Anybody know this one? Nero in Hendersonville, NC?

[Cam Lay]

Seriously considering a used Nero in Hendersonville, just a couple of hours north of me. It's been on ebay repeatedly, but they've come back to me with an acceptable second-chance offer. Bike has 16K on it.

 

Steve at Moto Nexus says it's in good shape for its age, other than being a bit faded. (The valve covers are quite faded, in fact, making the claim of "garage kept" and all that a bit er, worthy of some thought. I'm buying it to ride, mind you, not for other people to admire...) ;-)

 

Anybody familiar with this one? Any issues with the 04 Neros I should be aware of? Supposedly has Feracci cans and a PC.

 

Thanks,

C

[Greg Field]

Seriously considering a used Nero in Hendersonville, just a couple of hours north of me. It's been on ebay repeatedly, but they've come back to me with an acceptable second-chance offer. Bike has 16K on it.

 

Steve at Moto Nexus says it's in good shape for its age, other than being a bit faded. (The valve covers are quite faded, in fact, making the claim of "garage kept" and all that a bit er, worthy of some thought. I'm buying it to ride, mind you, not for other people to admire...) ;-)

 

Anybody familiar with this one? Any issues with the 04 Neros I should be aware of? Supposedly has Feracci cans and a PC.

 

Thanks,

C

 

Those're good bikes. A few had soft cams, but that would've revealed itself by now. Save yourself the angst, and service the forks pre-emptively. Do it yourself if you can, so you can be sure the old fluid and gunk gets thoroughly pumped and flushed out.

[Skeeve]

(The valve covers are quite faded, in fact, making the claim of "garage kept" and all that a bit er, worthy of some thought.

 

"Garage kept" means where it is parked at night, not during the day.[0] W/ 16k miles on it, you know it has been ridden, & may in fact be a regular commuter [which if it was parked out in the sun all day, would explain the fading.] Ask the seller how far he lives from work, so you'll know if it was always ridden cold [ie, mayonnaise in the valve covers] or if he lived far enough from work for the engine to actually reach operating temps before he arrived...

 

 

[0] 'Cause moisture from condensation or bad weather is the enemy of all things motorcyclic, not so much sun [altho' excessive sun can do bad things to the rubber & plastic bits & the finish, as you noted.]

[orangeokie]

. . . Steve at Moto Nexus says it's in good shape for its age, other than being a bit faded. (The valve covers are quite faded, in fact, making the claim of "garage kept" and all that a bit er, worthy of some thought. . . .

 

 

I was watching that auction and had the same thoughts with reference to the claim it had been garage kept, yet the heads were definitely sun faded. <_>