- Motorcycle technical inspection
- Legal purity
- Check through the traffic police
- Through FNP
- Via RSA
- Via BKI
- Checking through the AutoHistory service
- What's in the report
Any used vehicle must be checked for legal cleanliness and technical condition. This will avoid financial problems and even liability for purchasing a problematic motorcycle.
Motorcycle technical inspection
To ensure that the chosen vehicle does not break down on the first trip, you should consider the following points before purchasing:
- Take a look at several options. You shouldn't settle on one motorcycle, even if you like the model and price. Call several sellers, ask about the technical condition of the vehicle and the possibility of bargaining.
- Don't go for a low price. A decrease in value often indicates that the vehicle has serious deficiencies, such as malfunctions or problems with documents.
- Check operating conditions. Of course, a competent seller is unlikely to tell you about participation in motorcycle racing, but you can try to find his profile on social networks and look at photos.
- Look at where you store your motorcycle during the winter. To prevent corrosion and damage to rubber parts, vehicles must be preserved and stored in a warm garage. For this reason, it is profitable to buy motor vehicles in winter.
- Make sure the suspension is in good condition. To do this, sit on the motorcycle and rock it up and down. If the shock absorber is working properly, then its operation is practically inaudible; it gently lowers and raises the saddle. Also make sure there is no corrosion and the integrity of the fork stays.
- Check the serviceability of the brake system. The brake levers should be pressed firmly, but without serious force. Then ride at neutral speed and apply the front and rear brakes several times. The pedals should not fall inward.
- Agree with the seller so that he does not start the vehicle until you arrive. Start the motorcycle yourself when it's cold to evaluate battery performance. If it starts badly, then it is better to refuse the purchase.
- Make sure that the gears change easily and smoothly, without requiring much effort to change.
- Check the functionality of the lighting equipment. Failure of headlights and dimensions will cause refusal to re-register the vehicle.
If you have little understanding of the technical condition of the equipment, then it is better to entrust the inspection to a specialist. By paying 500-1000 rubles, you can make sure that the motorcycle will not break after the first trip.
Experience
We are all human, sometimes we want too much to get the model we like, especially if they sell it cheap.
It happens that you like a motorcycle so much that you don’t want to notice obvious problems. You think: “Yes, I like it so much that I’ll change these seals! I'll install fresh pipes. The color in the documents is written “gray”, but it is painted with some kind of silver, well... it’s also gray! You can scrape out the oil in the exhaust pipe with a spoon, as black as a cloud, I will scrape it out! Yes, for such money with such mileage - you have to take it! " In order not to take junk under the impression of cheapness and blind faith that everything can be fixed (without knowing how much it will cost), a voice of logic is needed. At such moments, it would be nice to have in touch or call with you someone experienced whose voice you want to listen to.
Check through the traffic police
How to do it:
- On the main page, on the right side, select “Vehicle check”.
- Enter the VIN code in the top line.
- Next, click “Request Verification” in each item.
On the traffic police website you can check any motorcycle registered in Russia. What information is available:
- Registration with the traffic police. Information about whether the vehicle is registered with the State Traffic Inspectorate. If there is no registration, then there is reason to think about the authenticity of the documents.
- Participation in traffic rules. The database records accidents that occurred since 2015. Serious accidents indicate that the motorcycle may have serious technical problems.
- Being wanted. This item displays information about vehicles that are wanted due to theft, participation in criminal acts, etc. It will not be possible to re-register such a motorcycle in your name, and the vehicle will also be confiscated without the possibility of a refund.
- Presence of restrictions. We are talking about restrictions in registration actions. They are imposed by bailiffs if the owner has debts, as well as if the loan for which the vehicle was used as collateral has not been repaid.
You can check a vehicle on the traffic police website for free, but in some cases this is not possible. Databases are updated regularly, which causes system failure. For example, users often encounter an error that the vehicle was not found in the database. In this case, you should try again after 2-3 hours.
Mileage.
Yes, I decided to start with platitudes. The mileage of motorcycles is twisted, this is no secret to anyone, but everyone has a glimmer of hope that they are not being deceived
