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Liono
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 Posted: 20:01 - 14 Mar 2011  Post subject: Thinking about a damaged/repaired bike |
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I've been looking to get myself a Street Triple but funding limits me a little to some of the higher milage examples out there. However, I've just come across a bike on Ebay which has quite low miles but has been crashed and then repaired:
https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2010-TRIUMPH-STREET-TRIPLE-BLACK-/320667497636?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item4aa945b4a4
The seller states that the steering stop was broken and he has had this replaced with a screw on attachment. There are also a couple of scratches to the frame, presumably from the same accident. What I'm trying to work out is how bothered I should be about the steering stop - presumably a crash bad enough to break this off could potentially damage something else on the frame or twist the forks? |
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GREENI3
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Posted: 20:21 - 14 Mar 2011  Post subject: |
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Save up some more pennies, and buy one that is structurally, cosmetically and mechanically sound. 
You'll only end up regretting it down the line... |
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I've only ever bought damaged repairable bikes. It means I can have a bike I want and not give that much of a shit about binning it as it's not immaculate.
Do it if you want it, but don't pay that much for it.
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| WiiLKO wrote: | Save up some more pennies, and buy one that is structurally, cosmetically and mechanically sound.
You'll only end up regretting it down the line... |
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Chalky.
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| Posted: 22:05 - 14 Mar 2011 Post subject: |
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| WiiLKO wrote: | Save up some more pennies, and buy one that is structurally, cosmetically and mechanically sound.
You'll only end up regretting it down the line... |
Rubbish, you can get bikes repaired flawlessly and you woulnd't be able to tell the difference.
I've had a few written off cars in my time, as long as the jobs done right, there's no big deal.
I expect a good chunk of money knocked off the price compared to standard. People may yarp on about resale value, yes it will be less, but everything has a price, buy it well and you'll not lose money.
Does make me laugh when people say how little damage was done to some vehicle though, an example, a car that was roughly £85k new, written off after 2 years old. "All it needed was a rear bumper, made it a cat d". Yeh that's right, what's probably a £35k car written off because of a back bumper, from the dealership fitted you're looking at change from a grand or so! |
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