WTB - Your Time, if you're around Phoenix, AZ

[jjp4674]

Hello,

I'm looking to make a purchase of a bike in Phoenix, and am looking for someone to give it a look-over pre-purchase. Being up in upstate NY, I figure that it'd be easier/cheaper to see about getting someone from the area to take a look than it would be to arrange airfare.

The plan would be, when it's warmer, to do a fly-and-ride.

I was thinking that I could offer a $50 gift card to a store of the choice of the person who assists to cover their time and effort, though depending on how far they'd have to travel this is negotiable.

Shoot me a message if you're interested.

Thank you!

~ Jon

 

[Road_Runner]

Getting someone off the forum to look at it might work out great. But it is really going to depend on the individual. If it does not work out, have you considered coordinating with the seller to drop it off at a local Phoenix Yamaha dealer for a pre-purchase inspection? i believe that this is the route I would go.

 

[jjp4674]

Have contemplated that as an option as well. Figured I'd open it up to a forum member first, though. Seem to be plenty of knowledgeable people here.

 

[FJRay]

PM Beemerdons or Skooterg. between the two of them you can't make a halfwit but they do know about FJR's

 

[beemerdons]

PM Beemerdons or Skooterg. between the two of them you can't make a halfwit but they do know about FJR's

Lo Siento; Dejando para México pronto! Hasta la vista, mis Amigos! Papa Chuy y Compadres Valiente are riding to Cabo San Lucas for Gold, Fame and Glory!

SkooterG's your woman man!

 

[SacramentoMike]

You should link to the ad for the Phoenix bike. That way, we'd all have a chance to ridicule your choice, the price, and everything else about it. Whereas if you do the thing you posted about, we'll just ridicule the person you pick to inspect your bike. It's true that there are knowledgeable people around here. The trick is to figure out how knowledgeable your guy is. I kind of like the professional inspection idea, FWIW. Good luck. A test ride from Phoenix to Rochester sounds like a good thing.

 

[Bustanut joker]

I wouldn't include Scooter in on this..

That fuker would prolly buy it out from under ya.

 

[vtwinn]

I have a friend in Surprise (west Phoenix) That is a bike fanatic and a former Yamaha tech.

Email me at .. [email protected] if interested

 

[Fontanaman]

You should link to the ad for the Phoenix bike. That way, we'd all have a chance to ridicule your choice, the price, and everything else about it. Whereas if you do the thing you posted about, we'll just ridicule the person you pick to inspect your bike. It's true that there are knowledgeable people around here. The trick is to figure out how knowledgeable your guy is. I kind of like the professional inspection idea, FWIW. Good luck. A test ride from Phoenix to Rochester sounds like a good thing.

Yeah that's the ticket, post the ad so we can run this thread off the rails quicker than Bust stopping to admire a field of sheep.

Honestly a professional inspections is the best way to go. What if the guy looking at the bike misses something or you have different expectations?

 

[beemerdons]

You should link to the ad for the Phoenix bike. That way, we'd all have a chance to ridicule your choice, the price, and everything else about it. Whereas if you do the thing you posted about, we'll just ridicule the person you pick to inspect your bike. It's true that there are knowledgeable people around here. The trick is to figure out how knowledgeable your guy is. I kind of like the professional inspection idea, FWIW. Good luck. A test ride from Phoenix to Rochester sounds like a good thing.

Yeah that's the ticket, post the ad so we can run this thread off the rails quicker than Bust stopping to admire a field of sheep.

Honestly a professional inspections is the best way to go. What if the guy looking at the bike misses something or you have different expectations?

+1, Gunny; Jim is so right, if I wasn't riding off to Mexico I'd check out this FJR for you but I would feel terrible if I missed something in the inspection affecting you!

 

[SkooterG]

What if the professional misses something? How closely do you think they check everything? They ain't getting paid a whole bunch to do it. Besides, haven't we learned around here that most Yamaha dealerships have techs that just aren't that familiar with an FJR?

I'm available during the week next week.

 

[jjp4674]

That was sort of my thought, honestly. I'm brand new to motorcycling, myself, so I'm sure that whatever sort of inspection an experienced FJR rider can give to a bike is going to be more thorough and accurate than whatever I could pull off myself. Besides, having read a lot of posts here and seeing how experienced people are with their machines, I figured someone who seems to specialize in knowing about a bike they love would be able to pick up on things better than someone who is a general technician.

Thanks muchly for the responses, and I'll be reaching out to those who offered to see about arranging something.

 

[luvtoride]

Resist....... making..... comment..... about...... FJR.... not...... good...... bike....... new.... to....... riding...............

 

[Bustanut joker]

All I can add at this point is no matter what you do... Don't, I repeat DON'T let Don or Greg stand behind you at any time....

Keep 'em busy and in front.

 

[ionbeam]

Resist.......

I'm resisting too. However, by the time he gets from Phoenix to Rochester he will either be dead or an experience rider. There is even an opportunity for a variety of IBA certs too.

 

[jjp4674]

heh I realize that it's a rather large bike. Though pretty much all of the experience I do have riding is on larger bikes (aside from the MSF course I took) from "borrowing" my friend's Triumph Sprint (which is, to be fair, a bit smaller, but still pretty heavy). When I say "brand new", I mean "less than a year", not "first time on a bike".

AKA: new enough not to know jack **** mechanically or what to look for when buying.

 

[jjp4674]

Resist.......

I'm resisting too. However, by the time he gets from Phoenix to Rochester he will either be dead or an experience rider. There is even an opportunity for a variety of IBA certs too.

No interest in IBA certs. Was thinking of taking a week off and taking a nice, leisurely trip to see parts of the country I haven't had a chance to explore yet on the way back to Rochester. Sounds more pleasant than trying to burn miles as fast as I can.

 

[SacramentoMike]

Resist.......

I'm resisting too. However, by the time he gets from Phoenix to Rochester he will either be dead or an experience rider. There is even an opportunity for a variety of IBA certs too.

No interest in IBA certs. Was thinking of taking a week off and taking a nice, leisurely trip to see parts of the country I haven't had a chance to explore yet on the way back to Rochester. Sounds more pleasant than trying to burn miles as fast as I can.

At least it sounds as if you have a bit of sense. I think your odds of arriving home alive are pretty good. And your odds of arriving home dead are very low indeed. At least of arriving that way on the bike.

 

[jjp4674]

heh Yeah, I like to think my chances are pretty decent. I'm not really interested in speed, and prefer to ride safe (or at least as safe as possible, what with being on a two wheeled vehicle). With 9 days to do the trip, I can ride highway speeds (65-70) for 4 hours a day and make it home while having plenty of time to explore, see various sights, and recouperate. Really not too rough of a trip, even if it's the first long trip I'd be doing on a bike (had been riding local jaunts around here before it got cold and snowy). Or so's the theory.