(this is a cross post from supermotojunkies)
Hi all,
seems i've finally gotten approval from the wife/accountant to get yet another bike...
my other 2 bikes involve pedals and are typically pointed downtime @ ski resorts or hitting up dirt jumps
My pedaling days are over!! (not really, but whatever
)
So, i've never owned a motorcycle before but i already know i want a motard/enduro bike. I'm an avid urban assault type rider, just without a motor
So this style bike is definately what im after!
I've been lurking on here, TT, cafehusky, advrider,etc... for the past 6 months reading and researching as much as a noob can.
That being said, I also recently moved to Iceland and the variety of bikes here is very slim. Things are also quite pricy.
This is one bike that im looking at:
http://www.hjol.is/details/car/110763
best to open in google chrome as it'll translate icelandic to english
But the basic idea is it's a 2006 w/ 7000 km's. And it also comes with a set of enduro wheels.
perfect for what i want!! It's priced @ 750,000 isk (a very sad 6K US). Importing a bike is just as expensive once the duties/import taxes/etc... are applied.
Anyways, I'm hoping to meet with the owner in the next few days and get an idea of how often oil changes were and also how often valve checks were done, etc...
Also get some more info on the enduro wheelset as everything i read about says that going from SMR to TE is much more difficult then the other way around.
I've also read about the heavy (debateable) maintenance schedule on these 'race' bikes. I'm fairly mechanically inclined and typically do oil changes/spark plug changes on my cars so this is something I actually enjoy doing.
With that being said 7,000 km's is something that concerns me , and i'd love to hear about anything that may be expected (full rebuild?) with a high mileage machine.
So please do welcome a new (i hope) member and i'd love some input/comments/concerns/etc... on this bike, or a first time bike owner getting such a machine.
Thanks guys,
Jeff
Hi all,
seems i've finally gotten approval from the wife/accountant to get yet another bike...
my other 2 bikes involve pedals and are typically pointed downtime @ ski resorts or hitting up dirt jumps
My pedaling days are over!! (not really, but whatever
So, i've never owned a motorcycle before but i already know i want a motard/enduro bike. I'm an avid urban assault type rider, just without a motor
I've been lurking on here, TT, cafehusky, advrider,etc... for the past 6 months reading and researching as much as a noob can.
That being said, I also recently moved to Iceland and the variety of bikes here is very slim. Things are also quite pricy.
This is one bike that im looking at:
http://www.hjol.is/details/car/110763
best to open in google chrome as it'll translate icelandic to english
perfect for what i want!! It's priced @ 750,000 isk (a very sad 6K US). Importing a bike is just as expensive once the duties/import taxes/etc... are applied.
Anyways, I'm hoping to meet with the owner in the next few days and get an idea of how often oil changes were and also how often valve checks were done, etc...
Also get some more info on the enduro wheelset as everything i read about says that going from SMR to TE is much more difficult then the other way around.
I've also read about the heavy (debateable) maintenance schedule on these 'race' bikes. I'm fairly mechanically inclined and typically do oil changes/spark plug changes on my cars so this is something I actually enjoy doing.
With that being said 7,000 km's is something that concerns me , and i'd love to hear about anything that may be expected (full rebuild?) with a high mileage machine.
So please do welcome a new (i hope) member and i'd love some input/comments/concerns/etc... on this bike, or a first time bike owner getting such a machine.
Thanks guys,
Jeff
