Would it put you off

[EasyRider]

So many bike i have seen which are only between 4 & 6 years old, that have had 4 owners or more.
When i look for a bike i've always go for bike that owners have kept for 3 years or more.
The last owners of my Valadero & Gen2 Hayabusa had them for 5 years. My Gen1 Hayabusa was 7 years with it last owner.
I have seen some nice bikes, but am put off by how many owners its had.
One of the things with the 2016/66 RT i was ment to buy, was it had 3 owner, ok i could live with that.
But the last owner was for only 6 or 7 weeks.

So would you br put off buying a bike so young with 4 owners or more for £10k.

[Stu]

Yes!

As little owners as possible for me

Although saying that a owner for a few weeks could mean that they just never got on with the bike

[Capt Sisko]

One of the problems with older and too many owners is lack of proper maintenance. 12k, 24k or whatever the big services are expensive, sometimes very expensive and replaced with just an oil change because of the high cost of the big service. It's the same with well used top end Jags, BMWs and the like. They're bought because you get a lot of bang for you bucks, driven for a year, but tyres, service & MOT failures are all expensive on top end motors so they tend to be sold on before a big bill comes along or services skipped & pattern / cheap parts fitted.

I won't say walk away, but I would say tread carefully.

[Stu]

One of the problems with older and too many owners is lack of proper maintenance. 12k, 24k or whatever the big services are expensive, sometimes very expensive and replaced with just an oil change because of the high cost of the big service. It's the same with well used top end Jags, BMWs and the like. They're bought because you get a lot of bang for you bucks, driven for a year, but tyres, service & MOT failures are all expensive on top end motors so they tend to be sold on before a big bill comes along or services skipped & pattern / cheap parts fitted.

I won't say walk away, but I would say tread carefully.

exactly this!

you used to see it a lot with the VFR at the 16k service I believe it was

The worry was that you never knew if that service was actually done or not during the change over between owners or dealers