How many K's before a test bike is 2nd Hand?

[wysper]

Just after ppls opinions

If a bike has over 3,000 ks on it would you consider that test ridden only?

[Mr. Peanut]

Test bikes are generally between 50-252nd hand.

Hope that helps :first:

[crazybigal]

second hand id say!
if its in the 100's then yes
but 3000 is a lots of test riding!

[McJim]

My bike had done 3600km when I bought it and it was second hand

[Squeak the Rat]

3,000 sounds reasonable for a demo bike to me. Make sure you get a full warranty & a discount off the price.

I know at least one of the big jappa distributors run their demo bikes in properly. Hopefully they all do :)

[TerminalAddict]

mine was a little ove 3k, disounted, bit I got all the new bike goodies

[wysper]

Yeah, the bike is a couple of k off the current retail. I am just trying to confirm the year! LOL

[marty]

i recently got a 20% discount over the new price on a demo vehicle with 2500kms on it.

[wysper]

mine was a little ove 3k, disounted, bit I got all the new bike goodies

what kind of goodies? (sorry, never bought "new" before, don't know what to expect)

[race me!!!!]

hey 3000 ks its just run in all the work done 4 you!! take it home and drive it like you stole it!!

[bobsmith]

the thing is... I would expect test bikes to be absolutely thrashed by the "testers" during the "testing?".

I mean really, if you take a bike for a test ride, you don't go on the ride thinking... "it's stil running in so I better go nice on the engine" which is why I wouldn't be too keen buying a demo bike....

[Lou Girardin]

If it's registered, it's 2nd hand. If it's not registered, then anything over the kind of k's a PD check would involve would concern me.
AMPS has quite a few demos, we always try to put a 1000 k's on them first. That's not always possible, so we make sure we scrub the tyres, bed the brakes and do enough k's for any assembly faults to show up.

[The_Dover]

Just after ppls opinions

If a bike has over 3,000 ks on it would you consider that test ridden only?

If MY bike had over 3,000k's on it I'd consider it due for replacement.......:nya:

[TerminalAddict]

what kind of goodies? (sorry, never bought "new" before, don't know what to expect)

2 year warranty
honda riders club membership.
first service free. (which I didn't get from new yamaha .. so differs depending on the shop/brand)

[beyond]

There is still alot of controversy around as to when a bike has been run in properly or not. There is a school of thought that recommends giving the bike heaps during run in as it beds in the bore and rings better and they have pics to prove it.

Whatever, modern engineering is pretty darned good and just about all modern bikes have limiters etc.

I do know that Mt Eden motorcycles and other large shops like Amps (as Lou said) run in bikes first and the ZX-14 was run in by shop staff before they gave it to me for a full test run. I had no qualms about opening up as they had run 900kms on to it before letting it out.

You do get a warranty so there should be no problem. As to K's. 3000kms on a demo bike. Easy, that's only 30 people doing 100 kms each.

[wysper]

Thanks for all your help guys

seems like my best bet is to go with what feels right for me.

Unless there is a big discount, 3,000+ks worry me abit.

I see the point that it is not too may riders to get to that number, I think I would prefer to pay the extra and get on "out of the box"

Unless the money was right <----- cheap Scottish bastard lurks with in me :yes:

[race me!!!!]

dover i love your avatar!!:rockon:

[dawnrazor]

The thing about ex demo bikes is they are a little like having an ex prostitute as a girlfriend.

You have to live with the certain knowledge that hundreds of blokes before you have screwed the arse off of them, and there is every chance that their big end might drop out and cause you a world of hurt.

In short check everything, its first rego should be 2006 and it should have all the same benefits as a brand spanking new model, thats why your paying so close to new for it in the first place

[HDTboy]

If MY bike had over 3,000k's on it I'd consider it due for replacement.......:nya:
I thought you'd be considering throwing it in the bushes after 3000Ks

3000 is normal for a demo bike, I wouldn't worry about it so long as you still get the factory warranty

[TygerTung]

I reckon the best way to run in an engine is by raping it.