BMW F800GS - Too Good to be True?
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2018 11:25 am
All,
I thought this might be of interest to some of you. I am in the market for a new bike and spied a lovely example of a 2010 BMW F800GS for sale from a dealer in Manchester but with extremely high miles (63,000) but priced with this in mind at £3,691.00.
So I phoned the dealer to ask a few details about the bike, the usual things, service history, any accident damage, MOT due, any advisories etc.... turns out there is no history with the bike what so ever and it is in the dealers opinion that at some point the Speedometer has been changed as the MOT status goes form 6,000 (in 2015) to 62,000 (in November 2017) with no MOT in 2016 and no record of its first one in 2014. For me, I am walking away however, the condition is absolutely fantastic, no rust, the paint isn't peeling off the oil cooler as it usually does after 15,000 miles on these, the headers are in great condition too. I genuinely think that this is a 10,000 mile bike but with no history. For me its not worth the risk however, for somebody else this risk could be the cheapest and cleanest F800GS available on the market currently. Dealer is forced to price with the "assumed" mileage in mind.
Going from the pictures, it is the ABS model and with heated grips, full vario pannier system and what looks like a fairly new chain too.
For those willing to take a punt, it is currently still available, located in Maccesfield, Chesire from The Superbike Factory.
https://www.superbikefactory.co.uk/used ... re-1399548
P.S I do not work for the superbike factory, I was just an interested potential buyer but not willing to take the risk (I live in Aberdeen, so its not like I can just nip back to the dealer)
Cheers
CW
I thought this might be of interest to some of you. I am in the market for a new bike and spied a lovely example of a 2010 BMW F800GS for sale from a dealer in Manchester but with extremely high miles (63,000) but priced with this in mind at £3,691.00.
So I phoned the dealer to ask a few details about the bike, the usual things, service history, any accident damage, MOT due, any advisories etc.... turns out there is no history with the bike what so ever and it is in the dealers opinion that at some point the Speedometer has been changed as the MOT status goes form 6,000 (in 2015) to 62,000 (in November 2017) with no MOT in 2016 and no record of its first one in 2014. For me, I am walking away however, the condition is absolutely fantastic, no rust, the paint isn't peeling off the oil cooler as it usually does after 15,000 miles on these, the headers are in great condition too. I genuinely think that this is a 10,000 mile bike but with no history. For me its not worth the risk however, for somebody else this risk could be the cheapest and cleanest F800GS available on the market currently. Dealer is forced to price with the "assumed" mileage in mind.
Going from the pictures, it is the ABS model and with heated grips, full vario pannier system and what looks like a fairly new chain too.
For those willing to take a punt, it is currently still available, located in Maccesfield, Chesire from The Superbike Factory.
https://www.superbikefactory.co.uk/used ... re-1399548
P.S I do not work for the superbike factory, I was just an interested potential buyer but not willing to take the risk (I live in Aberdeen, so its not like I can just nip back to the dealer)
Cheers
CW