9secondsflat
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I am 99% certain that I will be purchasing a 06 Mastiff in the next few days. The bike has a tad over 4300 miles and appears to be in showroom condition. The current owner is the second owner and claims that the first owner did the 6 recalls on the bike. I asked for proof and all he can come up with is the seller seemed like an honest person (I have never heard of a seller who lies right?) Supposibly he was a very wealth person who had many toys, and used this bike to tool around too and from his many airplanes he owned.
Is there someway using the VIN to check on if/when the recalls were done since b/d is out of business. I asked the current owner if I could have the former owners name/number to call but he has not produced it yet.
The current owner replaced the factory speedo, he said, it did some 'crazy things..sometimes it worked, and sometimes it didnt'. He replaced it with I think is called a dakota digital speedo and showed me the box paperwork with the take off and miles documented/matching the new one which was programed at the local b/d former dealer/service center. When the bike was first started-cold in front of me, the digital tac portion did some flashing, this was when it was left to idle and the idle appeared to drop below the first led..he says that the idle was too low and after the bike warms up it goes away, that with a turn of a screw the idle can be raised but he likes the sound of a low rpm idle...btw when the bike warmed up after I took it around the block this flashing at idle thing went away...is this normal or some electrical gremlin that comes with a story?
The process for starting the bike was to move what appeared to be some kind of a choke on the right hand side a bit foward, hitting both compression release buttons, hitting a button called RUN for a few seconds (he says this resets the computer?????never heard of this but I have never owned a b/d before...does hitting run resets the computer??, then he hit start and it fired right up
What is the true market value for an 06 with what he claims is a stage 5 paint job? I cant seem to find anyone else who desribes a paint job as a stage 5 when doing a google search. I know nada lists 14,300 but when doing a search most people have prices that are much, much higher.
The seller has the owners manual 2 keys, the old speedo with box/papers from dakota digital, old pipes and thats it....
I just dont want to drop alot of cash and wind up with a nightmare problem bike..let me know your thoughts and any questions i should ask the seller
Here is a vid I made of the bike
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZyv8k4GwNA]2006 big dog mastiff - YouTube[/ame]
Is there someway using the VIN to check on if/when the recalls were done since b/d is out of business. I asked the current owner if I could have the former owners name/number to call but he has not produced it yet.
The current owner replaced the factory speedo, he said, it did some 'crazy things..sometimes it worked, and sometimes it didnt'. He replaced it with I think is called a dakota digital speedo and showed me the box paperwork with the take off and miles documented/matching the new one which was programed at the local b/d former dealer/service center. When the bike was first started-cold in front of me, the digital tac portion did some flashing, this was when it was left to idle and the idle appeared to drop below the first led..he says that the idle was too low and after the bike warms up it goes away, that with a turn of a screw the idle can be raised but he likes the sound of a low rpm idle...btw when the bike warmed up after I took it around the block this flashing at idle thing went away...is this normal or some electrical gremlin that comes with a story?
The process for starting the bike was to move what appeared to be some kind of a choke on the right hand side a bit foward, hitting both compression release buttons, hitting a button called RUN for a few seconds (he says this resets the computer?????never heard of this but I have never owned a b/d before...does hitting run resets the computer??, then he hit start and it fired right up
What is the true market value for an 06 with what he claims is a stage 5 paint job? I cant seem to find anyone else who desribes a paint job as a stage 5 when doing a google search. I know nada lists 14,300 but when doing a search most people have prices that are much, much higher.
The seller has the owners manual 2 keys, the old speedo with box/papers from dakota digital, old pipes and thats it....
I just dont want to drop alot of cash and wind up with a nightmare problem bike..let me know your thoughts and any questions i should ask the seller
Here is a vid I made of the bike
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZyv8k4GwNA]2006 big dog mastiff - YouTube[/ame]
