So I went to see the bike after work. A few things...
First the guy who's selling it said 'he's selling it for a friend'. That sounds odd, I haven't gotten into looking at the title yet, it's supposed to be clean, I asked to see it tonight but he said he had left it in his truck and the bike was in a garage (more on this later) so I didn't push on, I figured I'll check it anyway (make sure VIN on title matches the VIN on the bike, is it OK to ask for a scan of the title or at least the VIN # by email to check the VIN BTW?) so for now I just focused on the bike, but if the ID of the guy selling the bike doesn't match the name on the title I'm not buying it... I haven't really read up on that situation but that seems like a no brainer...
Second the bike has not been used in a couple of years, it's just been sitting around. So it needed to be jump started (battery voltage reads 11.47V, does that mean it needs to be replaced?). To me it runs a bit rough and the engine sounds a bit clickety. See videos
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. But maybe that's normal. Revved up it's not so clickety... does it sound normal?
Otherwise no leaks that I could see (and if it's really been sitting around for a while you'd see some if there were any :-D). Tires seem OK, but they're from 2009 based on their number. For a 2007 bike with ~7000 miles does that seem about right? Do they need to be replaced soon anyway being 9 years old? The treads look pretty good...
Otherwise the bike seems to be in good condition, body looks OK, no bent handle bars or scrapes anywhere that I could see, all the lights work... apparently he's had people asking about it for a while but I'm the first one to actually come look at it...
Thanks for any input!