Selling A Bike

Polarbear · Super Spammer Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Karma :

A bit of a weird one here.....

I just sold my wifes Gilera Cogaur on ebay, got what I wanted for it so I'm happy.

The bloke who bought it came up from London on the train, I picked him up from the station and brought him to my house.

He was Czechoslovakian.

Did the paperwork etc. got the money and off he went... 5 yards.
Stalled it three times. Then he got going and went off up the road revving the t*ts off it in first. Turned round and came back and asked me which way the gears were Shocked

I showed him and off he went and disapeared into the traffic.

FFS hes going to drive it down the A5 from Milton Keynes to London and if he makes it I will be amazed.

I felt like telling him to get off and not be so stupid, but the £'s in my back pocket over ruled my better judgement.

I'm feeling really guilty now so I'm foistering it on you lot.
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5v3d3b0 · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 Sep 2006 Karma :

Fine, it's being an arse, but that's business...I would have done the same, and when I sold my TZR I ripped the guy off completely, and I usually am not like that. When it comes to selling a bike you have to be ruthless in my opinion, cause you have to consider that everyone is doing the same to you

Nb · World Chat Champion Joined: 17 May 2005 Karma :

Its his tough shit if he comes acropper, im just glad he wasnt going down the a5 when i was this morning. Laughing

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Mudskipper · World Chat Champion Joined: 22 Aug 2006 Karma :

5v3d3b0 · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 Sep 2006 Karma :

Well I bought the bike mint secondhand with about 600 miles on the clock. I tuned it up (cylinder, crank, carb and exhaust)
Cylinder lasted me 9 days. Bought another one, Lasted a few months, I then put everything back original, but the bike was so messed up internally that I'd gone from a top speed of 100kmh indicated to 85 Shocked

The bike in general was shite when I sold it and had a big scratch from a slow fall on one side, and small scratches on the other from dropping it once. I got 1600 euro for it, and I'll be damned if it was worth even 1000...

Mudskipper · World Chat Champion Joined: 22 Aug 2006 Karma :

5v3d3b0 · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 Sep 2006 Karma :

Well let's just say I didn't really mention the fact that it was a shithole that had lost 15% of it's top speed...

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5v3d3b0 · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 Sep 2006 Karma :

I'm in Spain, and I sold the bike a year ago...The guy will have found out by now anyway

stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

Well I sold my hinging old GPZ500 to a bloke on ebay. I was ruthlessly honest as to its condition. He paid about double what I was expecting for it. I initially felt guilty but then realised he was prepared to pay that much for it.

He had a good chance to go over it and signed the bill of sale stating it was sold as seen.
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