Re: [St] Used Bike Tips

[Bil Swartz <bil@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Matt Knowles wrote:
> On Jan 31, 2008, at 2:44 PM, Bill Turrell wrote:
> 
>> I'm thinking of buying a W reg ST with 20,000 miles on the clock.  
>> It will be  my second bike after 2 years on an ER-5, after Direct  
>> Access. Any tips what to look for on the bike?
>>
> 
> So what is a W reg? Google answered my ER-5 question, but what's the  
> bit about Direct Access?
> 
> What year is the bike that you're looking at?

Found it Matt, "W Reg" means it's likely a 2000 model year.  I think he's in the 
UK where they've had this lettering schema: http://www.buslistsontheweb.co.uk/ 
under the Year/Registration link.  Direct Access appears to be rider training.

Bill, here's a little checklist: http://www.clarity.net/~adam/buying-bike.html
and I had another that truely was a "Check list" but can't seem to find it at 
the moment, I'm sure a little googling would turn up more tips on what to look at...

In addition to the usuals, at 20k I'd ask if the chain/sprockets had been done 
and get a good eyeball on the brake pads for thickness.  And see that any 
recalls/TSB's have been performed.

Only weird note that comes to my mind is having the magnet seize in the speed 
sensor on both my '99 and '03.

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