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when i was shopping for my first bike i had spent plenty of time looking around for the one that i wanted. i finally decided on the VT250 spada (for value for money, looks, feel, whatever).
when i got out into the perth dealerships (and i will be very careful not to name any) and even the private sales it became pretty clear that most of the recent imports were very low on Km's
to cut what could be a very long story short, i am wondering whether these figures can be believed or not. most of the bikes i saw that had been imported (and not just the Spadas) had very low figures, with some as low as 5,000km on a 15 year old bike. most of the places passed this off by saying, the japanese imports are rarely ridden ("thats right sir, the japanese never ride on weekdays or when its raining").
do you think (or know) that these bikes have had their clocks turned back? i was very suspicious when i first noticed it, but after looking around for a while low km's seems to be pretty common.
in the end i did get a spada, but based my decision more on the look of the bike (mechanically) and how it rode and sounded during my test ride, rather than the km.
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