2wzilla
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wow...thats the problem with 'as is' bikes....im guessing you didnt have it inspected by frekeguy BEFORE purchasing it?(as i did with my'n?)
Sometimes its worth paying a little bit extra to make sure the bike will be in decent condition..
Theres a reason so many bikes go on sale around 20-30k...right around the time the valve adjustment comes up...people are so ****ing lazy/cheap, they'd rather put her up on sale rather than do the only expensive maintenance item the bike will ever need
When i bought the bike, frekeguy asked if the owner had done the valve service...he ofcourse said yeah...but then frekeguy said its obvious the engine had never been opened..after which the seller reluctantly admitted "Well the owner BEFORE me said he had it done" but clearly it had never been done...so i went in eyes wide open knowing there might be some expenses coming up...just this past month i had frekeguy do the valve adjustment (granted its a much newer bike, and way fewer miles, but still better to get regular maintenance done, especially since this is the only one that costs money, rest is just easy and cheap)
I'm not gonna go into details. The bike was running rather fine and freaky got it into running shape, got it certified. Frekey was aware of valve needing to be adjusted but the bike died before it could see Frekey, Also I sold the bike "as-is" I never bought it "as-is". As frekey started working on the bike he found few other things like rear caliper was seized as some dumb *** never lubed the pins. Funny enough this SV650S was the 1st bike frekey worked on as it was his buddies long time ago, and in the end found way to me lol.
Moral? Don't buy bikes that been handed down 9 owners. It's like buying a used car from 9-10 owners, I'm 3rd owner on my car and it has few issues here and there, my parent's are 1st owner on there car and outside of regular maintenance there car is fine, or it's just that Mitsubishi (Japanese Made) cars are some nifty build beasts.
But no worries, this is why I'm gonna buy "new" bike instead of "used".