A little more info. I spoke to the dealer this morning. Apparently the bike used to be his personal bike. He sold it a couple of years ago to a friend and that friend returned it to him for a Desmo service and then shipping to Spain. The dealer knew the battery was flat when he collected it and he didn’t look that closely at it. He called me and I duly collected it. On the surface it looks ok, lots of expensive bling but underneath, OMG. We have now agreed I’m going to leave the front wheel and he will sort it out (thank goodness for that). Quite how he’ll sort it I’ve no idea but that’s his issue. I strongly suspect he’ll buy another front wheel (2nd hand), fit a new tyre (it needs one), swap over the brake rotors to the new wheel and get a new axle & spacer, that’s what I’d do. He can sort all that out with his customer. I’ll just refit the current wheel and forks so we have a rolling chassis. At least I can get it out of my workshop and get with others in the queue. I’ll get compensated for the extra time spent dismantling the bike over and above the 7hrs it takes to do a full Desmo service on these.
Amazing how bad a bike can get in two years! Glad it’s worked out for you though. I bet you can’t wait to see it out the door.
