Hi All,
Wanted some advice here on the possible purchase of a 1997 R850R, here is the deal:
Bike has around 37500 miles and no service history (which scares me) a little bit. That being said, bike is for sale at BMW Motorcycles of Seattle (not sure if this is good or bad).
I went to look at it, it was cold and it fired right away, a little bit of smoking that went away when warmed up. The oil was running low but no oil pressure light was on.
I don't have a lot of experience with motorcycles but heard no weird or unusual noises nor found unusual things, looked at sprockets, chain, forks looked ok. The main thing to me would be the lack of service history and I've read that there's a major service @ 36000 miles. So I would be paying to get that done (obviously would drop that cost from the purchase price).
Do you think that this could be a good deal? Maybe the previous owner is part of this group.
All your comments are appreciated!
Thanks
Wanted some advice here on the possible purchase of a 1997 R850R, here is the deal:
Bike has around 37500 miles and no service history (which scares me) a little bit. That being said, bike is for sale at BMW Motorcycles of Seattle (not sure if this is good or bad).
I went to look at it, it was cold and it fired right away, a little bit of smoking that went away when warmed up. The oil was running low but no oil pressure light was on.
I don't have a lot of experience with motorcycles but heard no weird or unusual noises nor found unusual things, looked at sprockets, chain, forks looked ok. The main thing to me would be the lack of service history and I've read that there's a major service @ 36000 miles. So I would be paying to get that done (obviously would drop that cost from the purchase price).
Do you think that this could be a good deal? Maybe the previous owner is part of this group.
All your comments are appreciated!
Thanks