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Clocking motorcycles - how common?

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  • 20-04-2015 10:47am
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    landmarkjohn
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    I have been looking for a couple of bikes for friends recently (one bought a ZZR1400 and other lad looking for a clean 600cc sports bike) so scouring Donedeal and Adverts.ie and I was wondering is there a practice of clocking (altering the mileage) on motorcycles and is it common?
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    Mr Sheen!
    Registered Users Posts: 850 ✭✭✭Mr Sheen!


    landmarkjohn wrote: »
    I have been looking for a couple of bikes for friends recently (one bought a ZZR1400 and other lad looking for a clean 600cc sports bike) so scouring Donedeal and Adverts.ie and I was wondering is there a practice of clocking (altering the mileage) on motorcycles and is it common?

    I would never trust the millage on the clocks of a bike. ( Unless I put them all up myself)


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    KTR1C
    Closed Accounts Posts: 241 ✭✭KTR1C


    Well I traded in a ZZR1400 (2009) into a reputable dealer down the South East and it was sent to a neighbouring shop in Clonmel with half the milage !!


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    Wonda-Boy
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    Its very very common, so is putting miles ON A BIKE to get cheaper VRT. Not just taking miles off.


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    arybvtcw0eolkf
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    I wouldn't trust the mileage on a bike, simple as.


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    blade1
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    One of my old bikes popped up on Adverts.ie last year with 26'000 miles on it.
    Funny that, as there was 40'000 on it when I had it 5 years previously!


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    Wossack
    Registered Users Posts: 7,005 ✭✭✭Wossack


    wouldnt mind finding someone to do it for me - though Im looking to get ~38,000 miles added lol (I changed gauges)

    very easy to buy clocks from low mile bikes via ebay - and a lot of them are as easily changed as swapping an indicator


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    cerastes
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    Couldn't find anything about mileage being part of calculating vrt on bikes? Cost per cc and then percent reduction on age?


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    goodlad
    Registered Users Posts: 3,222 ✭✭✭goodlad


    Needs to have over 6000km on it


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    Wossack
    Registered Users Posts: 7,005 ✭✭✭Wossack


    yea its not vrt, tis vat - they consider it a new bike if its less then a certain amount of km on it when you go to pay your vrt, so they sting you with both vrt+vat before you get your reg number


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