I will be looking at a 2013 WR250R this coming Tuesday, to possibly buy. Only has 1700 miles on it. Talking with the owner to set up the meeting, he mentioned that the handlebars are bent from some fall he had, but he has a new set of Renthal bar and grips ready to be installed. So I'm not worried about the bar itself. Looking at his photos its hard to discern how much they are bent, possibly not much.
My concern whether or not the forks, triple trees, or bar risers are damaged. Is there any way I can determine that just by looking at them and having a test ride? Obviously if anything appears out of whack I'll assume they are bad/damaged, but is there anything else that I might not notice that would reveal that more is messed up than just the bar?
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