Is it worth buying?

Blacktie.

I'm looking into getting a new bike. Havn't ridden in a while and have my full licence about a year and a half now so I'll be going for a restricted 600. I was thinking of going for my brother in laws brothers Suzuki Bandit 600 S.

A few things are making me a bit hesitant though. It's 12 years old and been off the road for 9 years with 21k miles on the clock. No damage done to it anywhere other than a bit of rust. Engine looks fine. Battery works alright once charged but obviously I'll need a new one along with basically everything for a full service. I'll probably be looking at the E700+ mark for repair work.

Will this be worth doing or has it just been off the road too long and be a total nightmare for me and how much do you reckon I should be paying for it before the repairs?

miller50841

With it sitting up for so long was the petrol drained and oil
Was it garaged or outside?
It would be a grand bike but what sort of money can you get it for?
Wouldnt be worth a whole lot.

Blacktie.

Petrol was drained. I'm not sure about oil but it was changed about a year or so ago.

It was outside for 6 years under a cover and garaged for 3 years.

I'm not too sure. He said make an offer so don't really know how much to put towards it. Just kind of nervous I'll get it send it in to get fixed up and then it still won't work after getting all the parts and servicing done since it's been off the road so long.

miller50841

Is anything seized?
does it move freely?
if the oil was changed and that bike should be ok look at it this way it be a good bike to start off then worry about looking at next bike after:D

Blacktie.

No idea. We tryed to get it started yesterday but just gotta the starter chugging away and wouldn't suck in petrol I guess.

Moves free enough to push it anyway.

Yeah it is a very nice bike I just don't want to end up constantly throwing money at it to keep it going.

miller50841

Get a new battery then new plugs then new petrol take air filter out/open air box help breath try starting and if you have to put set of jump leads on so as to not kill the battery.

Cedrus

Was it started regularly, or at all?
Was it near the sea?

Given enough time all the oil can drain down into the sump and you can get rust forming in the oil galleries and on all dry parts. I've seen a crank that was half covered in oil and half rusted, to the point where so much metal had been lost that it was useless, but it was a 60s brit bike (Trumpy or beesa, I can't remember) that was left idle for a lot longer than 9 years.

If it wasn't started at all or was kept in a particularly harsh environment, there may be rust or other blockages. There is stuff that can be flushed through before you replace the oil that will clean out any crap, not sure what it does to gaskets though. Failing that it might need to be stripped down.

It's very unlikely to be that bad after 9 years but sometimes it's better to be prepared. It's very common for bikes to be forgotten about like this and the vast majority of them survive.

Blacktie.

It was started once a year or two ago when they changed the oil. No it wasn't near the sea at all just in a suburb in West Dublin.

I didn't know that you could get stuff to flush it out. I'll look into that.

That last point is good to know thanks. I thought 9 years off the road would be very bad but I wouldn't be too knowledgeable about these things.