Can someone help me understand an AA lemoncheck result?

**Monorail** · 8th January 2008, 21:51

Hey Guys and Gals,
Just did an AA lemoncheck on a bike that im hopefully about to buy. Got a few things that popped up that i'll talk to the seller about in the next week but just wanted to consult you guys first.

#1) The rego is currently exempt from licencing? does that mean that the rego is on hold? and all the back charges go to him not my right.

#2) The odometer is "inconsistent". it dropped like 20000kms. the logically reasons for this to me are either winding back the clock, or put a second hand engine in and changed the odo for it, or stuck a new odometer in

what do you fellows and fellowrettes think?
Cheers,
Matt

**McDuck** · 8th January 2008, 22:10

It is currently on hold. If you are the new buyer or it has been on hold for more than 3 months then you just go in fill ina form and pay ya money. The odometer could be aby of the reasons you have stated. Dont tell the seller you know this at first and see what he says. Just ask if there is accurate readign from the odometer.

**Monorail** · 8th January 2008, 22:18

Originally Posted by Mcduck5n

It is currently on hold. If you are the new buyer or it has been on hold for more than 3 months then you just go in fill ina form and pay ya money. The odometer could be aby of the reasons you have stated. Dont tell the seller you know this at first and see what he says. Just ask if there is accurate readign from the odometer.

cool thanks for that

**Big Dog** · 8th January 2008, 22:31

Unless the Km's are really high I never include kms in the decision. Base it on condition of the bike.
I have ridden bikes that were magic at 120,000 kms because they had been well maintained and others that were nightmares at 12,000 because they had not been looked after at all.

**Monorail** · 8th January 2008, 22:32

yeah. im not to fussed eh. if i can get the money im gonna buy it as its pretty decently priced

**McDuck** · 8th January 2008, 22:44

I would use it as more if the seller is goign to be strait with me...

**rwh** · 8th January 2008, 22:46

Originally Posted by Big Dog

Unless the Km's are really high I never include kms in the decision. Base it on condition of the bike.

I'd be more worried about the fact that there was a discrepancy than what the actual mileage is.

On the other hand, I guess it's conceivable that the bike has been clocked in between times? If it had been owned by somebody like gijoe1313? If the odo only has 5 digits, then putting 80,000 km on reads the same as taking 20,000 off.

Richard

**barty5** · 8th January 2008, 23:00

whats the rego i can check in the morning to whether its on hold and get milage history as well as owner history

**sunhuntin** · 9th January 2008, 10:15

not sure if this is at all possible, but would the discrepancy be caused by the cable breaking? i know ive "lost" about 200k off the 250 for when the speedo cable broke... the result being that the trip meter didnt trip for a few weeks while a new one came in.
same thing happened on the ginny, cept it was 5 weeks and about 500k that went missing.

**rwh** · 9th January 2008, 12:33

Originally Posted by sunhuntin

not sure if this is at all possible, but would the discrepancy be caused by the cable breaking? i know ive "lost" about 200k off the 250 for when the speedo cable broke... the result being that the trip meter didnt trip for a few weeks while a new one came in.
same thing happened on the ginny, cept it was 5 weeks and about 500k that went missing.

That could result in some trips not being recorded, but I think the claim was the odo had actually gone backwards.

Richard

**Crisis management** · 9th January 2008, 14:14

The odometer readings are taken from the odometer when the bike gets a wof and it is not uncommon for someone to write down the wrong reading....could be a mistake (if its a one off oddity) or a sign of odometer tampering.
Look at the readings; if they run up to say 60,000kms with a steady progression than drop to 40,000kms then someones fiddling something. Conversely if it has suddenly jumped from 20,000 to 40,000 and then back down to 25,000 then someone wrote the numbers down wrong.

Just a bit of advice...the price you pay for the bike is only part of the equation, look at how much work/cash it needs to get it to a "good" condition bike. Don't buy just cause it's a good price.

**sunhuntin** · 9th January 2008, 17:46

Originally Posted by rwh

That could result in some trips not being recorded, but I think the claim was the odo had actually gone backwards.

Richard

thanks for that.

**Monorail** · 9th January 2008, 18:24

Originally Posted by Crisis management

Just a bit of advice...the price you pay for the bike is only part of the equation, look at how much work/cash it needs to get it to a "good" condition bike. Don't buy just cause it's a good price.

that is true. i'm planning on paying the man who works in the bike store next door to take a quick look at it to see if there is anything noticeable wrong

**Squiggles** · 9th January 2008, 23:01

Originally Posted by Crisis management

The odometer readings are taken from the odometer when the bike gets a wof and it is not uncommon for someone to write down the wrong reading....could be a mistake (if its a one off oddity) or a sign of odometer tampering.

History of my gn's is baffling, but you can follow the pattern, theres one time when it was misrecorded, other times the 100's of meters digit was also recorded.