A friend of mine is looking at a 05 Softail standard, found one with mileage 300km, too good to be true. Does the mileage stored in the powertrain module? Is there any chance the seller has turned the odometer backward? Ecm replaced? He doesn't want to buy a lemon, thanks Alex.

 

yeah that sounds way to good to be true...wished I knew the answer to that...do you have a dealer that knows you or an indy that might be able to help you with that question?

 

I assume another speedo could be bought on ebay and stuck in the bike. But, some people really do buy bikes and not ride them. Go figure.

 

I phoned the dealer 20mins ago and they said the mileage is stored in the ECM, if the ECM has been replaced in the past, it could roll back to zero.

Very true!
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some people really do buy bikes and not ride them. Go figure.

 

Does the bike look showroom new?

You'd need huevos the size of coconuts to try and pull off an odometer rollback scam and leave it showing less than 200 miles. That's not even one tank of gas.

Look at the tires as well, they should have pretty much all of those "new tire nipples" intact.

 

At least in my bike with an ecm change the odometer kept the same milage. I believe it's flashed into the speedo unit and stays there separate from the ecm. The ecm should also contain a log on either milage or time run. If the two match you really do have a low milage bike. Point is that chaning the ecm won't roll back the odometer milage. Even installing a tmax ecm, it remains the same.
Ron

 

Remember too few miles is worse than average or high miles. 200 miles and parked for 5 years, I might just look around. Unless the price is real good.

 

thats strange because i replaced my ecm and it retained the milege and odometer trip. I believe it is stored in the speedometer and not the ecm
also check the vin for inspections and call the dealer with the vin and if in for 1000 mile service it will show.

 

bought my 06 Fatboy in Oct and it had just over 2000 miles on it. don't quite understand why people buy bikes and not ride them but it happens more often then you'd think. I've put approx. 2500 miles since and would've easily put over 3000 if it hadn't rained so dawgone much.

 

+1 with tk353, the speedo holds the odometer reading. The ECM may also hold the same, I believe all the new ones do. I just saw a bike forsale in the paper today, 2005 with 50 miles on it, was riden once I am thinking just home from the dealer