Well that, and trying to explain to a prospective buyer that the bike is *really* an 1100 and not a 1000.

Ironically, this bike was American. In fact, all three of them were imported by this motorcycle shop. We have two m/c businesses locally that specialize in finding surplus US bikes, importing them into Canada and then reselling them. In fact, my '04 ST1300 is one of those imports from 2007.

In this ...

Very nice...

Don't be fobbed off with (they all do that, etc) walk away

I hear ya. It would have to be at the right price.

Regarding ethanol in fuel, it has been standard in Canada for many years. However there are exceptions. Chevron does not add ethanol to their 94 premium, which is what I usually run.

My concern is that the tank may have been exposed to 6-8 years of ethanol already.

The original asking price was ...

One concern (that came up while reading other postings on this forum) is the older fuel tank and the possibility of ethanol warping of the plastic. I wonder how common that is.

I've been looking at an '08 1100DS S with 7xxx miles on for three years at my local ma and pa motorcycle shop. Every time I drop by for something for my ST1300 or DL650 I linger over it. So...

This bike was a write-off. It was one of three that the shop owner bought. The story is that it was ...