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warning, annoying post ahead......
(skip this and go to next paragraph, as its' standard new poster garbage)
looking to buy my first streetbike, raced motocross from the ages of 8-22, got out of bikes to race cars for a while and now at the ripe old age of 27 have got most of the race out of my blood and want to just have fun. have read around, rode a few bikes of various friends (mainly 600 cc sportbikes since thats all anybody seems to buy these days), decided i wanted to put a few thousand miles on an SV650 and then decide 600 sportbike or vtwin sport touring.
(honest questions start here)
is there a number of miles i should be wary of. ie, if i see a beatiful 01 with 20,000 miles, should i be very afraid?
any 'known problem areas' that i should be looking for?
if i buy a 02 or older will i be kicking myself in the balls for not getting a Fuel Injected Model?
I'm 6'0 225, am i just to damn fat for one of these?
anyway, just wanted some advice from those who would know better than I.
edited to add: let me be the first to flame me for lack of using the search feature before posting, i do now see some really thorough posts on years/things to inspect.
(skip this and go to next paragraph, as its' standard new poster garbage)
looking to buy my first streetbike, raced motocross from the ages of 8-22, got out of bikes to race cars for a while and now at the ripe old age of 27 have got most of the race out of my blood and want to just have fun. have read around, rode a few bikes of various friends (mainly 600 cc sportbikes since thats all anybody seems to buy these days), decided i wanted to put a few thousand miles on an SV650 and then decide 600 sportbike or vtwin sport touring.
(honest questions start here)
is there a number of miles i should be wary of. ie, if i see a beatiful 01 with 20,000 miles, should i be very afraid?
any 'known problem areas' that i should be looking for?
if i buy a 02 or older will i be kicking myself in the balls for not getting a Fuel Injected Model?
I'm 6'0 225, am i just to damn fat for one of these?
anyway, just wanted some advice from those who would know better than I.
edited to add: let me be the first to flame me for lack of using the search feature before posting, i do now see some really thorough posts on years/things to inspect.