Genuine and desperate

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Browsing on Tardme. Quite amusing....http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/cruiser/auction-418269736.htm

[cheshirecat]

Thats got to be the ad of the decade.

[Magnum Noel]

WOW got to feel sorry for that dude.

[The End]

all you need to do is when approaching a corner and want to button of all you do is flick the kill switch to slow the bike.

Kinda makes sense...in a way.

[Tigadee]

Wow, I feel bad for the guy... Sad testimony for the bike company too.

[hayd3n]

suitable plate number too

[Conquiztador]

See, that is what has happened. It is the way the society works today: It is never my fault.

I must be older than I thought, but when I buy a bike all the issues are my problem. And I fix them. If I can't I will walk (or get my lady to drive me... nah, wont happen!)

Pricks like this probably have no idea how to use a spanner. Or even how to change the oil. Or how to check the oil level...

[short-circuit]

So you lot don't actually think it's a joke listing?

[davebullet]

It has to be.... or the guy has a lot of toys and just wants to flick it on. HE could sell all the add ons sep. and get more money

[meteor]

Joke... probably, or wifey's told him to sell and he really doesn't want too. Not really inspiring someone to part with $16K is it.

[Old Steve]

Definitely a joke listing - with the aim of getting the attention of the national distributor and the nearest agent.

Kinda works in a way though.

[HenryDorsetCase]

See, that is what has happened. It is the way the society works today: It is never my fault.

I must be older than I thought, but when I buy a bike all the issues are my problem. And I fix them. If I can't I will walk (or get my lady to drive me... nah, wont happen!)

Pricks like this probably have no idea how to use a spanner. Or even how to change the oil. Or how to check the oil level...

bollocks. thick end of thirty large for a motorbike (and, if the OP is to be believed) it has major issues? Hell with that, I'd be wanting the manufacturer to stand behind their product too.

[HenryDorsetCase]

the better question is: why would you bungee all that shit to your handlebars? doesnt it make the thing steer funny? why not attach it to the back of the bike across the tops of the panniers. Or is that tools he thinks he might need quickly?

[HenryDorsetCase]

http://www.bikernewsonline.com/2006/01/triumph-rocket-iii-having-engine.htm

this is on that ad. interesting reading.

[Owl]

the better question is: why would you bungee all that shit to your handlebars? doesnt it make the thing steer funny? why not attach it to the back of the bike across the tops of the panniers. Or is that tools he thinks he might need quickly?

Perhaps watched too many episodes of Renegade?:facepalm:

[Maha]

So you lot don't actually think it's a joke listing?

...probably a bit of truth in it really...
I know someone who bought one of these, it had been bought a few months prior by another chap who traded it, and the Triumph was back on the floor at a way cheap price...2nd owner had nothing but trouble with it.