just under 1200 miles on it, used for the current owner's daily commute when it's dry. Coming from a world of Beemers, I'm not even sure where to begin checking out a bike with only 1200 miles on it. That could be a dealer's demo bike.
In particular, this bike had a low-speed (not a no-speed) tip-over on the right side. It was enough to justify replacement of the right lower trim piece, but resulted only in light scratches on the right mirror and the right rear "fender", and a scuff on the shiny coating at the front end of the muffler. That damage seems minor enough to me not to warrant too much concern, but I don't know what the underpinnings look like in the affected areas. The current owner has sent me reasonably high resolution photos of the impacted areas, and they do look rather minor, actually more like a parking lot tip-over than something at any speed. But then, I'm not really sure what the characteristics of a Burgman tip-over are. (I know that a demo BMW K1200RS tipped over in a dealer's parking lot because the rider didn't get the sidestand all the way down can result in around $3700 in damages. DAMHIK.)
Outside of the checking out the level of damage from that incident and the other usual items, such as condition of tires, general appearance, oil level, etc., are there standard nagging items that could affect a 650 with so few miles on it? I gather that the other items people have had problems with (wheel bearings, others?) have tended to pop up later.
Thanks.
Greg
The bike's got just under 1200 miles on it, used for the current owner's daily commute when it's dry. Coming from a world of Beemers, I'm not even sure where to begin checking out a bike with only 1200 miles on it. That could be a dealer's demo bike.
In particular, this bike had a low-speed (not a no-speed) tip-over on the right side. It was enough to justify replacement of the right lower trim piece, but resulted only in light scratches on the right mirror and the right rear "fender", and a scuff on the shiny coating at the front end of the muffler. That damage seems minor enough to me not to warrant too much concern, but I don't know what the underpinnings look like in the affected areas. The current owner has sent me reasonably high resolution photos of the impacted areas, and they do look rather minor, actually more like a parking lot tip-over than something at any speed. But then, I'm not really sure what the characteristics of a Burgman tip-over are. (I know that a demo BMW K1200RS tipped over in a dealer's parking lot because the rider didn't get the sidestand all the way down can result in around $3700 in damages. DAMHIK.)
Outside of the checking out the level of damage from that incident and the other usual items, such as condition of tires, general appearance, oil level, etc., are there standard nagging items that could affect a 650 with so few miles on it? I gather that the other items people have had problems with (wheel bearings, others?) have tended to pop up later.
Thanks.
Greg