Another theory could be.......a mix up of photos? These dealers have a lot of photos of these bikes and sometimes they'll just upload pictures maybe without checking. Yiu could be looking at two different bikes....a 17 and an 18? Its not out of the question especially if the guy that uploads onto the the website is a bit half arsed. Again worth asking or looking for self in the flesh
Yeah rhe nose cowl paint is reversed on the 18 bike over a 17 bike yet both bikes show an 18MY paint scheme. I was trying to be nice in my last post but tbh there are too many discrepancies for either bike to be 100% 'honest' if that's not too harsh. I would love to know the truth behind them though But my best guess is they were damaged repairables and be done on the cheap with wrong fairings. Could still be a good buy if A. You know how to check a bike over properly B. You get some more money off You could put the plastics right if no other damage and still be a couple grand in pocket . Unfortunately though I bet more scrapes, Dings dents etc would be found underneath the plastic
Itll be interesting to ring them up as a potential buyer and see how much they cough to knowing what the issues are with it
Arn't they the dealer/network selling the Ron Haslam ex race bikes?? Just double check before committing. Could explain the fairing issue
A hero blob is what our American friends would call a kerb feeler! The end of the foot peg and the stalk that sticks out and is first to touch down when cornering hard hence the hero bit
They had three ex Ron Haslam Race School bikes for sale in December. This is one of them. I enquired about them at the time and they sent me a video that showed the one I initially enquired about had gravel rash all over the engine casings. I didn't bother taking it any further. Personally, I wouldn't buy it.
As above, I suspect they will be ex Ron Haslam Race School bikes. As a general rule, the one's I have seen previously are first registered to Honda UK and the registration starts with an 'R'. The Ron Haslam bikes had fairings swapped to track fairings and were then put back to standard for retail sale. I looked at an SP at another dealer a while back - that was ex Ron Haslam but the Dealer made that clear. Condition was poor - swing arm marks, engine casing scuffs etc. The SP often have different tyres from the standard Pirelli (e.g. Bridgestone or brand new tyres fitted)
I went on Saturday to look at the one that was supposed to be £9995. Daniel Pinkus pulls it out and first thing I notice is the paints bubbled on the top fairings. At this point I'm pissed off because he said the fairings were mint when I called. Then I inspected all over the bike and the indicator switch was ground down from being over. Then I look at the engine casings that I already knew had comestic damage from being dropped. But the kicker was the damn frame had rash on it aswell!!!! I said I can't walk out with a bike looking like that. He brings the 10750 bike out and it looked alright. Minor scratches on the fairing and TFT screen. Needless to say I walked away and dodged a bullet. It's cheap because it's been down the track on both sides.
In addition to being dropped, they will have been thrashed their entire lives and not necessarily by decent riders. There's a reason why they're cheap.
I'm getting the impression that my experience with that dealer was an exception rather than the rule. Either that or I was just lucky. Least I'm happy with the bike and the service I got.
You might be better off paying a bit extra and getting something like this https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Honda-CB...17-with-only-878-miles-One-Owner/254850109470 Very low miles. Looks mint in pictures. Craigs Honda. I wouldn't buy a bike with light damage, you will never be happy with it and it will be difficult to sell on.
878 miles how can someone spend that much on a new bike then not ride it! I would have done that in the 1st week. Now that#s a great price for what is basically a new SP
I think these days mileage is becoming less and less of an issue on bikes. I reckon these Honda engines would do 80k easy if looked after (and probably even if not to be honest).
It's not just now I've always considered Honda engines bulletproof since having a cbr400rr in my early 20's and completely abused it - 20k miles of thrashing the nuts off it and only ever changed the oil a couple of times and it ran like it was new. Had all 4 Japanese brands and it was that bike that sold me on Honda. Both that bike and my 929 were 40k+ mileage when I moved them on but both ran like new where as the GSXR 750 I had with 40k miles on it was an absolutely sh!t box after 2 years of all year round commuting.
