fontyyy wrote:But there's one thing you can be sure it's not, it's not a 2000 mile old mint NSR that's been started up and run a good amount in recent months.

I think that was exactly the problem I had Fontyyy, regarding the crank seal. Out of the shop, the bike started OK, same for the first several runs. Then it just became harder and harder to start. Guess the continued use just ragged the degraded seal more & more.

Having learnt the hard way, if I was buying another £5K to £6K so called
minter NSR from an importer, I'd insist on either the engine stripping first for inspection or a warranty to replace problem parts after I've stripped the engine.

The low mileage some of these bikes show when imported should not be trusted.
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Rich
MC21 Track Bike / RS250 NF5 'Spencer', NX5 'Cadalora' & NXA 'Aoyama' / RS500 / Two Brothers Racing RC30