Looking at a 2003 600rr this weekend, seller says the bike needs a new fuel pump & has the parts
Found a 600rr in the exact color I’ve wanted for a while now. The bike is in very good shape, has never been dropped/crashed and the current owner is the second owner. Bike has new spark plugs, coil packs, oil change, and a few other minor things, but the seller says it needs a new fuel pump and he has the parts, just not the time to do the install. He sent me a video of a cold start and it looks good, idles right about where I’d expect it to be but he also sent me a video that shows the problem where sometimes you’ll start it up and it will shut off a few seconds later (presumably due to the fuel pump not siphoning efficiently). The bike is a couple hours away from me, so if I end up buying it, I am a bit worried about driving it home without the new fuel pump being installed first, I’m wondering what others think about that though. It’s almost all highway, and about a 2-2:30hr ride. I would really like to avoid towing it home as I don’t even want to think about how expensive that would be. Just looking for any advice with the situation, I might be a bit in over my head with all of it but I’ve wanted this exact bike for a while and everything seems pretty much perfect except for the fuel pump needing to be installed.