Hi GS experts,
I made the fatal mistake of using a friends 1200GS (2018) and I must admit it has given me the GS bug. Unfortunately due to budget, I cannot afford something of that age. I have been looking around and for my price range I’m looking at models from 2006-2008 with mileage ranging between 16,000 miles and 30,000. With bikes of that age, they vary on service history and amount of owners. It appears from some research earlier models can be a risk in particular the FD.
Trying to see if it’s worth the risk of purchasing an older model. I appreciate it will not ride quite like a model 10 years it’s junior but I’m determined to own one.
If anyone knows of the cost of replacing FD’s it would be interesting to know. This could be a case of looking to deeply into YouTube and forum comments around the ‘issue’.
Thanks in advance!
I made the fatal mistake of using a friends 1200GS (2018) and I must admit it has given me the GS bug. Unfortunately due to budget, I cannot afford something of that age. I have been looking around and for my price range I’m looking at models from 2006-2008 with mileage ranging between 16,000 miles and 30,000. With bikes of that age, they vary on service history and amount of owners. It appears from some research earlier models can be a risk in particular the FD.
Trying to see if it’s worth the risk of purchasing an older model. I appreciate it will not ride quite like a model 10 years it’s junior but I’m determined to own one.
If anyone knows of the cost of replacing FD’s it would be interesting to know. This could be a case of looking to deeply into YouTube and forum comments around the ‘issue’.
Thanks in advance!