Rogue Rider
23rd September 2010, 19:43
Buying a bike can be fun and exciting, but sometimes the flavour and novelty wears off very quickly.
Late last year I purchased a bike from a dealer, it was a bike I always wanted to get, and the opportunity arose that was simply too good an opportunity to pass up, at least that was what I thought.
The dealer knew me, I was a previous customer, He informed me of the bike they had, that it was cheap because it was made up of 3 different bikes, but was all good and had no structural compromises.
I was happy with the explanation, and I asked and confirmed that the bike wasn't a smash job, and that it had No mechanical issues.
I put up the deposit and financed the balance 11500 with MTF finance through the shop.
Straight away there were some issues, minor but annoying. The same issue required numerous lengthy trips back to the dealer.
I had some secondary advice on the bike which revealed several assembly faults, one of which was a burnt out clutch due to being installed back to front. There were also some odd foreign bolts in places as well as some missing ones.
The bike was clearly poorly reconstructed....
The issues continued, and so did my frustration. In the end I rode the bike back to the dealer and gave it back to them. I ended up taking another bike instead, of close value, but the costs involved with the pig were $3000.
I worked out today that with the new finance amendment form on the replacement bike, (Because MTF don't allow title transfer) the ordeal has cost me over $4,000. Money I will never see again, and I am still paying for it........
WARNING! Always trust your intuition and follow your own advice. I never buy bikes with suspect or odd pasts, and never buy an itsa bitsa..... I made a huge error and I will never make that mistake again.
Has anyone else made a dumb arse decision before, is it just me lol...... This is the first bike out of over 40 that I have had a lemon.:Police:
Late last year I purchased a bike from a dealer, it was a bike I always wanted to get, and the opportunity arose that was simply too good an opportunity to pass up, at least that was what I thought.
The dealer knew me, I was a previous customer, He informed me of the bike they had, that it was cheap because it was made up of 3 different bikes, but was all good and had no structural compromises.
I was happy with the explanation, and I asked and confirmed that the bike wasn't a smash job, and that it had No mechanical issues.
I put up the deposit and financed the balance 11500 with MTF finance through the shop.
Straight away there were some issues, minor but annoying. The same issue required numerous lengthy trips back to the dealer.
I had some secondary advice on the bike which revealed several assembly faults, one of which was a burnt out clutch due to being installed back to front. There were also some odd foreign bolts in places as well as some missing ones.
The bike was clearly poorly reconstructed....
The issues continued, and so did my frustration. In the end I rode the bike back to the dealer and gave it back to them. I ended up taking another bike instead, of close value, but the costs involved with the pig were $3000.
I worked out today that with the new finance amendment form on the replacement bike, (Because MTF don't allow title transfer) the ordeal has cost me over $4,000. Money I will never see again, and I am still paying for it........
WARNING! Always trust your intuition and follow your own advice. I never buy bikes with suspect or odd pasts, and never buy an itsa bitsa..... I made a huge error and I will never make that mistake again.
Has anyone else made a dumb arse decision before, is it just me lol...... This is the first bike out of over 40 that I have had a lemon.:Police: