A rather long rant/Another tale of buying rubbish from eBay!

[JonE]

Hi All

A few months ago I purchased my first bike a Kawasaki KH125 from ebay without seeing it first (I know a silly thing to do ) but it had just passed an MOT so I assumed there couldn't be any major problems (silly me again).

The first problem was a rather large oil leak which was obviously not mentioned in the advert, I sorted that and thought everything was ok until the first time I went out on the bike and it broke down as I was leaving the petrol station I should have contacted the seller then but as it was an old bike I expected a few problems and didn't mind getting my hands dirty to sort them out.

I took the carb off and gave it a good clean and the bike started so I just put it down to dragging some crap out of the tank into the carb, I then took the bike for a spin and noticed the speedo wasn't working so parked it up again until I had time to sort that out which I did a couple of weeks ago.

Then I went to use the bike and it started aah a sigh of relief (but only for about 30 seconds) as it stopped and has refused to start since. I went to have a look at it today to try and get it stared again and noticed that the chain was bloody loose so thought I'd tighten it while I had the tools out only to find that one of the chain adjusters has sheared off.

I have finally contacted the seller as I should have done a couple of months ago, but I very much doubt I will hear back from him.

The problem is with my optimism and trying to sort things out myself and the fact I had to do my CBT etc before using the bike enough time hs now passed that the transaction has disappeared from "my ebay" so I can't leave negative feedback/start a dispute.

I'm guessing the bike shouldn't have passed an MOT with a speedo that didn't work and a missing/broken chain adjuster?

Rant over.

Jon

[Ste]

How much did you pay for it?

The speedo isn't tested in an MOT.

[The Shaggy D.A.]

You've left it a couple of months, who's to say the faults/bodges haven't developed during your ownership?

Speedo isn't an MOT item, and if the chain wasn't flapping about like a whore's knicker elastic that wouldn't have been a problem for the MOT either.
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[Pete.]

The speedo isn't an MOT item - but the chain adjuster is!

I don't know why you bothered contacting the seller two months down the line. I'd just get on with putting the bike straight.
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[Hazylogic]

I'm selling some wheels, including a decent set of tyres, that I no longer need. I've had one guy ask if I want to swap for the same set of wheels (except his aren't painted). This is even though I've declared on the advert that I no longer need them

[JonE]

Thanks for the quick replies.

[Tsopo]

Wow, just noticed this post minutes after stopping myself from bidding on my first bike (a CG), which I also would not have seen in the flesh had I done so.

But after looking into the seller's transaction history, I noticed that he appeared to have bought a 2nd hand helmet, stuck some stickers on it, and is now selling it for (currently...auction still going) 30 quid more than he bought it for. I'm not sure if that's something to worry about, but it was enough to put me off.

He also had to buy a clutch lever just after he himself had bought it (according to the check I did online) so who knows. Anyway, probably just being paranoid, but I don't have the money to waste.

So thanks for this thread, it made me even more sure

[Ichy]

£340 for a learner legal bike is a 'bargain' in ebay terms. Take a good look around at what else is available and tell me you've done bad out of the sale. The faults you have mentioned are minor and might cost what, £30 max to sort out?

If you had spent £800 and had the same problems then kudos to you for whinging, as it is you've gone for the bottom of the price range, and guess what, you get what you pay for.

Think of it as a crash course in bike maintenance and you'll end up as a better man for it.

[johnsmith222]

I'm with marki on this one.

All those problems are minor cheap things that are relatively easy to fix.

340 quid for an mot'd bike is pretty awesome imo. It's not as if you need a speedo anyway.

[supZ]

[Rob W]

[iooi]

[Tsopo]

[MarJay]

The only reason people are disappointed with bikes they buy on ebay is their own expectation. If you realised (as most would) that a bike for £340 wouldn't be perfect, then you'd be happy. However, you expected a 15-20 year old two stroke motorcycle that you bought for significantly less than £500 to be perfect, and it isn't.

I suggest you deal with it. If you had paid £1000 or even £500 then if I were you I'd be a bit miffed. However, I would not contact the seller, and I wouldn't complain. Do you know why? Because you didn't look at the bike before you bought it.

The fact that you didn't even look at the bike means you wouldn't be able to complain even if it was a huge pile of rust. As it is you could make your money back by breaking it quite easily, and as such I'd man up, and sort the bike out myself.

Dammit there are some fools around these days!!
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[MarJay]

Seriously OP you've made me really angry. You really are a fool. I'm kinda tempted to use stronger language than that TBH.
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[MarJay]

[The Shaggy D.A.]

Ok Marj, deep breaths, step away from the keyboard...


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[JonE]

[P.]

Ive got a KH125 which needs a head gasket...you can have for £150

[MarJay]

[J D]

[Blau Zedong]

To sum up - could all retarded manchildren with no sense of reality please leave the nice cheap bikes to us who know one end of a spanner from the other, thanks.
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