I am going to look at a 98 sportster 883 with 5600 miles today to potentially buy. the seller came down $500 to a price of $4000. bike overall looks nice in pictures, but the seller said it has been sitting for a while but runs and can be driven. he also says that the carb needs to be cleaned out or new spark plugs put in (or both). if you were driving a bike, what type of problems would occure if the carb needed to be clean or spark plugs be replaced (how would you know it is one of those two things and not something else?) how likely could it be that it is something more serious than a carb or plug problem, and he is just blaming it on one of those things? any ideas what a hidden problem could be that i should look for? is that why he came down? to just get rid of it? i guess i dont know everything about bikes, but really want to learn more, and really want to be a smart buyer when it comes to this stuff. thanks a lot, any help is appreciated.
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