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thx1138 World Chat Champion
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Posted: 13:40 - 04 Aug 2017 Post subject: |
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toby1 wrote: | In that second pic is that a piece of genuine Clarice Cliffe being used as a key tray? |
no it's just Denby
So, this bike is not mine. It is sat in my back garden, acquaintance did a CBT last year, rode solo once, panicked and never rode it again.
They first asked a friend of mine to help out, cos it sat under cover for months and "wouldn't run". As i live nearer, mutual friend asked me to take a look instead. Basically the brakes were stuck on, and the battery was flat.
I got it going for them, pumped air in the tyres and lubed the chain, and a few months later they got in touch to say that their internship was up, they had to move out of accommodation and could I have it in my garden, hand't been ridden since I last looked at it.
So there it is. Tax'd not sornd, insured, due an MOT.
I'm considering offering them some money for it, but what would be a fair price? 50 quid, 100 quid?
2nd hand ones are online for around 500, and I'd need to buy a new swing arm then fit it, and get it through an MOT.
I feel like I'd be doing them a favour by buying it. But it is something to do in my back garden, another bike to tinker with, and there are not many bikes that actually fit in there due to the stupid narrow passageway.... |
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Posted: 14:13 - 04 Aug 2017 Post subject: |
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It is astonishing though that nearly every part of the average Chinese motorcycle appears to be made from sub-standard materials.
I once owned a JingCheng Dax-clone for about 8 years - it only covered a few hundred miles and was shed stored. The chrome peeled off the mudguards in spite of being undersealed by me from new, The rubber indicator stems perished, as did the fuel pipe, plastics became brittle and the kick-start seal leaked and forks were beginning to rust through the 'hard' chrome.
This was basically only through storage..I hate to think what it would have like if I'd actually used it..
Price - yep you'd be doing them a favour at 100 quid I think. It might fetch more with an MOT. But if it was me I'd put the 100 towards something Japanese. ____________________ Now: A100, GT250A, XJ598, FZ750
Then: Fizz, RS200, KL250, XJ550, Laverda Alpina, XJ600, FZS600 |
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thx1138 World Chat Champion
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Posted: 11:32 - 15 Aug 2017 Post subject: |
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ahem
I've agreed to buy it for £100.
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I've disconnected the battery, stupid alarm.
I wonder how easy a task it would be to remove the alarm system?
I suspect it's probably better made than the rest of the bike, and would be a royal pain in the backside to remove? |
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