Mileage on brand new bike

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terra

Discussion Starter · Apr 11, 2016

Hi all,

Couldn't find this information anywhere else so I thought I'd ask here.

If you're buying a brand new bike from the dealer, what mileage would you expect to see on the odometer when you take it out of the lot? I know with cars it's often a few hundred but I'm thinking with bikes it should be practically 0 right?

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Paulie.online

· #2 · Apr 11, 2016 (Edited)

I have bought two new bikes over the years. The KR150 had 20km on the clock and the R3 had 3km on the clock.

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Tal

· #3 · Apr 11, 2016

Mine had done 40m which i put on it when i took it for a test ride.

Capn Kirk

· #4 · Apr 11, 2016

It varies.. I have bought several new bikes from my dealer so I have come to have a working relationship with them. I don't ask to ride them until I am ready to purchase so they always let me test ride. That can put a few miles on them. It is reasonable for dealers that give test rides to have a few miles on them.

Every bike I have purchased brand new had less than a half mile on them except for the mileage I put on them.

Something to note, if there are miles on it, somebody has wrung it out to see what its made of!

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terra

Discussion Starter · #5 · Apr 11, 2016

Interesting.. You read about the first 20 miles on a bike to be pretty crucial. I wouldn't want my bike to be thrashed by a test pilot right before I buy it!

cxa0897

· #6 · Apr 11, 2016

My first bike had 6 or 7 on it, my r3 had less than 1. Anything under 10 is just one or two test rides. More than that is what I'd call a demo bike

Ride4Ever

· #7 · Apr 11, 2016

Less than 2 miles for setup checks.

cwick2000

· #8 · Apr 13, 2016

bought mine in February with 1 mile on it.

giff74

· #9 · Apr 13, 2016

Mine had 11 miles on it.

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Laurence

· #10 · Apr 13, 2016

The dealer I bought mine from had a few R3's in stock, the one I got had 0 miles on it when I took it home, even with the setup checks from the techs. The other ones had anywhere from 1-10 miles on them, it just depends.

mlin32

· #11 · Apr 14, 2016

Mine had 0- it was in the showroom.

TexasRider

· #12 · Apr 14, 2016

0 odometer and 0.4 on trip

xorbe

· #13 · Apr 15, 2016

1 mile

savagebasher

· #14 · Apr 19, 2017

My 2017 shows 2 miles

afexa88

· #15 · Apr 28, 2017

My odometer was 0 but trip was 0.5 km just from when they did their checklist.

My bike had to sit at the dealership for a few days to arrange a convenient time to deliver, but was impressed they gave me all the keys to hang onto for the time being so I know there wasn't any joy riding happening after I signed off on the final inspection.

b0sS_t

· #16 · May 3, 2017

Mine was still in the crate when I bought it, so there was no more than 3 km on it from when the dealer did their safety test ride after it was set up.

MyRCod3

· #17 · May 4, 2017

Just bought a 2016....1 mile on the odometer

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VAslim16

· #18 · Jun 27, 2017

Mine had 6 on it.

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