Dapplefrost

Looking at buying this bike from a private seller. (some of you may have been my other post about which of the two benelli tnt’s I should get ) Well this one just came up, so I enquired and it looks good! It’s a 2022 bike, had all its services done at a dealer, and seems to have been looked after apart from a weathered exhaust, which I’ll change anyway. ANYWAY! He’s saying that it’s only done 1225 miles, but on the photos he sent me, it says 12253. He’s saying it’s 1225.3, but from what I know about the benelli tnt, I don’t believe it goes up in decimal points, but I want to believe him Because it’s still only a 2022, I can’t check milage through MOT history annoyingly… Just wondering what you guys thought? Thank you in advance!

Thank you to everyone for the advice! The guy has been in hospital for a few days, so I haven't been able to go back to view and he lives an hour away. Luckily my husband is a bike guy and confidently works on his own bike for the most part, so he knows what to look out for. I will be taking him to see the bike as soon as I can! In the mean time, I am going to try and get more info on the one at the dealer and try and get a closer look at the damage on that one as well before I make up my mind. Only problem with that one is that its about 2 hours away and likely wont be ready to ride away on the day, meaning having to go back xD aha Thank you again everyone!

I agree with you to be fair, but while he says that its well maintained, and it looks clean etc, there is no way of knowing for sure until its had a service because the guy has done all services himself since new, which isn't a bad thing if obviously done right. I mean visibly from what I've seen so far, sounds like it runs okay, chain looks good, no other damage, so just not sure if there are other more important things that I've missed on inspection... Additionally, I have just had another look and noticed a crack in the front mudguard which will cost £178.30 OEM to replace, or £80.00 if I buy from ebay... So guess I could use that as a haggle point xD haha Additionally, further checks indicate that it has actually done 12k miles according to MOT history, not 10k like he said. He also said MOT was due in feb, but its actually due in December, so while these are small things, I feel like these are just little red flags to me... Not sure if this should should put me off or not xD So I think my next best step would be to have another chat with the owner of that bike to ask how that happened and go from there in term of getting more history about the bike. Thank you for the advice so far ^-^ Would any of the above change your opinion do you think?

I am looking to buy a bike and need advice! I am currently looking at two Benelli TNT 125's which are the exact same price, except one is just over 2 years old and the other is just over 1 year old. (Don't laugh at me for wanting the TNT, I am very short and have a small budget, otherwise I'd get a grom xD) So the older bike (69 reg) has no scuffs or damage that I could see, and has had many add ons, mods and upgrades done to it, including adjustable levers, frame sliders and an exhaust kit which I wanted to buy anyway if I brought this bike new, however, it has already done over 10k miles. This is from a private seller. The newer bike (22 reg), only has 2k miles on it, but it has clearly been dropped or dunked on a corner, as it does have some scuffs on the left fairing and bar ends. Probably about £90-£100 tops to buy a new fairing from motogb and a bar end on aliexpress. and repair myself. However, this bike is completely stock, so I would still also be wanting to make upgrades such as front sprockets, levers, and exhaust kit and spark plugs etc etc, which is obviously all going to add up, and I have a relatively small budget anyway. The main pull for me towards this one, other than the fact that its newer and has less miles is the fact that it would still have a years warranty, and coming from a dealer, I would hope that I would have more options if things go wrong shortly after purchase. In terms of how long I am going to keep it really depends on how much fun I have with the bike. I only have a CBT and will be doing my full A license once I have gained enough experience and confidence. Once I have got my full licence, I plan to upgrade as soon as I have the money to do so, but I have no idea how long that will be, and if this bike is as fun as people say, well we might want to keep it and have multiple bikes xD haha So I just need a little advise... Would you guys go for a newer (stock) bike from a dealer that has some damage and just repair the damage and upgrade as you want for the reassurance, or would you go for the older bike with more miles that has no damage and already has most of the upgrades you want for the exact same price. Thank you!!!