Gigantic
11-08-2005, 03:09 PM
Hi all, i'm new here & i've got the opportunity to buy an '02 standard mille from an aquaintance. here's the info on it:
"It's a 2002 standard Mille, non-R. Pretty much bone stock. 18,000some miles. Probably about 90% of that on the track. It was a corporate demo bike that I bought directly from Aprilia (with 6,000some miles on it) after Josh Norem, who worked for Motorcyclist at the time, lowsided it during a Maxxis tire test at Road Atlanta. (I actually have a video of coverage on SPEED where they show it in a trailer.) The damage was mostly cosmetic, except for a clip-on, brake lever, & muffler, all of which were replaced. I replaced some of the damaged body panels and some decals. There is still some slight scarfing on the front fairing. It's no show bike, but it's a ball to ride! I've turned 28s on it at Grattan. I've never really crashed it, not counting falling over in the sand trap outside of Turn 3 at GingerMan after one of your fellow BMW riders lowsided right in front of me. the dealer had it to check for an oil leak, which just turned out to be the O-ring on the oil filter cover. While it was there, they checked the valves (which were all in spec), synched the throttle bodies, & changed the spark plugs (which looked remarkably good). Not sure what it's worth. Hard to find anything to compare it too. Did Jeff give you any idea? It's currently stripped of bodywork, since I cleaned it before I took it to Eurocycles to help them find any leaks. It also currently has some instrument panel issues, but Jeff had a couple at the shop that might be available to help resolve that problem. Once I get that taken care of, I'll put the bodywork back on, & you can check it out if you'd like."
my question is with 18k track miles on the thing, what should i offer for it? should i offer anything at all?
thanks,
G
"It's a 2002 standard Mille, non-R. Pretty much bone stock. 18,000some miles. Probably about 90% of that on the track. It was a corporate demo bike that I bought directly from Aprilia (with 6,000some miles on it) after Josh Norem, who worked for Motorcyclist at the time, lowsided it during a Maxxis tire test at Road Atlanta. (I actually have a video of coverage on SPEED where they show it in a trailer.) The damage was mostly cosmetic, except for a clip-on, brake lever, & muffler, all of which were replaced. I replaced some of the damaged body panels and some decals. There is still some slight scarfing on the front fairing. It's no show bike, but it's a ball to ride! I've turned 28s on it at Grattan. I've never really crashed it, not counting falling over in the sand trap outside of Turn 3 at GingerMan after one of your fellow BMW riders lowsided right in front of me. the dealer had it to check for an oil leak, which just turned out to be the O-ring on the oil filter cover. While it was there, they checked the valves (which were all in spec), synched the throttle bodies, & changed the spark plugs (which looked remarkably good). Not sure what it's worth. Hard to find anything to compare it too. Did Jeff give you any idea? It's currently stripped of bodywork, since I cleaned it before I took it to Eurocycles to help them find any leaks. It also currently has some instrument panel issues, but Jeff had a couple at the shop that might be available to help resolve that problem. Once I get that taken care of, I'll put the bodywork back on, & you can check it out if you'd like."
my question is with 18k track miles on the thing, what should i offer for it? should i offer anything at all?
thanks,
G