New potential Motobricker, ? about low low mileage bike

[leftfield6]

Greetings all, I am potentially joining the ranks of the K-bike owners.  I just sold my previous bike (a Triumph Speed Four) earlier this week, because I've been looking for a bike more conducive to long days in the saddle.  I have found a really nice 1996 K1100RS with factory bags for sale at a local shop.  It's on consignment, the previous owner purchased a new BMW Nine T, and left this bike there for the shop to sell on his behalf.

The bike physically looks great.  Some minor scuffing on the left side from what looks like a parking lot drop.  Other than that, it looks really nice.  So, my only concern...........is the mileage.  I'd actually feel a little more comfortable if it had MORE miles on it.  It is an 18 year old bike, with just over 6000 miles on it.  That's less than 500 miles a year.

Any bike that's new to me gets a full fluids treatment (oil, trans, final drive, coolant) as well as new filters.  Any thing you experts would add to this list, especially for a low mileage queen? 

My hope is to get her through the adjustment to being used painlessly, and then basically have a bike that is just getting broken in, and can run for the next 10 years.

if this doen't get much action here in the Intro forum, I'll cross post over in the garage section.  Hope that's not frowned upon.

 :euro

[johnny]

greetings leftfield6...

post up photos asap...

verify the mileage... buy it... replace all fluids... replace tiors if more than a few years old... put it on a battery tender jr... run a few bottles of techron through it in back to back to back tanks of no corn ethyl... getts a tool roll together with spares and misc in the bung... ride it hard and ride it often...

j o

[dougrs]

Does it have service records, that would help to get an idea about how it was cared for. If all seems well get it. I bought my '94 K75 with 20,000 and I thought that was low.... I came across the usual maintenance issues from lack of use... you will probably find some minor things to fix as you ride, but that'll just be part of the fun.

[leftfield6]

Shop that has the bike is checking with the owner who has it there on consignment to see if he has any records,  The salesman at the shop said, to the best of his knowledge, the current owner had put less than 500 miles on the bike, so he may have limited service records.

Tires have current date codes on them, IIRC they are about 4 years old.


It is priced at the very high end for a K-Bike, based on what I've seen online.  They are asking $4500, but have implied some wiggle room.

[johnny]

i gotts a 94 in 12 with 13k on it... splines were dryer than a nursing home hoe and the front master was leaking cause the brakefluid looked like kaluha...

other than that it is one tight mofo...

look at the brake peddal and gear shifter and the pegs and peg plates for wear... pull the tail light assy and look for browning from heat... if it all looks good and rides straight...

id pull out 30 hundert dollar bills... walk away if wont meet you at 35 hundert dollar bills...

j o

[leftfield6]

The shop checked with the previous owner and it seems he only put a few hundred miles on it, but he did have it gone through at a BMW dealer and they "replaced a few rubber items that showed some cracking" although he doesn't have details on exactly which parts were replaced.  He also replaced the tires and had all the fluids done.

I'm going to go test ride on Saturday.  Earliest day I can get  by there, they close too early at night during the week.

Kinda doubt they are going to entertain an offer of $3K, so I'll probably start higher than that, but hoping I can get out of there for less than $4K. If all checks out, I think I'll be bricking it this weekend.

 :riding: