Check to make sure the headlights (high/low) work. (On some bikes, the headlight won’t come on until the engine does)
Continue reading …Look for: tears in the vinyl cover. New upholstery will cost around £100-150 from an auto/marine reupholstery place. (Check the yellow pages.) Seats with cracks and tears retain water and get your butt wet many days after the last rain. Highly annoying.
Continue reading …Put the bike in neutral. Roll the bike forward, gently apply the front brakes.
Continue reading …Look for: deep parallel scratches on engine cases and on plastic.
Continue reading …BMW Blue Sky Fly & Ride adds motorcycle hire in Spain to the wide variety of experiences already available through World of BMW. The option to hire BMW motorcycles for your own two-wheeled holiday perfectly compliments the range of guided premium motorcycling holidays and adventures run by BMW Tours, which organise everything from ferries and […]
Continue reading …Introduced in the spring of 2011, the GSR750 quickly caught the imagination of UK riders, following positive launch tests from the major publications, before going on to win group tests and even picking up the coveted MCN Machine of the Year award for its class too. Arriving in dealers this month and also on display […]
Continue reading …Taking centre stage on the Suzuki stand at London’s premier Motorcycle Show will be the new GSX-R1000, that for this year benefits from major technical revisions, offering enhanced performance and reduced weight, bringing a gimmick-free fight back to the 1000cc superbike class. Other models on display at ExCel include the 2012 V-Strom 650ABS, that’s already […]
Continue reading …•Look for cracks and dents on the frame, near the engine mounts. These can get cracked on bikes that have experienced a lot of hard landings.
Continue reading …If the bike has a centerstand, you can test some other stuff. Put the bike up on the centerstand, have someone sit (or push down hard) on the passenger seat so the front wheel lifts in the air, then grab the sides of the front axle and try to move the front wheel forward and […]
Continue reading …•When the seller is going over the bike, giving you his sales pitch, try to ascertain whether or not this person really cares about the bike’s condition.
Continue reading …