Nightster6
Ready to Ride
Hey all, new to the site here.
So after 3 long years of salivating over the fz6, i finally am in a position to buy my first one. I Found a '08 Black FZ6 with just under 1500 miles for $4k at my local dealer. Unfortunatly this isnt just a simple barley used bike...
This is the story on the bike according to my salesman. He sold it to the first owner brand new. After a year the bike came back in wrecked. The owner claimed he was doin 30MPH and the right footpeg broke off causing him to lay it over on its right side. With $1600 worth of damage the previous owner decided since Yamaha wouldnt cover it he would stick it to the dealer and stop paying for it, aka he allowed it to get repo'ed. Now from looking over the bike and work order, the sales man and i agree this dude was full of it. The exhaust tips (the actual metal tubes not the plastic casing) were scratched to hell, and the rear taillight assy had to be replaced. Our guess is that the hot shot wanted to be a bada** and decided to attempt a wheely and dumped the clutch to fast and the bike flipped back to its rear and then fell on the right side.
So when the bank gained possesion of bike it fixed 95% of the damge. The only damage remaining is some of scratches on the front fairing and the engine cover to the right of the round cover (what i would assume as the crankcase cover, except that the WO said that was replaced so this cant be it?) Now the dealership tells me their techs ran it up and down the street to make sure the motor and tranny are fine. Im inclined to believe them but we all know dealerships will lie to sell a bike. My question is even with only 1500 miles what kinda damage to the motor could have happened if say he had already succeeded in wheelying or what kinda damage would have happened when it fell on its side?
It has a 3 year warrenty availible for an extra $800. Its through AfterCare and seems to cover most everything besides wear and tear with no deductable. My thought is that with all the unkown as far as how it was treated, it would be a smart idea for me to get it. Im intrested to see if its even worth it though considering what you guys think about how much mechanical damage could have been caused.
Thanks in advance for the responses.
So after 3 long years of salivating over the fz6, i finally am in a position to buy my first one. I Found a '08 Black FZ6 with just under 1500 miles for $4k at my local dealer. Unfortunatly this isnt just a simple barley used bike...
This is the story on the bike according to my salesman. He sold it to the first owner brand new. After a year the bike came back in wrecked. The owner claimed he was doin 30MPH and the right footpeg broke off causing him to lay it over on its right side. With $1600 worth of damage the previous owner decided since Yamaha wouldnt cover it he would stick it to the dealer and stop paying for it, aka he allowed it to get repo'ed. Now from looking over the bike and work order, the sales man and i agree this dude was full of it. The exhaust tips (the actual metal tubes not the plastic casing) were scratched to hell, and the rear taillight assy had to be replaced. Our guess is that the hot shot wanted to be a bada** and decided to attempt a wheely and dumped the clutch to fast and the bike flipped back to its rear and then fell on the right side.
So when the bank gained possesion of bike it fixed 95% of the damge. The only damage remaining is some of scratches on the front fairing and the engine cover to the right of the round cover (what i would assume as the crankcase cover, except that the WO said that was replaced so this cant be it?) Now the dealership tells me their techs ran it up and down the street to make sure the motor and tranny are fine. Im inclined to believe them but we all know dealerships will lie to sell a bike. My question is even with only 1500 miles what kinda damage to the motor could have happened if say he had already succeeded in wheelying or what kinda damage would have happened when it fell on its side?
It has a 3 year warrenty availible for an extra $800. Its through AfterCare and seems to cover most everything besides wear and tear with no deductable. My thought is that with all the unkown as far as how it was treated, it would be a smart idea for me to get it. Im intrested to see if its even worth it though considering what you guys think about how much mechanical damage could have been caused.
Thanks in advance for the responses.
