Not suggesting this practise is as common with bikes but golly looking at 1, 2, 3 year old dealer suv`s for sale the average mileage amazingly has dropped to less than 5k a year!!
Chris
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Not suggesting this practise is as common with bikes but golly looking at 1, 2, 3 year old dealer suv`s for sale the average mileage amazingly has dropped to less than 5k a year!!
Chris
Not suggesting this practise is as common with bikes but golly looking at 1, 2, 3 year old dealer suv`s for sale the average mileage amazingly has dropped to less than 5k a year!!
Chris
Fiat Panda.
Fiat Scudo (with speedblock, pipe carrier, reversing sensors, reversing camera, tow bar, some new rust and Fake Plumber logo)
started out with nothing, still have most of it left.
Fiat Scudo (with speedblock, pipe carrier, reversing sensors, reversing camera, tow bar, some new rust and Fake Plumber logo)
started out with nothing, still have most of it left.
Re: clocking
Sounds like its had a hair cut as they said back in the old days in South Africa !!!
Old man ... now .
Ex Off Road & Enduro Rider...
Ex Off Road & Enduro Rider...
Re: clocking
From other motoring forums I have read that it could be barely the tip of the iceberg. This from experienced guys in the industry.
A lot of guys have bikes on pcp with mileage limits. So who knows?
Due diligence like getting a dealer to read the engine ecu and being savvy should help prevent buying a bad ‘un.
A lot of guys have bikes on pcp with mileage limits. So who knows?
Due diligence like getting a dealer to read the engine ecu and being savvy should help prevent buying a bad ‘un.
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thankfully, "most" of our bikes come in from previous sales/current service customers so we're sure on mileages...… anything else is tradedNeil178 wrote:From other motoring forums I have read that it could be barely the tip of the iceberg. This from experienced guys in the industry.
A lot of guys have bikes on pcp with mileage limits. So who knows?
Due diligence like getting a dealer to read the engine ecu and being savvy should help prevent buying a bad ‘un.
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Steve Parry
Current fleet: '14 F800GS, '87 R80RS, '03 R1100S BoxerCup, '15 R1200RT LE Dynamic, '90 K1, '05 K1200S
Steve Parry
Current fleet: '14 F800GS, '87 R80RS, '03 R1100S BoxerCup, '15 R1200RT LE Dynamic, '90 K1, '05 K1200S