seen a honda c90 on ebay 220 quid??worth it??

stevekingchef · Crazy Courier Joined: 25 Aug 2006 Karma :

hi cheers for looking

ive been looking on ebay for a super cheap hack to commute to work on.

and seen a honda c90 close ish to me for 220.
one month tax and mot.

is there anything to look for on this bike when going?
i only bought one bike before and not mechanically minded so any hints tips are very very welcome.

on a really tight budget too!!

G · The Voice of Reason Joined: 02 Feb 2002 Karma :

Look for rust everywhere.
Usual MOT things.
Too much play in the front wheel (even with a new rebuild kit ours was rather wobbly - but was the fault of the rebuild kit I suspect.)
It's going to be getting through the MOT I'd worry about, so print off a list of MOT checks and basically run through it yourself.

Digitalize · Nearly there... Joined: 09 Aug 2009 Karma :

Tell the guy, if he MOT's it, you'll happily buy it and pay for the MOT, if it fails, walk away.

tahrey · World Chat Champion Joined: 07 Jul 2010 Karma :

you do have to wonder in cases like that, with tax at fifteen quid and a 12 month MOT worth its weight in people walking up and saying "i'll take it" - even when you've jacked the price up £60 to cover them - why it's only got a month to run for both... Mr. Green

G · The Voice of Reason Joined: 02 Feb 2002 Karma :

You do have to wonder, in cases like that, why you'd reply to a post that's over 2/3rds of a year old Razz

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tahrey · World Chat Champion Joined: 07 Jul 2010 Karma :

Let's just say I must have been in a right old mental state a couple nights back and am now having a good cringe reading them back!

I'll address it properly in a bit Rolling Eyes

EDIT - yeah I have no idea, but must have been linked to it from somewhere. Does one of the main boards get so little traffic that there'd be 6+ month old posts still on the first page of the index?