eBay's Most Miserable Bike

[A100man]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225249400596?
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[WD Forte]

[Polarbear]

Does he need to hold it up? Side stand no good?
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Triumph Trophy Launch Edition

[MarJay]

I sort of like it...
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[Bhud]

Seems to have been trying for an old Ducati sort of look. Don't know why, because the TRX850 is a good-looking bike in standard form.
It kind of went wrong because he didn't do a mock-up on paper on on the computer. Seems to have the wrong sidestand, or there's something up with the right sidestand.

[Nobby the Bastard]

A TRX has a trellise frame almost identical to a ducati so I don't know why you think the builder is trying to copy a ducati.

It already looked like one.
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Sprint ST 1050

[Bhud]

[A100man]

[Polarbear]

For some reason I always thought the TRX had a V twin, not a parallel twin engine.
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Triumph Trophy Launch Edition

[Nobby the Bastard]

I think it has a offset crank so it has the firing sequence and sound of a v despite being a twin.

And that fairing looks like just about any racing fairing from the 70s.

https://c7.alamy.com/comp/GE2PTP/1961-honda-rc162-mike-hailwood-GE2PTP.jpg
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trevor saxe-coburg-gotha:"Remember this simple rule - scooters are for men who like to feel the breeze on their huge, flapping cunt lips."
Sprint ST 1050

[stinkwheel]

Retro cafe racering TRXs is a thing, the French are big on it.

Pretty sure that's a French made off the shelf fairing kit.
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[Bhud]

When you see one of those fairings and it's bright red / Monza red, it has a Ducati vibe. There are subtle visual cues in the lines. Combo of straight lines and curves. Well, to my eye anyway. I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt and assume he had a look in mind, and didn't just gey carried away with an accessories catalogue.

[Nobby the Bastard]

Yes red is the traditional colour for Italy but thats largely a 50s thing. You have to be a bit old to even know.
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trevor saxe-coburg-gotha:"Remember this simple rule - scooters are for men who like to feel the breeze on their huge, flapping cunt lips."
Sprint ST 1050

[Ariel Badger]

This pile of carp sold for £350 at auction at the National Motorcycle Museum on Thursday, the next day it is on ebay. Frame is cobbled together from plumbing fittings and bits off the scrap heap. Engine forked and no gearbox. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/134357562347?hash=item1f4855b3eb:g:D0AAAOSwxztjke2v&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAkA42mfpXUeOUxIM6bd2y2qUuwPCM%2F%2F0YLl%2FM%2BqsCNQPN5QsN5tqJKkUjqOIUWNTYIIux0qqb15hYuzJJYrdaURhb65dCeE7%2FIMGohGLoVnIDlDnwg8VdhImbUmP5Au8ek0hl2%2BpiiVQYeY8lG5cvUPGXIN%2FBzkQEvesu5UbM4wsX3as2HyOOtolNZ93R0kISKA%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR-Dpm5CfYQ
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[WD Forte]

Avoid, it ain't got ABS

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/D0AAAOSwxztjke2v/s-l1600.jpg
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[Ariel Badger]

[Easy-X]

Not sure about this one:

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/B7gAAOSw5sZjeKUH/s-l1600.jpg

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325430587814
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[WD Forte]

Hmmm, lemme see.
for 4 grand you can buy this 2005 KTM duke
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/9xgAAOSwluljmhDe/s-l1600.jpg

OR

For fifteen grand you can buy the above 2005 KTM Duke based beauty
What's that? Why? you say?
Its feckin obvious innit
It's fifteen fahkin grand for starters, so it's got to be good right?
How many shit bikes do you see for fifteen grand?
Never mind the no mudguards or front brakes and all that poofy stuff
What? lights? wtf do you want lights for?
just buy it while you got the chance!
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[Easy-X]

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/V5oAAOSwGeBjR~li/s-l1600.jpg

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/134278516426

"DARING 125CC CAFE RACER"
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[rpsmith79]

[A100man]

[Nobby the Bastard]

that is fucking minging.
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Sprint ST 1050

[WD Forte]

I think/hope they're using 'daring' ironically as its obviously a shit box

A glance at their other bikes, mostly SoR, shows they don't have quite the eye watering prices others ask for shite.
for example
This low mileage bike for £695 could well be ok for someone on limited funds as a runabout or tinkering/learning project.
throw a couple of hundred at it for a service and parts and it may be
a half decent hack for less than grand

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/134315781317?hash=item1f45d82cc5:g:BTkAAOSwNNJjZm2x

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/BTkAAOSwNNJjZm2x/s-l1600.jpg
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[A100man]

[Polarbear]