eBay's Most Miserable Bike

[ThatDippyTwat]

[WD Forte]

This guys done some good work but the result is pretty ghastly
That seat!

"I have only ridden this bike 4 miles"
That's 4 more miles than I'd like to ride it

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/q2wAAOSwVV1go~9v/s-l1600.jpg

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/133766577581?hash=item1f251bfdad:g:q2wAAOSwVV1go~9v
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[Easy-X]

What is it with this hate campaign against the CX500
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[wr6133]

Wow, not only is that seat stupidly small it appears to angle downward as if to maximise the chance of the rear wheel making the rider a Eunuch.

Also the shit looking fold in the seat cover makes me wonder if he can't even cover a seat, the rest must be proper grim.

[Fat Angry Scotsman]

[Brava210]

4 miles and his Asshole was like a chewed Orange......
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CHARLEY SAYS " ALWAYS TELL YOUR MUMMY BEFORE YOU GO OFF SOMEWHERE"

[Brava210]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265174274746?


WTF
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Honda Novio, Puch Grand Prix, Suzuki AP50, CZ 125, Wassell 125, Montesa 348,Honda 125TDC, Suzuki 100ER, Suzuki GSF650 Bandit, Aprillia Pegaso, Honda PCX125, Honda Forza300, BMW G310 GS, Suzuki SFV650, Honda CB500X

CHARLEY SAYS " ALWAYS TELL YOUR MUMMY BEFORE YOU GO OFF SOMEWHERE"

[martin734]

[WD Forte]

This,,, thing...... has a "one off frame"
for a piffling £2750 you can be the next proud owner of a machine that may never get past an mvsa inspection.

Why would someone do that you ask?
Drugs children.....
lots of drugs.

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

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/254996373494?hash=item3b5ef7dff6:g:pyEAAOSwpQBgsRCM
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[Bhud]

[WD Forte]

Incidentally
I've just seen that CX on Gumtree
"Honda CX500 Cafe Racer Reduced price as I need to sell
£2,250.00"
and

"Reduced price as I need to sell
£2.450 now dropped price again
to £2.250
A lot of bike seeing as its fully restored for someone."
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[Evil Hans]

[Fat Angry Scotsman]

[blurredman]

[droog]

[Bhud]

I wonder how bad that ride of 4 miles must have been.

If it were just the seat, he could change that. After all, so much time has already been wasted on painting.
I suspect it runs like crap. Pods plus straight pipes. It can be set up, but it takes a long time and can be frustrating. So that was 4 miles trying not to slip onto the rear tyre, the thing sounding like a pneumatic drill as it lurched, bogged, stalled and surged as the engine warmed up under load and showed up what a mess the fuelling was. Then he was cured of his cafe phase. Just a hunch.

[droog]

[Bhud]

[droog]

[WD Forte]

I see that CX is up to £1,420 with 2 hours to go so there's obviously
still a market for magic beans.

I'm genuinely mystified who buys this shit
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[Easy-X]

[WD Forte]

"The bike needs finshing not got the time"

https://ih1.redbubble.net/image.15249115.0505/sticker,375x360.u1.png
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[Kawasaki Jimbo]

[WD Forte]

Just insured my 79er and Carol Nash asked if it was
substantially standard (ie non silly mods) which it is.
These cafe racer nobs must be lying their arses off.

I'd say substantial mods would include butchering the rear frame
for a pointless monoshock which is no improvement at all and
potentially dangerous in fact.
I cant see how they qualify for VHI either.

I'd say without MVSA approval this mod is not fit for the road
so it's just as well most of these types will do anything but
get on and ride them.
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[Bhud]

You have to declare mods for your insurance, but I very much doubt that the cafe lot ever do.

Rather more concerning is the abuse of the MSVA regs. Frame modification demands MSVA, always. The system and criteria are very clear. These people threaten to ruin the nice and lax regulatory framework we currently have in place for historical vehicles. These contraptions bring too much attention. Those of who own qualifying historic vehicles rely on flying under the radar of the privileged elite. The tax and MOT exemption was only ever put in place for the benefit of people with classic Ferraris who meet up once a year. It wasn't ever intended for a scruffy enthusiast with a Caterham kit car or a CX500. So the attention the likes of Bike Shed, etc. with their dubious mods brought is a serious negative.

Here are 2 car events coming up in the near future:

https://www.stonor.com/events/bremont-stonor-supercar-sunday/
https://www.berkshiremotorshow.co.uk/

The 40 year exemption was achieved following lobbying at an EU level, and it was meant to allow the former car event to proceed as it's always done, and not the second one.

Can't blame it all on the cafe lot, as the car lot are even worse, with dangerous deathtraps relying on nostalgia to pull in e-donations on Youtube (e.g. those Rover P6s falling to pieces).

At the end of the day, these people are using a bandwagon as a stepping stone, so they're going to move on. Whether onto e-bikes or just the attractiveness of wealth, i.e. a new and shiny car when they no longer need to e-beg. But I think it needs to be happening more quickly than it is, or else, at the current rate, the regulations might be tightened.