Bought a bike off Trade Me and it's a lemon

[gpcustom]

I bought a bike off trade me its a 1997 yamaha xtz660 tenere. I rang the guy up befor bidding to make sure it was all good with no problems as its done 93,000k and was in the north island. Anyway he said no its sweet as so i got it for $2500 so i was happy as reg and wof and its realy tidy. Had to wait to weeks for it to get here and right from the day i picked it up i knew something wasnt right with it. First it would not idel back fireing exhaust was from a 1200 bandit it wasnt happy. Allso engine oil in the air box. so i drained oil as was over full made a new muffler for it and had carb jetted and cleaned. Got it back was now running better and would idel. But no power would not go faster than 120. Did comp test and only 85psi. Have striped it down and it now needs a new piston and a re bore. Im so pissed off as was realy looking forward to geting out and doing all the back roads.:facepalm:

[Oblivion]

Did the previous owner do a service on it within the past 5 years?

[ynot slow]

Word of advice re trade me or online auctions,steer well friggin clear of auction questions and replies from owner where there is "text speak",i.e if the owner can't read and write to me it means intelligence is missing,hence buyer beware.

Or if they can't spell stay away.

[Oblivion]

Word of advice re trade me or online auctions,steer well friggin clear of auction questions and replies from owner where there is "text speak",i.e if the owner can't read and write to me it means intelligence is missing,hence buyer beware.

Or if they can't spell stay away.

The text speak that some people use on Trademe is absolutely atrocious :facepalm:

[steve_t]

Word of advice re trade me or online auctions...
... if they can't spell stay away.

That rules out over 3/4 of trademe :shit::innocent:

[Laava]

wt chu tlkn bt wls?

[YellowDog]

The text speak that some people use on Trademe is absolutely atrocious :facepalm:

Yep, lots of Retards on reTardme :yes:

At that sort of price for something so old, I'd expect a bike with a well maintained engine in excellent condition.

[ynot slow]

wt chu tlkn bt wls?

Ah gt m a menars nissn skyln 4sl,wl blw a v8.

[MSTRS]

Word of advice re trade me or online auctions,steer well friggin clear of auction questions and replies from owner where there is "text speak",i.e if the owner can't read and write to me it means intelligence is missing,hence buyer beware.

Or if they can't spell stay away.

Cum on, b fare. Mi spelg iz mint. and so iz mi bik. mi mum sez mi techa dusint no nethnk.

[Drew]

So, how much you want for it in it's current state? Swap for my listing?

[Oakie]

Sorry but if you buy a bike with 93000 km on the clock you need to expect it's going to be a bit tired.

[Drew]

Sorry but if you buy a bike with 93000 km on the clock you need to expect it's going to be a bit tired.My RF has that many K's, still runs like clockwork.

[dogsnbikes]

I bought a bike off trade me its a 1997 yamaha xtz660 tenere. I rang the guy up befor bidding to make sure it was all good with no problems as its done 93,000k and was in the north island.
Did you consider the north islands higher lattitude

Anyway he said no its sweet as so i got it for $2500 so i was happy as reg and wof and its realy tidy. Had to wait to weeks for it to get here and right from the day i picked it up i knew something wasnt right with it. First it would not idel back fireing exhaust was from a 1200 bandit it wasnt happy. Allso engine oil in the air box. so i drained oil as was over full made a new muffler for it and had carb jetted and cleaned. Got it back was now running better and would idel. But no power would not go faster than 120.
Swap the 120 speedo for a 160kph speedo

Did comp test and only 85psi. Have striped it down and it now needs a new piston and a re bore. Im so pissed off as was realy looking forward to geting out and doing all the back roads.:facepalm:
Wow with new psiton and rings, now your be able to go there and back again by a tenere rather than just there

Never a nice susprise to get something less than you expected.despite being pissed off your still happy about doing the bike up and getting things sorted.......a single with 93k on the clock I would expect too be a little worse for wear in the piston department and would have been a consideration in the purchase if it were me.......

buying online can be risky and if you can't get it cheaked out all you can do is hope for the best and plan for the worst

I brought a XT from a guy in Ashburton in Jan and road it 600+ks homethat day and had only seen a pic of the bike,I got it for $1500 but had already considerd what it cost me to get it up too stratch

[riffer]

My RF has twice as many kms as Drews. With the exception of 2nd gear it runs like clockwork too.

[dogsnbikes]

My RF has that many K's, still runs like clockwork.

with only 23250k per cylinder its hardly run in

Now there's a selling point:innocent:

[gpcustom]

my 1991 zzr1100 was just about to clock on to 90,000ks and was as strong as ever it even would still get up on the back wheel and still hit the factory top speed of 280ish. The guy who i got this off just lied to every one that asked a question he even said its was good with 2 up and loved chewing out rear tyres yea right. As for buying on line ive never had any trouble befor he had good feed back. I have a 1984 hj60 landcruiser and a 1994 ss commodore thwts done 325,000ks and they both reliable as.

[gpcustom]

good news is im getting a new piston kit & bored out so it will be the bike it was meant to be :woohoo:
you cant do much about it but fix it and move on but i dont think ill be buying from out of town again

[gpcustom]

here take a look http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=358670316

[Laava]

You will have a mint bike tho when you get it back!

[gpcustom]

yea will be a sweet bike. It is nice to ride and hopfilly the big bitch will wheel stand:banana:

[Taz]

Shoulda bort a nu won.

[jafar]

yea will be a sweet bike. It is nice to ride and hopfilly the big bitch will wheel stand:banana:

$2,500 for a well kept bike, shocks done 20k ago + how much for the piston kit ? Still a good buy for under $4,000 all up :drinkup:

[Bonez]

Hmmm I bought bike for $300 dollars and ride it on a daily basis. Uses bit of oil but seems to run perfectly fine 30,000kms later. I guess you get what you you pay for ah? Hell I even washed it today.

[gpcustom]

yea it will be a good bike but i wouldnt belive the shocks or anything else he says hes done to it after all he did tell me motor is good condition with no problems he also forgot to mention that its on a farm rego must have sliped his mind.:violin:

[gpcustom]

to me the whole piont of buying a big single thumper is that kick you get when you twist that throttle i love all that power that comes in big lumps and while waiting for it to arrive and then just to be dissapionted. i wouldnt ive cared all he had to say was yea its in very tidy condition and it even runs ok but shes getting a little on the tired side. But i do like the bike and will be great when it back on the road :yes:

[superman]

Word of advice re trade me or online auctions,steer well friggin clear of auction questions and replies from owner where there is "text speak",i.e if the owner can't read and write to me it means intelligence is missing,hence buyer beware.

Or if they can't spell stay away.

bUt H0w ElSe U gEt GuD deAz 4m GaN$taS?

[FJRider]

yea it will be a good bike but i wouldnt belive the shocks or anything else he says hes done to it after all he did tell me motor is good condition with no problems he also forgot to mention that its on a farm rego must have sliped his mind.:violin:

Thats not really a biggie ... it just means the company (the FARM he lives on) pays the rego ... must be better around the paddocks than an AG100 ... well ONCE upon a time ... maybe ... :innocent:

[gpcustom]

i know its no biggie but if your joe blogs that doesnt know and mr plod pulls you up you get a nice ticket

[FJRider]

Sorry but if you buy a bike with 93000 km on the clock you need to expect it's going to be a bit tired.

It's NOT the high km's that do the damage ... it's HOW it's ridden / serviced as well ...

[gpcustom]

Yep i agree with you there. Big ks dont worry me cars or bikes in fact id rather something thats been used rather than sat around idel for years it cant be good well thats my thinking on it

[terbang]

The word is Idle...

[AllanB]

Kms are irrelevant, it could have had only 40,000 on it but never had a oil change!

He probably thought it did go very well for a bike he'd thrashed for 93,000 ...............:facepalm: