Hidden damage

[Pravus1]

About 3 weeks ago I bought a motorbike from a dealer some distance away. Had a good chat with them and made sure I was happy and a week later they delivered it.

The bike arrives and it's all clean and as described until I swapped the exhaust a few days ago. The stock exhaust seems to have been either fitted incorrectly, knocked and refitted at some point leaving damage on the swingarm.

Do I have any recourse on this or is it a case of bad luck, suck it up?

[PurpleMoonlight]

Is this a new or used bike?

[Pravus1]

Used low milage tuono

[Blanchimont]

If it's hidden, I'd fit my exhaust properly, and make sure that the new isn't fouling, and no worry about it.

[Pravus1]

Woudln't be so bad if the new one covered it. This doesn't foul but does show it off from the side and rear.

Gutted because it's my first clean, nice bike

[Digitalize]

If it was truly hidden until removing the exhaust, I don't see how you can blame the dealer.

[hornetrider]

Digitalize said:

If it was truly hidden until removing the exhaust, I don't see how you can blame the dealer.

The dealer is not to blame but I'd say the dealer has a duty to sort it. Seems the original exhaust hanger was bent? New swingarm time...

[Digitalize]

No need for a new swingarm, just needs polishing back up.

[LunarOne]

In both cases it looks like a very easy fix. A bit of black spray paint will fix the frame, while some polishing compound and a high speed buffing wheel will fix the swingarm. You could even do it with a Dremel tool if you want to do it on the cheap. Plenty of guides on the internet about metal polishing.

[wgl2014]

Looks a very nice clean bike.

I wouldn't worry about it, as soon as you put a few miles on there will undoubtedly be some more marks to go with it. I don't mean that as a flippant remark but with use comes wear and tear, the way to avoid this is to pay a premium and get a brand new bike that could sustain a similar mark a day after you get it.

On another note you will be able to drastically reduce the mark with a bit of wet sanding and some metal polish.

Here's wishing you some nice weather over the weekend for a good blast.

[Pravus1]

Do I need to do anything to stop it corroding as I'm assuming it's taken off any coating?

[Digitalize]

It might be lacquered, but the finish doesn't look too great so I'd probably assume it's bare.