2007 BMW R Series 1.2L Petrol · KR57 ADV

The 2007 BMW R Series presents as roadworthy with a stable maintenance trend, evidenced by the most recent MOT pass on 18 June 2025 at 31,646 miles recording no defects. The prior test on 9 May 2024 at 31,441 miles also passed cleanly. These back-to-back passes with zero advisories indicate the machine has entered recent testing cycles in sound mechanical condition. Mileage sits at 31,646 against roughly nineteen years of age, an average of about 1,666 miles per year. The record shows a clear gap: after the 29 June 2016 pass at 25,548 miles, the next entry is 18 August 2017 at 27,608 miles, then silence until the 2024 test. That seven-year void between 2017 and 2024 implies long periods of storage or unrecorded off-road use. The 205-mile gain between 2024 and 2025 confirms extremely light recent running. A buyer should still inspect the machine in person despite the clean sheet. Long standing invites perished suspension bushes, seized brake calipers, and internal corrosion on brake discs or exhaust components that a static test may not expose. The August 2017 record shows both a fail and pass on the same day at 27,608 miles with no defects logged, a clerical anomaly rather than a mechanical fault, but it warrants confirmation the V5C and DVSA entry align. Given the low annual use and absence of advisories on tyres, wheel bearings, or structural integrity, previous keepers appear to have stored the vehicle rather than neglected it. Check tyre sidewall cracking from age, fork seal weeping, and battery condition before purchase. The sparse but clean history supports a low-risk buy subject to a physical inspection of consumables degraded by time rather than mileage.