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RobinRed
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PostPosted: 21:33 - 06 May 2012    Post subject: Been offered a Lifan Reply with quote
4000 miles and its a 2008 model, my friend would like about £600 for it...

i dont know much on Lifan, can someone help me?
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PostPosted: 21:35 - 06 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Walk away.
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PostPosted: 21:36 - 06 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
AnPhonEh wrote:
Run away.

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PostPosted: 21:37 - 06 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
AnPhonEh wrote:
Walk away.

If he buys the Lifan he'll be doing a lot of walking.
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PostPosted: 21:38 - 06 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
lol okay, wanted to check first (despite him being a friend) i still want my money's worth Cool
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PostPosted: 21:39 - 06 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ariel Badger wrote:
AnPhonEh wrote:
Run away.

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This. Run! RUN AWAY! Don't look back!

EDIT: Or offer him £6.00
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PostPosted: 21:41 - 06 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
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EDIT: Or offer him £6.00


This! You could stretch to a tenner if its mint Wink
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PostPosted: 22:14 - 06 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
WALK THE FUCK AWAY

I own a Lifan and I can't wait to sell it. DON'T FOR FUCK'S SAKE
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PostPosted: 22:18 - 06 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
GrumpyGuts wrote:
WALK THE FUCK AWAY

I own a Lifan and I can't wait to sell it. DON'T FOR FUCK'S SAKE



I was hoping you would post Laughing

In nearly every post you make you mention you have a chinese bike or Lifan and slate it lol

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PostPosted: 22:22 - 06 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
That's because I have personally experienced a Chinese bike...and to be honest I want to commit suicide.

LIFAN, LONJIA, CHINK STAY THE FUCK AWAY!
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DrDonnyBrago
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PostPosted: 22:33 - 06 May 2012    Post subject: Re: Been offered a Lifan Reply with quote
£4.50 and a kick in the shins, not a penny more.
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PostPosted: 22:48 - 06 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
FOUND ONE FOR HALF THE PRICE , PROBABLY FASTER AND MORE RELIABLE Laughing Laughing Laughing Laughing
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WACKER-PLATE-5-5hp-PETROL-ENGINE-COMPACTOR-PLATE-LIFAN-ENGINE-HS90-WHEELS-/190592757746?pt=UK_BOI_Industrial_Tools_Construction_Tools_ET&hash=item2c6036aff2
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PostPosted: 22:48 - 06 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
GrumpyGuts wrote:
WALK THE FUCK AWAY

I own a Lifan and I can't wait to sell it. DON'T FOR FUCK'S SAKE


You PIDDOCK!

GrumpyGuts SHOULD have wrote:
They are fantastic bikes. I own one. Incredibly low cost biking. You just cant better the value for money. Their reputation is undeserved. It is merely the depreciation & thier residual value that is a little disspointing, but if you buy second hand, this can be to your advantage.

£600 is a little optimistic. - I'm selling mine for £500

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PostPosted: 23:10 - 06 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
he should be offering to pay YOU to take it!
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PostPosted: 23:43 - 06 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
If it's going that cheap, there's something wrong with it that'll cost at least the same again.
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PostPosted: 08:30 - 07 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Buy it Smile Thumbs Up

The we can LOL.
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PostPosted: 08:42 - 07 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Which Lifan?

With a fresh MOT on it (at his cost), think £400, maybe £500 if it's cosmetically mint. At the first hint of trouble, sell it on.

No? Think what else you're going to get for that money at this time of year.
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PostPosted: 11:22 - 07 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Rogerborg wrote:
Which Lifan?

With a fresh MOT on it (at his cost), think £400, maybe £500 if it's cosmetically mint. At the first hint of trouble, sell it on.

No? Think what else you're going to get for that money at this time of year.


Hmm... *cough* GPz305 *cough*
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PostPosted: 12:13 - 07 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
hahadumball wrote:
Von Blacke wrote:
If it's going that cheap, there's something wrong with it that'll cost at least the same again.


cheap? £600 for a ching chong piece of shit rejected by anyone with half a brain cell is rediculous i wouldn't even want to think about buying it.


It being Chinese goes without saying. What I meant was that any 125 worth its salt shouldn't be that cheap, and no doubt has a myriad of problems.

I wouldn't even consider it; better off buying a Japanese bike, take good care of it, and sell it on for what you paid. My plan, anyway.
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PostPosted: 13:25 - 07 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
MarJay wrote:
Rogerborg wrote:
Which Lifan?

With a fresh MOT on it (at his cost), think £400, maybe £500 if it's cosmetically mint. At the first hint of trouble, sell it on.

No? Think what else you're going to get for that money at this time of year.


Hmm... *cough* GPz305 *cough*

That's a binding offer! You all witnessed it! Wink

I stand corrected: what others learner legal 125s are you going to get for that money at this time of year?
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PostPosted: 13:38 - 07 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
MarJay wrote:

Hmm... *cough* GPz305 *cough*


I meant that you can hardly be considered an authority on the quality of chinese bikes when you bought the worst Kawasaki made in the last thirty years.

There are the odd TZR125, NS125R etc around for £500.
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PostPosted: 15:52 - 07 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
Teflon-Mike wrote:


You PIDDOCK!

GrumpyGuts SHOULD have wrote:
They are fantastic bikes. I own one. Incredibly low cost biking. You just cant better the value for money. Their reputation is undeserved. It is merely the depreciation & thier residual value that is a little disspointing, but if you buy second hand, this can be to your advantage.

£600 is a little optimistic. - I'm selling mine for £500


Looks like it's just the pile of shit I bought then!
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PostPosted: 16:58 - 07 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
MarJay wrote:
MarJay wrote:

Hmm... *cough* GPz305 *cough*


I meant that you can hardly be considered an authority on the quality of chinese bikes when you bought the worst Kawasaki made in the last thirty years.

Indeed, you get far more authoritative answers from people parroting second and third hand what they've heard down the pub or read online, right? Wink

I asked which model of Lifan precisely because saying "Lifan" is as useful as saying "Kawasaki" - and then forgetting to mention that it's a GPz 305.

Not that I know anything about particular Lifan models except the LF250-B, but someone might. There may be a good 'un out there, stranger things have happened. Not often, granted, but look at listen to Susan Boyle.
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PostPosted: 17:33 - 07 May 2012    Post subject: Reply with quote
I had a gpz305....loved it.

Leave it alone.
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