Hey, I'm gonna go check out a 2nd hand motorcycle tomorrow (not with a dealer, just someone off autoscout24) and I'll test ride it. What's the etiquette for this? Is anything expected of me that I might not know? Would they likely expect something in return for the test ride? (either compensation or assurance that I won't steal it)
Thanks a bunch :)
I saw a motorcycle for sale (2026 Kawasaki ZX4RR). The seller says they dropped it at low speed because of arthritis and it was a wake up call to switch to a motorcycle with a different riding position. It's only been on the road for a few months and it has about 3000km and the price is really good.
So I'm really interested and I planned with the seller to come visit it tomorrow, but I'm wondering how I can check that there's no actual damage beyond cosmetic from that fall, and if it was actually a benign low-speed fall in general. I'm perfectly fine with a motorcycle that has some scratches, damaged fairings, etc, I just don't want it to have any hidden damage that would make it dangerous to ride or expensive to repair.
Any insights? Any tips?
I saw a 2021 Trident 660 for sale for a little under 3000€, so of course I'm very interested. The low price is not unwarranted, however. It has slightly under 50k km (30k miles, ish), which seems kinda high for that type of bike, to my eyes. The seller says it needs "maintenance, battery, chain, and to replace the water temperature sensor".
Being mechanically minded, I'm really interested. I'm certainly not afraid to work on a bike, but I don't know that bike and I don't know what kind of "pls give money to our dealers" features Triumph puts on their bikes, like making them intentionally hard or frustrating to work on, or making the computer systems as difficult to access as possible, or blocking the service manual behind a paywall, or not having a service manual because only dealers should be able to service the bike, and so on and so on.
So I'm wondering if it's as good of a deal as it seems, in the eyes of more seasoned Triumph owners. Is the Trident 660 workable? Is this an unwise purchase? Would you go for it? If so, what would you look out for, in this particular case?