2016 43 Miles
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2016 43 Miles
Guy near me is selling a 2016 sportster iron that has only 43 miles. Says he never had time to ride it. Hard to believe. How could I verify nothing has been adjusted or screwed with and the bike really has a lot more miles. THis would be my first Harley so not that familiar with what ot look for or do to verify. Bring bike mechanic? Thanks.
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Guy near me is selling a 2016 sportster iron that has only 43 miles. Says he never had time to ride it. Hard to believe. How could I verify nothing has been adjusted or screwed with and the bike really has a lot more miles. THis would be my first Harley so not that familiar with what ot look for or do to verify. Bring bike mechanic? Thanks.
A bike with only 43 miles on it should be spotless....everywhere.
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Makes sense but they could have thrown new tires on. RIght?
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Look at the oil color. Check The clarity.
Look at the brake fluid, it should be very slightly yellowish to water white clear.
What do the drive belt teeth look like? The rear wheel pulley teeth?
Brake pad thickness? Rotor swept area wear?
Take someone with you if you aren't familiar with motorcycles.
Look at the brake fluid, it should be very slightly yellowish to water white clear.
What do the drive belt teeth look like? The rear wheel pulley teeth?
Brake pad thickness? Rotor swept area wear?
Take someone with you if you aren't familiar with motorcycles.
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Look at the oil color. Check The clarity.
Look at the brake fluid, it should be very slightly yellowish to water white clear.
What do the drive belt teeth look like? The rear wheel pulley teeth?
Brake pad thickness? Rotor swept area wear?
Take someone with you if you aren't familiar with motorcycles.
Look at the brake fluid, it should be very slightly yellowish to water white clear.
What do the drive belt teeth look like? The rear wheel pulley teeth?
Brake pad thickness? Rotor swept area wear?
Take someone with you if you aren't familiar with motorcycles.
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Take a mirror and look underneath the engine. If it's clean, it's new.
start it up and warm it up a bit. Shut it off and have a snff. New engines have a unique and pleasant odor.
NORTY is referring to them thar **** on the tire tread.
start it up and warm it up a bit. Shut it off and have a snff. New engines have a unique and pleasant odor.
NORTY is referring to them thar **** on the tire tread.
Last edited by upflying; Oct 13, 2018 at 11:16 PM.
If someone is going to do odometer fraud, they aren't going to go with a crazy low number like that.
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“Didn’t have time to ride it” usually translates to “I rode it once and it scared the crap outta me and I never worked up the ***** to ride it again and figure it’s time to cut my losses”.
My money is on actual miles unless there’s something really sketchy about the bike and/or the seller.
My money is on actual miles unless there’s something really sketchy about the bike and/or the seller.
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Aside from checking the bike out well I would check out the paper work well, too. Was this a cash purchase? Is he original owner? Was it a demo bike? I couldn't get back from the dealer w/o more miles.
