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 Posted: 15:15 - 16 Mar 2020  Post subject: Hello! |
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Hi guys,
New to the forum. Hope you're well.
I've got a few bikes - K4 SV1000 with a K6 GSXR600 front end, an RC36-1 VFR750 that's in pieces after a taxi driver did a u-turn in front of me (fixing it up as of the past weekend, fairings are off for paint) and a 12 plate VFR800 ABS model. I bought that as I previously worked in the city, the SV (nor 750) would get through the ULEZ rules - so I got it crash damaged and have fixed it up. I realise it's a weird time with Corona lunacy sweeping the nation, but I will likely let it go at some point this year, once everyone's calmed down and accepted that 99.7% of people will quite easily sail through a Corona infection. Guessing purses will be tight until then.
On that note, how much do you guys think it's worth. Here's the background:
Low side accident, left mid fairing, front mudguard, left headlight all took a knock and got damaged.
Forks are straight, as is the frame.
Written off as a Cat D by the previous owners insurance company.
I bought it from 4th Dimension (or surreyMCSalvage as they now seem to be known as on Ebay)
I've bought Chinese injection mould fairings. These actually fit perfectly before any armchair experts pipe up about their quality
All original (including damaged) fairing is still with the bike, boxed up and safe in a dry garage. They could be repaired by someone handy
Just shy of 14'000 miles
No service history (although bought from Chiswick Honda from what I can see, so might be available through them, I'll give it a shot)
V5 is en route, never got round to applying for it, it got sent off today...can take about 6 weeks
Comes with an official top box and Handa bracket thingy for it
Oxford heated grips
New official windscreen
The fairings are a slightly different shade of white to the tank. I could get the tank sides painted to match, I've got a very talented painter contact
Here's a listing on Gumtree: https://www.gumtree.com/p/honda-motorbikes/2012-vfr800/1369276085
Reckon £3500 is about right? (forget the current financial climate and pretend we're not in the midst of extreme reactions to something that'll give 99.7% a cough) Going off other Ebay listings - much higher mileage examples are going for more.
I'll stick some pics of my other bikes up later  |
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and thanks for marking it as spam, that helps a lot You bored at home with a mild cough, or something? |
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..it usually takes a while for newcomers to buy into the caustic BCF wit, some never manage it.
An introduction would have helped.
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| Posted: 22:58 - 16 Mar 2020 Post subject: Re: Hello! |
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| veefour wrote: | Hi guys,
New to the forum. Hope you're well.
I've got a few bikes - K4 SV1000 with a K6 GSXR600 front end, an RC36-1 VFR750 that's in pieces after a taxi driver did a u-turn in front of me (fixing it up as of the past weekend, fairings are off for paint) and a 12 plate VFR800 ABS model. I bought that as I previously worked in the city, the SV (nor 750) would get through the ULEZ rules - so I got it crash damaged and have fixed it up. I realise it's a weird time with Corona lunacy sweeping the nation, but I will likely let it go at some point this year, once everyone's calmed down and accepted that 99.7% of people will quite easily sail through a Corona infection. Guessing purses will be tight until then.
On that note, how much do you guys think it's worth. Here's the background:
Low side accident, left mid fairing, front mudguard, left headlight all took a knock and got damaged.
Forks are straight, as is the frame.
Written off as a Cat D by the previous owners insurance company.
I bought it from 4th Dimension (or surreyMCSalvage as they now seem to be known as on Ebay)
I've bought Chinese injection mould fairings. These actually fit perfectly before any armchair experts pipe up about their quality
All original (including damaged) fairing is still with the bike, boxed up and safe in a dry garage. They could be repaired by someone handy
Just shy of 14'000 miles
No service history (although bought from Chiswick Honda from what I can see, so might be available through them, I'll give it a shot)
V5 is en route, never got round to applying for it, it got sent off today...can take about 6 weeks
Comes with an official top box and Handa bracket thingy for it
Oxford heated grips
New official windscreen
The fairings are a slightly different shade of white to the tank. I could get the tank sides painted to match, I've got a very talented painter contact
Here's a listing on Gumtree: https://www.gumtree.com/p/honda-motorbikes/2012-vfr800/1369276085
Reckon £3500 is about right? (forget the current financial climate and pretend we're not in the midst of extreme reactions to something that'll give 99.7% a cough) Going off other Ebay listings - much higher mileage examples are going for more.
I'll stick some pics of my other bikes up later |
Being honest Mr. (Ms?) Veefour it does read as joining purely to plug your sale? One post, massive list of bike details, link to a advert? If not, fair enough, but it certainly looks like that at first (and second, third, and, being honest, fourth) glance to me as well... |
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| Nobby the Bastard wrote: | If, for example, you have posted it in the relevant section of the forum then it wouldn't have been marked as spam.
Whose the cunt now? |
If you're going to try and put on a clever front, at least use decent grammar.
Here's an idea: Read the Rules & Guidelines. I can post a link if you like? Actually, fuck it, here's the bit that matters:
Thou shall post in the correct section
Please make sure when starting a new topic that you post it in the correct section. If your topic has to be moved by a moderator, your karma rating will suffer. Just because a topic is likely to be seen by more people in a particular section, doesn't mean it belongs there!
Topics regarding news from the biking world belong in the Biking News forum.
Questions from newbie riders and "Which bike is for me?" type threads go in the New Bikers bit.
Mechanical help Qs & As belong in The Workshop.
"For Sale" and "Wanted" ads belong in Exchange & Mart, unless they are better suited to one of the special interests sections (Racing, Supermoto, etc).
Topics about events belong in Outings & Excursions, unless the event is a local one and would be better suited to a regional forum section (South East, Scotland, etc).
Everything else to do with bikes goes here: General Bike Chat.
Topics related to the forum belong in Feedback, Suggestions, Bug Reports.
Topics which have nothing to do with bikes should be posted in the Offtopic Chat section.
It's not a sale post, it's not advertising, it's not a newbie rider post. It's also not going to fall under any of the other sections, is it?
So, pull your head out of your arse and give it a wobble. You utter fucking doleite wanker.   |
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| Bhud wrote: | There was nothing wrong with the advice I gave you. If you list it on Ebay as a no-reserve auction you will find out the market value, i.e. the highest sum of money anyone is willing to pay for it.
If I tell you it's worth 10K, that would be worthless because I wouldn't put my money where my mouth was and buy it from you. If I told you it's worth a hundred quid, that would be worthless because others would pay more. So it's no use asking what the market value is. I'm sure you already understand this. So it does look like you're misusing the forum to spam your ad. You don't seem to have much time for forum members, so it's hard to conclude you have any other intention but spam. |
I never said there was 
And, come on, no time for forum members? I'm not going to sit here and take abuse from jumped up shithawks like bastard-what's-his-face. Who the fuck does he think he is? I'm quite happy to get to know anyone here and meet them in person, including him.
However, contrary to the expert opinion(s) in this thread, I'm not going anywhere, it's not a spam ad, it's a question. I'm really not in any kind of situation where I have to justify myself. I'm pretty sure that if I'd have waited until I'd completed 100 posts, I'd still have received abuse from dickhead up there, forum boglins like him thrive on hiding behind a monitor and dishing out abuse, expecting their post count/time on a forum to count for something. He's just some cunt with a keyboard to me, and anyone who think's he's within reason to be acting the way he is towards me, should have no issue with my abuse towards him.
Anyway, Ebay's as useless an indicator as someone offering £100. A final bidding value doesn't represent market value. Mine's a rather unique situation as I've bought the bike in a certain state and fixed it up (regardless of what dickhead up there thinks, the fairings are actually superb quality. But I'm sure his armchair expert opinion is based on solid fact, rather than a second/third/fourth hand regurgitation of some other forum boglins uneducated, inexperienced view, right?).
It's got low mileage for the year, shows little to no wear and tear across the various components and comes with some stipulations - so there's swings and roundabouts in either owning or selling it. Anyone with basic mechanical knowledge would be able to look the bike over and see it's fine. I'd hazard a guess that more or less everyone that's had/got a few bikes under their belt, have bought one or two with little stamped history and gone off the general condition and ride quality of the vehicle. Just because some technician has changed the oil at Honda for a jumped up price, is not indicative of a cared for bike.
And last time I checked, this is a Motorcycle forum. So maybe, just maybe, there might be one or five people who've had similar situations and would be able to feed back their experience. |
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| veefour wrote: | | Bhud wrote: | There was nothing wrong with the advice I gave you. If you list it on Ebay as a no-reserve auction you will find out the market value, i.e. the highest sum of money anyone is willing to pay for it.
If I tell you it's worth 10K, that would be worthless because I wouldn't put my money where my mouth was and buy it from you. If I told you it's worth a hundred quid, that would be worthless because others would pay more. So it's no use asking what the market value is. I'm sure you already understand this. So it does look like you're misusing the forum to spam your ad. You don't seem to have much time for forum members, so it's hard to conclude you have any other intention but spam. |
I never said there was
And, come on, no time for forum members? I'm not going to sit here and take abuse from jumped up shithawks like bastard-what's-his-face. Who the fuck does he think he is? I'm quite happy to get to know anyone here and meet them in person, including him.
However, contrary to the expert opinion(s) in this thread, I'm not going anywhere, it's not a spam ad, it's a question. I'm really not in any kind of situation where I have to justify myself. I'm pretty sure that if I'd have waited until I'd completed 100 posts, I'd still have received abuse from dickhead up there, forum boglins like him thrive on hiding behind a monitor and dishing out abuse, expecting their post count/time on a forum to count for something. He's just some cunt with a keyboard to me, and anyone who think's he's within reason to be acting the way he is towards me, should have no issue with my abuse towards him.
Anyway, Ebay's as useless an indicator as someone offering £100. A final bidding value doesn't represent market value. Mine's a rather unique situation as I've bought the bike in a certain state and fixed it up (regardless of what dickhead up there thinks, the fairings are actually superb quality. But I'm sure his armchair expert opinion is based on solid fact, rather than a second/third/fourth hand regurgitation of some other forum boglins uneducated, inexperienced view, right?).
It's got low mileage for the year, shows little to no wear and tear across the various components and comes with some stipulations - so there's swings and roundabouts in either owning or selling it. Anyone with basic mechanical knowledge would be able to look the bike over and see it's fine. I'd hazard a guess that more or less everyone that's had/got a few bikes under their belt, have bought one or two with little stamped history and gone off the general condition and ride quality of the vehicle. Just because some technician has changed the oil at Honda for a jumped up price, is not indicative of a cared for bike.
And last time I checked, this is a Motorcycle forum. So maybe, just maybe, there might be one or five people who've had similar situations and would be able to feed back their experience. |
Some respect for this spirited response I'd have thought..
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