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Fin World Chat Champion
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Posted: 23:34 - 20 Mar 2018 Post subject: Buying Bikes Unseen |
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What's your opinion on this? What have your experiences been?
Thinking about it I've bought most of my bikes unseen just going off the description, mileage, work that's been done and how well written the listing is (trying to gauge their intelligence and what sort of person they are).
Generally I'd say it's quite foolish to buy something without seeing it but in the past I've always been fine.
What's prompting this post is I've just won an rs125 on ebay, clean looking arrow exhaust apparently new along with a 154cc kit just fitted. I asked the seller a question after winning and the answer worries me slightly Enjoy
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Posted: 00:23 - 21 Mar 2018 Post subject: |
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NJD wrote: | Fin wrote: | What's your opinion on this? |
Why? <blankface.gif>
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I wouldn't ever buy a bike unseen and when I think back buying my Kwak without a test ride was a silly decision but one that, thankfully, turned out alright.
Sounds like you've just won Darwin's award for lining the pocket of a spakkard who's fiddled with a 125 and hasn't got it running properly so is flogging it on -- fiddled with because racebike, yo.
Best thing to do with slow four stoke single cylinder's is leave them alone and invest the bare minimum service costs. Anyone with a grain of knowledge know's there's only power to be extracted from two stoke single cylinder 125's and so the fact the current owner has changed the engine size by adding a cheap kit makes me giggle.
Depends how much you've just offered to part with, suppose; and also what your intended purpose is and how long you want it to last for.
Far easier to part with money than it is to get it back. You sold a bike and someone turned up because it had broke you'd tell them to go home and shut the door.
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Isn't an Aprilia RS125 a stroker, something the OP appears to know, given that he's asked if it's running a pump or premix?
In answer to the OP, it's always a gamble and as ever, you should never gamble more than you can afford to lose.
I've bought a few bikes unseen and based on descriptions - they've mostly turned out OK, had to spend a couple of quid here and there, but nothing major.
I've also had a couple of pigs, but again, nothing more than I could afford to lose. ____________________ Things get better with age; I'm close to being magnificent........
20 RE Interceptor, 83 Z1100A3, 83 GS650 Katana
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Posted: 09:07 - 21 Mar 2018 Post subject: Re: Buying Bikes Unseen |
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Fin wrote: | I've just won an rs125 on ebay |
Then you've committed to buying it and it's too late to ask.
I mean, unless it's been mis-described, in which case TIEM WAISTE!!! away.
But no, I'd never bid on a vehicle unseen. Inspect, cash, ride away. Including contacting sellers once their bike has "sold" to offer to come and view it when their "winning" buyer does what you're about to do. ____________________ Biking is 1/20th as dangerous as horse riding.
GONE: HN125-8, LF-250B, GPz 305, GPZ 500S, Burgman 400 // RIDING: F650GS (800 twin), Royal Enfield Bullet Electra 500 AVL, Ninja 250R because racebike |
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I bought my current bike unseen, and it turned out fine.
However, based on the response from that particular seller... |
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Purchased my winter hack unseen from birmingham, never actually met the seller either. Transferred cash through bank transfer and got a courier to collect it. Needed a brake cable replacing and that was it. Now it's being replaced with a Townmate 80 if I can find one cheap enough.
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I nearly did with my 125 (sniped on eBay ) then I bought one in the dark which was pretty much the same thing I wouldn't personally, photos can hide a lot, I drove 100+ miles to collect a bicycle that turned out to be less than perfect. Still bought it but had it been 20 miles I'd have walked away. |
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Fin wrote: | The update comes in:
Didn't pay for it.
Here's the full description
Quote: | Aprila rs 125 bore to a 154cc bore kit
Start and rides mints will need running in as only just had a rebuild and new race pipe full log book and some paper work only reason for sale is i pass my test and don’t use it anymore panels could do with tlc best bidder wins no time wasters please |
1 it didn't start, battery was completely flat
2 it started without choke and idled at 2800 very sporadically while cold
3 very difficult to select gears, seemed to go into false neutral between 2 and 3
4 didn't run well at all
5 was a 28mm carb with a 135 main jet
6 The bloke didn't know anything about the bike but took it px
Good points were it had a fair bit of history with small bits being done at specialists but the bits about the engine were missing cause 'done by a mate, trust him, top quality guy blah blah blah'.
Then a pool of coolant ran out from beneath the bike...
That spoke for itself and he understood I wasn't taking it. He stood there smoking saying he'll just chuck it back on ebay while his 7 kids ran about asking why I'm not buying it.
Now I have the joys of trying to find something to commute on before Friday. I brought this upon myself |
I’m confused.
You chose a two stroke 125 with a bore kit taking it to 154cc. Meaning that you need a full license to ride it.
Which brings me back to the confusion of choosing a 125cc 2 stroke to commute on. ____________________ Hyosung GTR 125 ---> Suzuki GSXR 400R ---> Kawasaki 636 ---> Break ---> Kawasaki Versys 650 |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 6 years, 7 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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