I am buying a motorcycle Need help??

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heres a used bike inspection guide (Before buying) it will give you tons of info that would be way to much to post here.
http://www.clarity.net/~adam/buying-bike-content.html
 
Hello:
I am going to buy a sports bike soon, I know a lot about cars, but nothing about sports bikes, Well I am going to buy my bike in Craig's list and I don't want to get riped off what are some sounds or things i should know because I don't want to buy a bike with a blown engine. are the sounds of a blown engine sound like a car?? rod knocking applies to a bike ?? It should sound very quiet and smooth right??
how many miles is too much?? any tests I should do to the bike to make sure its not blown???
Thank you for your help........
 
A bad engine knocks no matter what it's out of. Most sport bikes have diiferent sounds. Some run as smooth as glass, and some pulse(higher performance ones). But if it knocks beware, sport bikes are often over reved. If a bike was ever on its side it is possible to have the trottle stick on wide open with no load on the engine(over revs twice as fast). I know maney people who have dropped their bike(mostley from screwin around, wheeleys,ect), and it happend to them, some had engine damage, and some didn't. Also if a bike has ever been on its side running for very long the oil pump stops picking up the oil. Bikes were meant to stay right side up, and I'm not sure I would buy one that's been down.
 
I don't recommend buying ANY vehicle before you have seen it, heard it, and driven it!

Different bikes sound different, but ANY knocking sounds are BAD.
A 'high performance' bike, just like a 'high performance' car may NOT run smooth at an idle.

Miles depend on maintenance, just like on a car.
 
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