What to look for when buying a bike?

**Rupe** · 26th May 2007, 18:08

Is there a sticky or a old thread about this, have tried the search?????

If not, I'm not really sure what to look for when buying a bike, any ideas?

**jimmy 2006** · 26th May 2007, 18:45

check this out for a starters,
http://www.dirtrider.com/tech/141_05...ike/index.html

i have a full book on it if you want to do it yourself. best way though if you know very little is to convince the bloke to let you to take it to a bike shop for them to check it out for you. costs little for the amount of info they give you.

**crazyxr250rider** · 27th May 2007, 10:56

Theres only one way to be shure you don't buy a shit heap and thats to buy new from a reputable dealer selling a repeutable brand! The best thing to do is to buy a bike you know the history of. Whats your price bracket? There are a few bikes to stay clear of....

**GR81** · 27th May 2007, 18:14

buy new and avoid 'rangi mods'!
thats what ill be doing next time round.

**telliman** · 27th May 2007, 19:09

as long as its green budy you cant go wrong!!! go the kwaka.

**Rupe** · 28th May 2007, 21:55

what are rangi mods???

Another quick question, what length trailer do I need?

**cheese** · 28th May 2007, 23:06

1.8 - 2 meter

**ZeroIndex** · 28th May 2007, 23:13

A good site is Used Bike Guide's Second Hand Buyer's Bible...
http://usedbikeguide.com/bible/index.asp

Tells a lot of good/bad things about the bikes, differences between models/years