What a Dirty Slapper!

[stuzbot]

Look. I know that, at nearly 30 years old, she's going to have "been round the block a few times" [pun intended]. But, having just got the V5 through yesterday, I'm shocked...

How can I ever take this one home to meet mother?

On a more serious note; this has fed nicely into the customary post-purchase "what did I miss?" paranoia. This motor seems to have been passed round like a bar of soap. I hope that's not a bad omen!

 

[BobMurphy]

You might get lucky!

In 2005 I bought a 1988 BMW R100GS motorcycle - I was the 12th owner. I've still got it, its been great and is my "go to" bike. Of course, there isn't much tinwork on it to rust !

You'll need to get under it and check everything carefully - but we do that when we buy a new vehicle anyway, don't we. Was there any service history with it (I usually pass a new owner a thick file of receipts!)?

Bob.

 

[stuzbot]

It looked good underneath. Far better than my previous Collie. Usual surface rust. But no rot. At least none I could see while crawling round, poking and prodding underneath.

It came with a folder of receipts. One showed it had been sold as "Spares or Repairs" in 2021. But, subsequent to that, a couple of grand's worth of receipts from Roughtrax.

Of course, existence of those receipts only proves that someone had bought a load of "stuff". Not that they'd necessarily fitted it. Or fitted it to this particular truck. But I could see that the springs and brake discs looked pretty new. And the guy I bought it from said he thought the radiator was newish too. There were also receipts for two timing belt kits. [which reminds me; I must get the cover off and see if the belt looks new].

I'm hoping all that "evidence" points to someone having bought it in a pretty rough state and then spent a fair bit of cash putting it right. There's nothing horrific on the MOT history, anyway.

Fingers crossed!

 

[Towpack]

She's obviously flattened some grass in her time No reason why she shouldn't have plenty left in the tank though. Nothing wrong with a "good old'un"

 

[Tractionman]

Now someone has spent the money, you can have the enjoyment without putting anything but effort in to tidy up.

 

[stuzbot]

Let's hope that's the case.

 

[Tractionman]

Keep on stamping the coins as a backup, lol.