Hi,

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Finally picked it up last Saturday, sunshine and 47F! lasted long enough to ride it back home. 1st impressions are really good. It's black and it's fast(er). More comments later.
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Bad stuff I noticed right away:
_useless mirrors but above all
_poor ...

Thanks for the info on the cam belt tensioner bearings, and the web site for parts number!

still crappy weather, so haven't picked up the bike yet.......

another questions: when doing the belts, the bearings putting the belt under tension need also to be replaced.
Is that correct?
How do you call these parts?
where do you guys get these parts, belts+bearings?

thanks!

Thanks guys about insurance and cold starts, this is very useful.
So $800 is definitely on the very high side.

@Chippertheripper, as mentioned in previous posts, dealer checked the VIN and it seems this one is not part of the recall for the guides etc. But I would not bet anything based on that ...

Yes, I think you're right.
My initial offer would have been 45, but a regular customer of the dealer had beat me to it (damn weather) and had proposed 46. So I went up to 47...Was there really another offer?...The dealer seems honest and no bullshit/blabla kind. The bike is still owned by the owner ...

Hi

Finally, after all this bad and frigid weather, I made some progress and I got to see the bike last WE.
Good/clean shape in general, but lots of rust on bolts, nuts etc. as mentioned before as it's been sitting outside (but stored every winter) and generally, I'd say little care from previous ...

Thank you all for the inputs. For the last 3 Saturdays, they would not have let me test ride it because of the bad weather, so I haven't driven down to check it out yet...I'm thinking 2h driving is useless if I can't test ride it.
Can't buy w/o testing it right?

From what I gathered, the bike is ...

Hi Keener,

right, design weakness of desmo system, the rocker movement is not a nice straight translation following the stem axis, it's curved. So it is hard on valve stem then on the guide. You're right, ligher valve + harder guide will only extend the maintenance interval, which is very important ...

Thanks,
From what I've read, all bikes from 2003-2007 can have valve guide issues, with 2003-2005 being the most impacted.

Bike was in winter storage every winter, so oil/filter change each time at least. Waiting for more info.

hey,
I made up my mind, multi is on top of my bike list
hard to get info from owner during holidays, I got some more though:

_tank replaced under warranty, owner did not say if related to ethanol, but I'd guess so
_replaced fuel gauge (early reserve alarm I guess)

scratch on the tank on the right ...

Hi guys,

My name is Dan. I'm in the North East, looking for a new bike (current= 1981 CB900c, love it). The multi was not a natural contender for me, adventure/tourer not my style. And since I'm 5'7", I thought it'd be too tall. From what I've read here and there, should be ok though, there's no ...