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Old 08-18-2008, 07:35 AM   #3
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Originally Posted by cheshirecat79
- Look for something with less than 10k miles (in general)
- Look for busted/leaking front fork seals (sign of stunting)
- Look for rashed fairings, scrapes on the frame, bent frame sliders
- Look for an owner that you feel you can trust

That's about it. You're going to have to take the prior owner's word on how well the bike has been treated. Most sportbikes will be run hard... that's just the nature of the beast. However, usually the younger the rider the more prone they are to stunting the bike, bouncing the tach off the rev limiter, and skipping recommended maintenance and fluid change intervals.

You mentioned that you have some motorcycle experience- I hope you are comfortable riding on an r6. They aren't slow or forgiving bikes.
I had a yzf600r, a notch below the R6... but I only had it for maybe two years... sold it with like 8k on the odo, i think.
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