justin_o_guy2 wrote on 01/13/18 at 12:21:44:Get Lancers bike. DON'T drop it!
Seriously, even if you bounce it, you'll be able to fix that easy enough.
But Lancers stuff isn't
Likely to be maintained.
It Just Is.
Ask him about the mods.
Arkansas is so full of great roads.
Welcome to the board.
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I generally prefer a complete, stock, low mileage bike in over something that needs work or is highly modified. I don't want to be fixing other peoples problems and I would rather start with a bike in stock form because I know what I'm working with. I'd lean towards the sub $2k unit at the dealership and use this site to take care of the "known issues".
Lancer's bike would be an exception only because you can pretty much see it's history and what the owner brings to the forum.