| What to know about Used Dirt Bikes for Sale | | | | are only interested in helping you get the dirt bike in |
| Any search online or in a cycle trader type of | | | | your truck or on the trailer and getting your money |
| magazine or other classified publication will likely | | | | in their pocket, much less any talk of a compression |
| turn-up more used dirt bikes for sale than you ever | | | | test, air filter removal or other procedures that |
| wanted to know about. A bit of insight up front to | | | | require the use of any tools. |
| be aware of when evaluating any used dirt bike is | | | | Visual Checks to look for |
| this: If someone tells you "It has never been raced" | | | | - Carburetor to intake boot seal (An intake boot that |
| or "Only trail ridden", this may not be as good as it | | | | is not properly sealed to the carburetor can allow |
| may sound. | | | | unfiltered air carrying dirt and other particles to enter |
| Reason being: Any of the used dirt bikes for sale you | | | | the engine causing accelerated wear of internal |
| are looking at that have presumably "Never been | | | | parts.) |
| raced" may be in worse condition than that of one | | | | - Oil leaks any where. |
| that has been raced. Most people that race dirt bikes | | | | - Coolant leaks anywhere. |
| tend to keep them in their best possible condition so | | | | - Oil drooling down a fork leg or shock shaft. (This |
| they are performing at their best and to avoid any | | | | may be disguised as dirt buildup in the area where |
| failures or problems at the track, as well as having an | | | | the shock shaft enters the shock body or where the |
| advantage over the competition. | | | | fork leg enters the slider.) |
| A dirt bike that has only been "Trail ridden" or "Just | | | | - Any build up of dirt in areas of the engine (Oil leaks |
| used around the farm" has likely not seen an air filter | | | | attract dirt). |
| cleaning, oil change or any other maintenance such as | | | | - Engine case damage (Underneath engine or in the |
| swingarm and linkage bearing care in quite a long | | | | area of the countershaft sprocket). |
| time, if ever and is potentially one to avoid. | | | | - Brake pad condition. |
| Ideally, it would be nice if you could do a thorough | | | | - Missing or improper use of fasteners. |
| inspection of any used dirt bikes for sale before | | | | - Overall condition of cables, hoses and wires. |
| agreeing to purchase it, but most people are usually | | | | - Anything that does not "Look Right". |
| hesitant about doing anything that requires the use | | | | - Frame damage. (Common areas for frame damage |
| of any tools. Once someone shows up, most people | | | | are under the bottom frame rails). |