Want to buy first SV - would you buy from a distance sight unseen?

Hi guys, looking to get a SV, am I mad for going off a AutoTrader ad, and buying without seeing it? I'm in London and bike is in Aberdeen.

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classifi...01503101599908

Sorry for basic question...

Thanks

Will

[carelesschucca]

NO!!!

I wouldn't buy any bike unseen!

[carelesschucca]

I dunno how many of the Aberdeen guys still come on the forum, maybe if they're still about you could ask one to go check.

if not there will be other bikes nearer to you that you'll be able to go and see.

Ok thanks for advice

[aesmith]

That's too much for a 15 year old bike with 30,000 miles. Bikes can be more expensive up here as there are fewer available.

[Biker Biggles]

You should be able to find several old curvys to look at in and around London for that sort of money or less.Stick a post in the wanted section on here and you may get something.Id budget 6-800£

Thanks guys - much appreciated advice.

I have wanted an SV for years, now thinking of a blast through France this summer - hoping they tour OK! V-strom probably more suited, but more expensive and less attractive somehow.

I wouldnt buy anything without seeing it.

I've been to far too many bikes with really good descriptions and pictures, to find theyre actually nothing like. Their immaculate (or words to that effect) arent necessarily the same as yours.

Even drove to London once for a CX500 described as all original, to find all the parts are mixed up off different year bikes, n that was a dealer promising its worth the 4 hour drive each way.

Spend 1k and you should expect a late model carby 52 plate with no more than 15k miles. There are minters out there. Worth calling Gloucster bike specialists - I picked up a 2000 model in blue with 8k miles that needed a gear lever and foot hanger. Only £750👍


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[squirrel_hunter]

I have bought a few bikes unseen over the years so its not an issue to me, but it depends why you are buying them...

However I always factor in the distance and unless its really special then I have limits to travel. And personally London to Aberdeen is not worth it for a SV650 like that. Keep looking and one will turn up closer to home.