'99 R6 with 27K, too many miles?

I just went and looked at a '99 R6 that a young gentleman in the area
has for sale. It has 27K on it and he only wants 3xxx.xx for it, which
sounds like a fairly good deal to me. He laid it over on the left side
at low speed in some gravel, but aside from those scratches,
everything else on the bike is spotless. The frame, forks, even the
headers look brand new. He just put a new chain and front sprocket on
it. I rode it around for 10 or 15 minutes, and it rode great, for the
35 or 40 mph I got it up to. I thought the low end response was great,
contrary to what I've read, but again, I didn't get near 8k and this
was the first time I've ridden an R6.

The flip side: the owner took the liberty of showing me how easy it
was to wheelie - it definitely came right up - and also ran down the
laundry list of tricks he had done here and there (tank stands,
standing wheelies, high chairs, etc...)

Now, to rephrase the question: is 27k for a '99 R6 with a healthy
resume of tricks too many miles? He did mention that he had done all
the service himself, but he spent several years building yachts and
had a nice shop set up, so he definitely knows how to turn a wrench.

John K.
'99 A4 1.8t
'99 R6 (?)

On 24 Nov 2003 13:26:55 -0800, jkirk420.RemoveThis@msn.com (John K) wrote:

 >I just went and looked at a '99 R6 that a young gentleman in the area
 >has for sale. It has 27K on it and he only wants 3xxx.xx for it, which
 >sounds like a fairly good deal to me. He laid it over on the left side
 >at low speed in some gravel, but aside from those scratches,
 >everything else on the bike is spotless. The frame, forks, even the
 >headers look brand new. He just put a new chain and front sprocket on
 >it. I rode it around for 10 or 15 minutes, and it rode great, for the
 >35 or 40 mph I got it up to. I thought the low end response was great,
 >contrary to what I've read, but again, I didn't get near 8k and this
 >was the first time I've ridden an R6.
 >
 >The flip side: the owner took the liberty of showing me how easy it
 >was to wheelie - it definitely came right up - and also ran down the
 >laundry list of tricks he had done here and there (tank stands,
 >standing wheelies, high chairs, etc...)
 >
 >Now, to rephrase the question: is 27k for a '99 R6 with a healthy
 >resume of tricks too many miles? He did mention that he had done all
 >the service himself, but he spent several years building yachts and
 >had a nice shop set up, so he definitely knows how to turn a wrench.
 >
 >John K.
 >'99 A4 1.8t
 >'99 R6 (?)

Should be ok as 27k is nothing on a well serviced jap engine, but
saying that depends how its been treated, raced etc. If the engine
sounds sweet and tight then chances are it's OK. High mileage means
harder to sale when you decide to buy your R1. On the other hand so
many are crashed that picking up a low mileage second hand engine
shouldn't be much of a task if needed in the future. If in doubt
better not to buy coz u will only regret it.

Hope this helps,
Mr Caveman

P.S
I have had jap's with over 80k on the clock and they were still
running sweet.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->