Hey all, I currently have a 30th Anniversary Monster and looking to add a Multistrada to the garage for some touring. I have an opportunity to buy a 2014 1200 Grand Touring with only 7500miles on the clock. Comes with full Termignoni exhaust and panniers. Issue is it's been sitting in storage since COVID and last service was 2017. It has a fuel sender warning(common fault I know) and engine fault warning but runs fine. Owner said the engine warning light has only just come on and probably to do with bad fuel or battery. He has purchased an OBD2 reader to check the fault. What should I be looking at price wise or should I just stay clear given the time it's been in storage? Thanks
That’ll be a twin spark, not a DVT. Changing the fuel sender is a fuel tank off job which will take you 3 to 4 hours to change DIY. I’ve done it twice and the second time was no easier. Last serviced 8 years, I’d be looking at a full recommissioning service which won’t be cheap, especially as it looks like you don’t have an independent in Scotland. Realistically, with main dealer labour prices, that’ll be between £1000 and £2000. Unless the bike is being offered really cheap or the current owner gets it serviced, I’d not be considering it. Andy
Here’s an independent in Scotland. Never used him but he’s highly recommended. https://northmotorcycle.co.uk/
What would you consider as really cheap? They are looking for around the 4k mark. I've actually used Tyler at North Motorcycles in Edinburgh before. He did the fuel sender on my old monster 821 and a couple.services for me.
