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Basics before buying a second hand bike
There are certain things you can look before you buy the bike:
1. The overall status is. See if you have dents, scratches, dings, rust areas ... You can be indicative of the bike has suffered some kind of accident.
2. The wear of the brake pads and the thickness of the discs can tell us how the bike has been conducted.
3. Check tires: wear, cracks ... aspects that speak of the age of the tires.
4. Look how they treated the bike. Oily stains, dust accumulation in certain places ... they can also be a reference to how the bike is mechanically
5. Look at the exhaust pipe: if you keep the original. If the tube is not original can be indicative that has been modified. They should look at the new does not make excessive noise and has no rust.
6. Looking closely at the tires and the existence of possible hits. The soil can lift and rotate laying near a reference point to see if there are dents.
7. Check the headlights, horn and instrument panel.
8. Finally, look and try to boot up properly.
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