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Originally Posted by JacRyann
You don't have to take that risk. Leakdown test will give you condition of top-end. Used oil-analysis will tell you about bottom-end and costs only $28; tells tonnes about inside condition of engine.
It's $1-1.5k bike, and it can be a great deal or may require additional $1k to do engine-swap in 2-months. Sure, that's a relatively cheap repair, but for cost of bike + engine-swap, you can find better bikes out there. The UOA will tell you if it's a good deal or not.
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Have you ever sent your potential next bike's engine oil to the lab?
Personally, I haven't. I just test ride it and rev the engine and see if there's any unusual noise and/or symptoms.
No, I wasn't saying that you should voluntarily take unnecessary risk by purposely not checking the condition of bike, but when you buy an used bike, inevitably there's a risk.
Maybe sending the oil sample to the lab is a good idea, I was not trying to say it's a BAD idea, but it would take a long time. But it's up to you obviously.