What bike?

[KungFooBob]

If it does all fall through, then I might make a below starting price offer on this (it ends in a day and has no bids).

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234049471706

[weeksy]

If it does all fall through, then I might make a below starting price offer on this (it ends in a day and has no bids).

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234049471706

Don't do it. Get deposit back and get the gsxr youwant when the next one comes up

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

There are plenty of 11s on flea bay

[Couchy]

A very sensibly priced GSXR1100L street fighter just came up on the Butchered Classics Facebook page, must resist buying another old bike that I don't need.

If I wanted it I wouldn't hesitate, if it's cheap then it'll sell equally as easily once you've scratched the itch.
If I was in the UK I'd have a new bike like that every week until I got tired with the sales process and the clowns that accompany it.

I've got tired of the sales process and clowns but it was fun

[KungFooBob]

Apparently the parts are all there and it's next on the workshop list to be done.

Yeah right, strange coincidence the parts arrive as soon as I kick up a fuss.

With a bit of luck I might have a bike next week.

[Taipan]

Great News. So we can get back to taking the piss yeah.

Ritebike mechanics earlier...

[Taipan]

I'd not go for that Aprilia if I were you. You seemed proper chuffed when you found the GSXR and you've waited this long...

Obligatory piss take meme

[KungFooBob]

My thoughts are...

1. All is good, the parts have just landed and its all going to be fine.

2. The parts came ages ago and they're slack bastards.

3. The parts haven't arrived, so rather than lose a sale they're going to send it out without them. They originally said it was carb parts they were waiting for, today he said it was rear calliper seals. I could get a set of rear calliper seals next day if I needed them, so why has it taken them 4 weeks?

[Couchy]

Because ritebike, as the retail arm of webuyanybike they only wanna buy cheap sell cheap and do nothing more than that. Get deposit back and move on. As a bonus you won’t have to ride the 1100

[KungFooBob]

The thing is, the bike itself is immaculate. It's probably in better (cosmetic) condition than when it left the factory.

They seem to be going out of their way to find problems with it to fix. Normally a dealer would punt it out and hope for the best that you wouldn't bring it back.

It's nice that they're replacing all the calliper seals, but I've owned loads of old shitter and they've never needed them.

A private one in the same colours has just been listed on Friendface for £2k less, but it's got double the miles and looks well worn (missing decals, etc..).

I'm certainly not going to transfer the funds until I've seen it in the flesh running... without fluids pissing out of it.

[Potter]

It could only really be three things, either they were/are genuinely waiting for parts, or they're lazy, or they think they could get more for it so they're holding it back hoping you pull out and they can sell it on.

If they're a buy 'em cheap and sell 'em on outfit then they'll want to move stock quickly, so it wouldn't make sense for them to hold stock and wait for payment. It might genuinely be that they don't want any comebacks so they're trying to send it out in a condition where it lasts for any kind of warranty period.

It's an old bike and it's been standing, for possibly long periods, so maybe they test rode it and some of the perishable seals shat themselves and now they can't send it out like that until they've replaced them because it's dangerous.

Any old, low mileage bike is going to keep hitting you with stuff like that, rubbers and seals will perish, the carbs will gum up if you don't use it, etc.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

What Potter said is true, old bikes that don't get used regularly can be an utter pain, in some ways you're better off with a high mileage bike that's been ridden, nothing seizes up, and if it does it gets fixed.

[weeksy]

What Potter said is true, old bikes that don't get used regularly can be an utter pain, in some ways you're better off with a high mileage bike that's been ridden, nothing seizes up, and if it does it gets fixed.

Or a nice modern one that just works

[KungFooBob]

Or a nice modern one that just works

Where's the fun in that?

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

What Potter said is true, old bikes that don't get used regularly can be an utter pain, in some ways you're better off with a high mileage bike that's been ridden, nothing seizes up, and if it does it gets fixed.

Or a nice modern one that just works

If someone were to make a new bike I wanted to buy them I'd buy one, but with what's currently available new I feel like I'd be buying a new bike just to say I've got a new bike, though nothing has grabbed me like that since the 1998 R1

[weeksy]

Or a nice modern one that just works

Where's the fun in that?

1. It arrives
2. It goes and stops when you want it to

Where's the fun in getting frustrated because the bike you want isn't here because it's broken before it even arrived

[KungFooBob]

I'm knew it was broken, that doesn't frustrate me. The time it's taken for the parts and the coms from the dealer frustrate me.

Dealers can be frustrating, even on brand new bikes

I almost hope it has some small issues, because I like tinkering in the garage.

[KungFooBob]

I almost hope it has some small issues, because I like tinkering in the garage.

So tell them knock a couple of hundred quid off and you'll take it as-is, now ?

Give them an excuse to sell it as spare and repairs without 3 months warranty?

[Taipan]

The thing is, the bike itself is immaculate. It's probably in better (cosmetic) condition than when it left the factory.

They seem to be going out of their way to find problems with it to fix. Normally a dealer would punt it out and hope for the best that you wouldn't bring it back.

It's nice that they're replacing all the calliper seals, but I've owned loads of old shitter and they've never needed them.

A private one in the same colours has just been listed on Friendface for £2k less, but it's got double the miles and looks well worn (missing decals, etc..).

I'm certainly not going to transfer the funds until I've seen it in the flesh running... without fluids pissing out of it.

I still think you should wait it out. You wanted one of these and this was the best you found. Once you've finally got it home, the wait will soon be a distant memory and you've years ahead with it.

[KungFooBob]

Well the fuckers said on Friday that all the parts were in and it was next on the ramp.

Heard nothing this week so far.

If they've not rung by Friday I'm buying a convertible and a comfort seat for the Enfield.