Bought a Written off Bike fom a Dealer - Advise Please

[JonWal]

Hi All,

Please can you help me with a query I have.

I bought a Triumph Street Triple in November from a Kawasaki Dealership.

Few weeks ago I broke down with faulty Regulator/Rectifier.

Rang Triumph Dealership as I knew of a recall on this part. However my bike was not down on the recall list.

Took it to a local garage and had it repaired (£190.00)

Anyway I then found out that all 2009/2010 Street Triples were recalled for this part so I contacted Triumph again. They've now told me that the reason I was not on the recall list is that my Bike was written off in October 2012.

There was no reason for me to believe the bike was written off during the purchase from the Kawasaki dealership. If I had known it was written off I'd have stayed well clear.

I paid the equivalent of a low mileage bike with a full service history.

I'm 99% sure I have a HPI check sheet that came with the bike saying it was clear. I will have to check tonight. Has anyone ever had any similar experiences?

Thanks in advance, Jon
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- Yamaha YBR 125 - Swansea, UK
- Triumph Street Triple
A Licence Passed 25.09.2015

[Kris]

Have you done a HPI/history check yourself yet?
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[Minty]

If HPI check was done then contact the company to advise them and assuming they have some sort of guarantee, they need to resolve it with Triumph and advise you what has indeed happened, accident history wise.
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[Pjay]

Dealers must make it clear they are selling a written off bike by law.

You have a case.

[JonWal]

Thanks All for your replies.

I will do my own HPI check of course. I'm still in work at the moment so I haven't checked the bike's documents, but I'm sure I've seen the HPI report in my paperwork.

If I do in fact have a case, what are my options? What can I expect?
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- Yamaha YBR 125 - Swansea, UK
- Triumph Street Triple
A Licence Passed 25.09.2015

[Albigularis]

Did you finance it? If so, get onto them as well, as most finance companies don't like cat-anythings.
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Biking history so far-
Aprilia RS125 - Kawasaki ZXR400 - Triumph Street Triple R - Suzuki GSXR1000 L3 - BMW R1200GS - Kawasaki Z1000 - Kawasaki ZX10R C1H - Ducati Multistrada 1200 S Touring - Suzuki Hayabusa

[Rogerborg]

[MarJay]

I'd suggest engaging some sort of legal advice because this could get messy.
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[JonWal]

Unfortunately I paid cash. So no finance outstanding on the bike..
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- Yamaha YBR 125 - Swansea, UK
- Triumph Street Triple
A Licence Passed 25.09.2015

[Minty]

At the moment I would treat this as the Dealers problem. Tell them what has happened and that you want them to look into it whilst you contemplate taking legal advice. Could simply be an admin problem somewhere in the chain.
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[Polarbear]

[Pjay]

[Polarbear]

What's the reg number? There are people on here with access to various databases that might be able to help.
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[JonWal]

The Bikes reg. number is LK59 KSX.

Thanks guys. I'll update asap. Off home now.
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- Yamaha YBR 125 - Swansea, UK
- Triumph Street Triple
A Licence Passed 25.09.2015

[Rogerborg]

Biketrader doesn't flag that bike as a write off. Before you spend a penny or sink any time or grief into it, I'd ask why Triumph think that it is. Could just be a snafu rather than a sinister shadowy conspiracy.
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[andys675]

I've no idea why triumph would know the bike was written off, how would they know? and what's it got to do with them?

my salesman mate says if it was subject to a total loss it will say so on the front of the v5
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[P.addy]

[Hahadumball]

by law dealers have to state its written off

Regulation 6 of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008.

office of fair trading will deal with it

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/office-of-fair-trading

[Rogerborg]

Nice one, that does look germane.
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[Wonko The Sane]

[M.C]

[Matt B]

[GSTEEL32]

this seems a bit of an arse-about-face way of finding this out ..........

The first thing I do when contemplating a bike is spend £3 on those "text 88888 for a vehicle history" thingy.

If it comes back as written off, I save a shed load more than £3 battering the price down. If it comes back clear, you still batter the price down, just not as much .....

Even if the ad says its Cat "whatever", Its makes sense to ensure the details from the dealer/seller match the documentation stored online .....

Spending £5k on a bike, without doing your own homework, is a bit daft to me .....

[Efes123]

[Rogerborg]