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Originally Posted by rteichman My questions are:
1) Did I buy something OK (or am I in trouble)? The bike had new brakes, tires, a chain, oil change, inspection, etc.. Should I be worried that it had all that done, and that it was done to hide something? I am a bit worried about why the chain was replaced. A friend who saw it after I bought it said the bike was droped. Looking closely at it, I see that is the case, the fairing is scratched on the kickstand side, and there are cracks on the fairing by the mirror to indicate it fell on that side. I don't care about the cosmetics, though the "loosness" of the mirror is annoying (vibrates a lot while riding). Should I worry? If yes what should I do?
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Chains begin to stretch after time and eventually need to be replaced. Fairing scratches can occur in many ways other than dumping a bike (garages, storage, abrasive pants, protruding metal on boots, etc. Fairing cracks are normal sorta like stress fractures around bolts.
The big misconception can be with mileage. Most people blow the engines on bikes before 20K which is the reason you rarely see high mileage bikes but a bike thats been cared for (proper valve adjustments and maintenance) should last at least 25K and maybe more for late model bikes. I would suggest a valve adj. now or if you dont want to spend wait until 20K then pop for it. Of course the typical re-jetting and check fuel lines for garbage.