vtwindr Posted February 14, 2020 Share Posted February 14, 2020 I had an 8th gen 2014-2017. Sold it as needed back surgery and kinda missed it since. Bought a BMW r9t scrambler which is a great bike but eats oil (5l of top ups in 10,000 miles) and it absolutely covers you in filth when riding in the wet and I live in UK so that's most of the year. So I found a 2 owner 2016 bike with 1400 miles (wtf?) for a test ride today. Dealer wants £7k for it. Rides good, back feels good but there was a bit of a whiney noise on deceleration which I don't remember previously , in 3rd/4th gear but it seemed to ride just fine and was in pretty good condition . Is the noise normal? Didn't have earplugs in as I wanted to listen to it, I think with plugs in I wouldn't have heard it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeePee Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 You'll get a brand new one for £9000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Philois1984 Posted February 22, 2020 Member Contributer Share Posted February 22, 2020 Hi vtwindr, hard to say without hearing it. Maybe you could test ride another one at a different dealer and compare. I don’t hear anything on my 8th gen with 31,000km on it that I would call a whine, but some mechanical noise is of course normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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