Matt
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So as some know im looking at the s1000rr because it has the best reviews of any superbike ive ever seen and like many if its the very best then i want it... However after reading many comments here from owners and on the Yank board im not so sure......
We recently had this discussion a few days ago in another thread and instead of spending the £13,700,00 for a new s1k it was suggested that i look at a pre-reg which imo isn't a bad idea. So i was in Hunts of Manchester today (the local Honda dealer) because a friend told me they hand a 1 year old s1k in there. I checked it out and its a little old and not in the best nick imo. Chain was badly rusted and there was a few bumps and scrapes but i asked a salesman if they normally have many coming in but a little cleaner and on a newer plate. My intention was to leave my details and get them to contact me when such a bike came in but to my surprise the salesman started telling me that they get at least one in every week and yes there usually much newer. He was saying that this was due to them being unrideable on the streets????? There much to fast and unforgiving he claimed and people were swapping them for the Blade, i told him i had never heard that before but had heard about poor build quality to which he said yes this is another factor to why they were swapping them......
The plastics on the handle bars of the one in there show room and i include all the switches did look and feel a tad cheap and of poor quality compared to those on my R1 and i know the yanks have complained about buttons/switches falling off and or failing.........
So my questions are, is the build quality an issue with others? Is the build quality the same on the HP4?? And wtf is this salesman talking about when he says the s1k to unforgiving/unrideable for the streets?? His comment about them being to fast i see as a bonus so i put that aside.....
Thanks for any feedback....
Matt...
We recently had this discussion a few days ago in another thread and instead of spending the £13,700,00 for a new s1k it was suggested that i look at a pre-reg which imo isn't a bad idea. So i was in Hunts of Manchester today (the local Honda dealer) because a friend told me they hand a 1 year old s1k in there. I checked it out and its a little old and not in the best nick imo. Chain was badly rusted and there was a few bumps and scrapes but i asked a salesman if they normally have many coming in but a little cleaner and on a newer plate. My intention was to leave my details and get them to contact me when such a bike came in but to my surprise the salesman started telling me that they get at least one in every week and yes there usually much newer. He was saying that this was due to them being unrideable on the streets????? There much to fast and unforgiving he claimed and people were swapping them for the Blade, i told him i had never heard that before but had heard about poor build quality to which he said yes this is another factor to why they were swapping them......
The plastics on the handle bars of the one in there show room and i include all the switches did look and feel a tad cheap and of poor quality compared to those on my R1 and i know the yanks have complained about buttons/switches falling off and or failing.........
So my questions are, is the build quality an issue with others? Is the build quality the same on the HP4?? And wtf is this salesman talking about when he says the s1k to unforgiving/unrideable for the streets?? His comment about them being to fast i see as a bonus so i put that aside.....
Thanks for any feedback....
Matt...