Is a 7 year old bike with under 1k miles a bad thing?

[The ModFather]

I have the opportunity to buy a stock S2R1000 with under 1k miles on it or for a little less a S2R1000 with 15k miles on that was owned by a Ducati service tech  that's been (in my opinion) very well modded including lots of Ri$oma bling and lots of performance upgrades. I've heard that a bike that sits too long can be a bad thing. Any insight on this. Which would you buy and why?

[red baron]

What mods?

[Rudemouthsky]

and what's the asking price?

[MadDuck]

Who TF cares? If it hasn't been crashed or abused swoop on it!

[Ducatamount]

Swoop,young Duck Off, swoop.

[Gosling 1]

Picked up a 7 yr. old S2R1000 with 2000 miles on it, replaced original tires, belts, engine oil + filter, clutch + brake fluids, and battery. Factor in these costs if they have not been taken care of already. I prefer stock bikes because doing the mods yourself is the fun part

[jduke]

I would go with the one with the most mods. You know you'll be buying the stuff sooner or later anyway and 15,000 miles isn't much to worry about.

[Barney]

Picked up a 7 yr. old S2R1000 with 2000 miles on it, replaced original tires, belts, engine oil + filter, clutch + brake fluids, and battery. Factor in these costs if they have not been taken care of already. I prefer stock bikes because doing the mods yourself is the fun part

this. you'd have to factor in doing all of this work for sure on the new bike, but a bike that's been ridden may have similar needs.  15k miles is about the right time for new belts and a valve adjustment.  iirc, the bike with low miles will also need valves adjusted in another 4k miles on top of the new belts now. 

personally, I might actually feel more comfortable on the bike that's gotten a few miles under it's belt but is well maintained and clean, unless the price on the stock machine was too good to pass up.  And while modding the bike is def. part of the fun like Gosling said, there are probably at least a few mods on the bike that's been ridden that you'd probably have done yourself as well...

also, has the tank been replaced on the low miles bike? something else to take into consideration.

[HotIce]

I take low miles every day, over bikes with same age and lots of miles.

[weemonster]

Here a point of view.

If its done such low miles has it been to a Dealer for servicing?
Cos if it hasn't then chances are that any recalls won't have been done.
And that any known faults may not have occurred yet so you'll have fixing them to factor in as well.
I would buy the other one.
Ok so that's a lie I wouldn't buy a S R but you knew what I meant.

[danaid]

 I purchased my 09' 1100S in Dec of 12', it had 200 miles on it. The owner had the full service performed on the bike prior to selling it to me. You have to worry about new bike problems, or common problems that occur with a specific model or year that is usually covered by the warranty and a big problem when there is not one.

 So far I only had a wiring harness issue that would have been replaced by the dealer that I easily (luckily) fix myself.


 I think if the bike has close to 1k miles, it should have most of the bugs shaken out!   
 

[Speedbag]

I take low miles every day, over bikes with same age and lots of miles.

Yep.

[SDRider]

I purchased my 09' 1100S in Dec of 12', it had 200 miles on it. The owner had the full service performed on the bike prior to selling it to me. You have to worry about new bike problems, or common problems that occur with a specific model or year that is usually covered by the warranty and a big problem when there is not one.

 So far I only had a wiring harness issue that would have been replaced by the dealer that I easily (luckily) fix myself.


I think if the bike has close to 1k miles, it should have most of the bugs shaken out!  
 

Speaking as a Ducati owner I don't know how you can even type those words out in a thread like this.  I've had so many issues with my bike in the first 10k miles it isn't even funny and almost nothing in the first 1000 miles (it stalled a few times when I was downshifting).  

My advice to anyone buying a new Ducati would be to ride it and ride the duck out of it.  That way, when stuff breaks, it breaks while the bike is still under warranty.

If the 15k bike has had the valves adjusted and belts replaced recently (like within the past year or within a couple thousand miles) I'd buy it especially if you dig the mods the Ducati tech did to it.  The 1k mile bike will need to be gone through completely (valves checked, belts replaced, fluids replaced, fuel tank and lines cleaned of old fuel-it will definitely need this if it hasn't been run in a few years and stored with old gas in it) and this will be expensive if you can't do it yourself.

[The ModFather]

Speaking as a Ducati owner I don't know how you can even type those words out in a thread like this.  I've had so many issues with my bike in the first 10k miles it isn't even funny and almost nothing in the first 1000 miles (it stalled a few times when I was downshifting).  

My advice to anyone buying a new Ducati would be to ride it and ride the duck out of it.  That way, when stuff breaks, it breaks while the bike is still under warranty.

If the 15k bike has had the valves adjusted and belts replaced recently (like within the past year or within a couple thousand miles) I'd buy it especially if you dig the mods the Ducati tech did to it.  The 1k mile bike will need to be gone through completely (valves checked, belts replaced, fluids replaced, fuel tank and lines cleaned of old fuel-it will definitely need this if it hasn't been run in a few years and stored with old gas in it) and this will be expensive if you can't do it yourself.

Yeah this was exactly what I was thinking just looking to make sure I wasnt just being paranoid. And I do love the mods done too it. My buddy told me "if youre planning on keeping it those higher miles wont make a difference"

[SDRider]

I take low miles every day, over bikes with same age and lots of miles.

15k is lots of miles? I think Philb might have something to say about that.