Decisions Decisions - ADVICE NEEDED!!

Hey bro,

first before you ever consider even looking at it, ask him for the VIN number, you have to make sure its not STOLEN,


get the VIN call the police dept they will only tell you yay or nay on stolen,

then call the DMV they will tell you if it will be worth the purchase, they cant tell you anything other than, lien on it? no, fees? yes, salvage? yes, they can only answer questions like that, they can not give you more info,

then pm me the VIN and ill run a report if the first to are not blazing flags,


if its a clean bike meaning not stolen or salvage we want to check the mileage to make sure its accurate, people can switch clusters on these things easy, and sell you a 30K bike when the cluster read 6K,

you dont really need a manual, that isnt going to tell you much, you need to find a friend who knows bikes or tell the guy you want to take it to a mechanic to have it looked it,

the accident could have been cosmetic or it could have been major meaning the frame tweaked and he bought a repsol kit to blind the noobs,


tell him to send you the VIN and pictures of the damage, any dents on the frame beware, any rash on the frame beware but rash can be just rash,

as him what he had to replace what happened in the accident was it a lowside or a highside, lowside just fell ans skidded, high side the bike flipped most likely,

good luck, and hopefully its a nice bike,

gophurr said:

Thanks for all the insight. I need some better friends. Most of my friends are on everything but Hondas. I have a friend that has an 03, but im not sure how much help that would be. And I have a friend that had a 07 that was stolen, but he really only had for about half a year.

I am going to to talk to him to see if I can get it brought to a mechanic and have it checked out.

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anyone who has been around a 600rr for about a year will be good, with some mechanical know how,

I have an 03, and an 06.

if the guy is asking 3K for it, BEWARE!!!! an 08 for 3K, with that many low miles, we have entered the "TO GOOD TO BE TRUE" world, now that doesnt mean it isnt an awesome bike, but it could have also a hidden issue that he knows about and is trying to sell it FAST,

I bought my 03 for 3K, if that thing was anywhere near me Id buy it in a heartbeat after checking the hell out of it, hahah

so just grab both your friends who have had 600rrs and take them to lunch and to see a bike, look under it, try and look behind the mid fairings, those are in front, ask him to take you through the accident,

if he says previous owner, then say okay Id like to have a shop look at it, if he refuses walk away, if he is difficult in getting it checked out, or providing the VIN, make note of that, he should be willing to give all the details, of the wreck, and the VIN, and any fees or anything on it,

you can also run the VIN and license through the DMV calculator to see if anything is owed,

what would you be using it for since it doenst have any paperwork???

if its a track bike, you may run into officials at the track running VINs, and if it comes up stolen, it wont be good,

good luck bro!!!