YAY, I finally have a bike!!!

[Bren]

YAY....Bit the bullet today and bought a bike using "buy now" on trademe. I know its cheap but think I got a steal...Will need to re register it etc but me got wheels now!


and whats more...its a 250 so I can legally ride it....i have been looking at larger bikes:mellow:

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=116540261

[MyGSXF]

and whats more...its a 250 so I can legally ride it....i have been looking at larger bikes:mellow:

Hmmm.. :shutup: Sounds like a good idea!!! :niceone:

Good to hear ya got a bike dude.. :Punk: Give Baz & Steve a call if ya want, for the bits you need to get for it!! tell em Jen sent ya!! :shifty: 03 526 7175

Hope to see you on it for the Dec doo!!!!! :banana:

Jen :rockon:

[Bren]

i have promised to take my cage up....so will prolly still take it up....gotta get the spit roasts up

[desmo dave]

Looks like a good buy low kms.Do you have to get it certified before a vin & wof.

[MyGSXF]

i have promised to take my cage up....so will prolly still take it up....gotta get the spit roasts up

:doh: oh yeah.. I forgot about that.. :innocent:

good lad!! :first:

[Bren]

Looks like a good buy low kms.Do you have to get it certified before a vin & wof.
i dont think so.....but really not too concerned....i dont think i can lose on this deal...

[breakaway]

Careful. Before you pick it up, make sure you can re-register it - certain documents are required. If the owner just stopped paying the rego, it will run out, after a year, and plates will 'die'. To re-register it, you need to jump through a few hoops. I had to re-vin my CBR400RR when I got it. Here's what I had to do:

Here's what's needed for that




Signed letter saying seller has sold it to me.

Document must have seller's and buyer's name, Rego plate on it, and both of you have to sign and date it.

[Ghost_Bullet]

Good on ya man!!!!:scooter:

[The Lone Rider]

i have promised to take my cage up....so will prolly still take it up....gotta get the spit roasts up

Bet I could carry a roast on my bike as I'll be bringing only a sleeping bag, and guitar and 12 pack

Glad to hear you have a bike finally.. no more showing up to things with a car :P

[Bren]

Well, what i thought would be relatively easy seems to be a bit harder now....seems the guy brought the bike from someone else about 3 years ago, and never changed ownership. He says he has the other owners contact details but will have to dig them out. I have got the plate number and the VIN number and will be calling up LTSA for advice and to also try to find the previous owner.
If I cant get that sorted out the deal will fall through. The guy seems pretty good about that and says if we need to we will just cancel the sale...So wish me luck guys...i was excited...:banana:... but now feel a bit let down:crybaby:

[breakaway]

Yeah, be real careful mate. Heaps of people fall into this trap of not checking these details before buying a unregistered bike.

[McDuck]

heeeeem shit. i just purchased a dead rego bike.... bugger...... hope it turns out ok....

[xwhatsit]

Schweet! Still think you should've got the CB450/550 :drool:, but that looks like a fun bike to abuse, and you won't have to worry so much about crashing/repairs.

They've got a reasonable amount of poke for a 250cc twin from the 80s, but they are a bit more heavier than they need to be.

Have fun! Hope you manage to keep upright!

[jeremysprite]

yeah man if your deal goes through and you get everything sorted, you've got yourself a pretty good bike. i upgraded from an fxr150, still love using the torque that's available in the majority of the rev range, instead of just at 10k like on the fixxer! Isn't the best looker, but is good on gas and is a hoot in the tight stuff.
Congrats dude

[breakaway]

heeeeem shit. i just purchased a dead rego bike.... bugger...... hope it turns out ok....

Take it back and ask for the details. If the guy who you bought it from doesn't have it, then you're in doledrums. I'm sure you could still register it, but from the other threads I've read, it'd be a right pain in the ass.

[McDuck]

heeem him in dunedin me in whakatane. Fax coppy ok? Isnt all you need a letter from the cops saying that it is of no intrest to them?

[breakaway]

Ring LTNZ tomorrow and find out.

I've read a few threads where people have had huge amount of difficulties with this sort of thing. Research certainly paid off in my case :rolleyes:

[T.W.R]

Pretty good score there :yes: hope it solidifies into a done deal for you.

here's a link to something that may be helpful for sorting the rest of the bits it'll be needing

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Motorbikes/Parts-accessories/Frames-bodywork/auction-115822637.htm

[helenoftroy]

Well, what i thought would be relatively easy seems to be a bit harder now....seems the guy brought the bike from someone else about 3 years ago, and never changed ownership. He says he has the other owners contact details but will have to dig them out. I have got the plate number and the VIN number and will be calling up LTSA for advice and to also try to find the previous owner.
If I cant get that sorted out the deal will fall through. The guy seems pretty good about that and says if we need to we will just cancel the sale...So wish me luck guys...i was excited...:banana:... but now feel a bit let down:crybaby:

Hope it all gets sorted out:(:(

Good luck

[Bren]

After speaking with LTSA,and also getting a "Lemon check" through AA, I have found out that it is a viable purchase. I know the stages I need to go through to get the bike registered and they are not too hard...
...worst case scenario is a statement from the police that the bike is of no interest to them, and I know by the AA check that it isn't of interest to them. SO ME GOT WHEELS....My wife and I will do a run down to Otago in a few weeks to pick it up (on a trailer of course)...she is looking forward to going down there as she has never been south of Timaru. Anyways, it's all good!

:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

[MyGSXF]

Awesome news there Bren!!!!! :2thumbsup

[breakaway]

Well done mate, $500, good price. Now to get a new CDI :D

[McDuck]

Soooo after loseing the race to 2000 we have a race to get bike back on the road...........
(i will win this one...)

[Bren]

heeeeem shit. i just purchased a dead rego bike.... bugger...... hope it turns out ok....


Jeeze, aint ya got that new girl on the road yet.....oh by the way Chopper Challenge High score is over 2000

[McDuck]

Jeeze, aint ya got that new girl on the road yet.....oh by the way Chopper Challenge High score is over 2000

I know. and i dont like it. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
If i did not have a bike to be fixing then i would have beeten it (i like to think)

[McDuck]

But still i am a new indicator stalk away from passinf compliance, where as your bike still looks a wee way off yet......

[Bren]

i aint even seen it in the flesh yet...and yes it will take a wee while...but still okay about it

[H00dz]

Wicked !!! doesnt matter what it is as long as your doing it.....sure it may take some time and money but it doesnt matter its yours LOL

[Bren]

Hey Hoodz...howza bay lookin today...was crappy down here

[H00dz]

Hey Linnux,

weathers primo here !!! Great news bout your ride..... you'll be up these way in no time, Been working on the new garage come the unofficial new headquarters for our Matauri Bay Motorcycle Club memberships bout 9 members and growing LOL

Happy riding!!!

[McDuck]

i aint even seen it in the flesh yet...and yes it will take a wee while...but still okay about it

Little tip (i am presuming you can not ride to well yet...) Go for a short ride up the road as soon as you can. Only a few hundi meters, (i did mine with no helmet or gear, at all) Dont go fast (i did not go above 10kph) and just, well ride it for that little, you will look at it differently and i recon it helped me to get the hell on with getting my bike on the road :Punk::laugh:

(just dont do it when there is a cop around...)
I wish this computer had a spell checker....

[Bren]

Little tip (i am presuming you can not ride to well yet...)


Haha, thanks for the confidence mate...I have been off bikes for a few years....but I have had 15 years riding experience....

[Bren]

cool mate...9 is better than 1

[Bren]

HEY HOODZ...cool mate...9 is better than 1

[McDuck]

Lol so you are a bit older than i guessed you were lol.
I need to remember that not meany bikers are my age at the moment lol

[LilSel]

Awesome things got sorted !!! :D... :2thumbsup

[Bren]

Its freaky...im in countdown mode now.....:banana:2 weeks till I go to pick up the bike:banana:

...Even though its jus a li'l twofiddy im gettin excited.:scooter:..i guess 4 years without a bike is 4 years too many...I feel like a kid countin down the days till that fat ugly and smelly fellow in the red suit turns up:woohoo:...

Will be chasin you lot all over the place before ya know it...:chase:

[McDuck]

Its freaky...im in countdown mode now.....:banana:2 weeks till I go to pick up the bike:banana:

...Even though its jus a li'l twofiddy im gettin excited.:scooter:..i guess 4 years without a bike is 4 years too many...I feel like a kid countin down the days till that fat ugly and smelly fellow in the red suit turns up:woohoo:...

Will be chasin you lot all over the place before ya know it...:chase:
Lol i know what you mean.






actually no i dont, because mine is in the garage, there for me to work on when ever the hell i want :Punk:
But i am counting down the days till it is ready for wof.........
What do ya say about the first out of us 2 that gets finished gos to meet the other and help finish the other bike?

[Bren]

What do ya say about the first out of us 2 that gets finished gos to meet the other and help finish the other bike?

If we both lived in the same island I'd say fair 'nuff...but that bloody bit of water in the middle is a pain in the arse, and going thru wgtn is a bigger pain (only cos i get lost in welly)

[The Lone Rider]

Lol so you are a bit older than i guessed you were lol.
I need to remember that not meany bikers are my age at the moment lol

But there still are a few of us :P

[McDuck]

But there still are a few of us :P

How old are you?

[breakaway]

It costs about $200 I think. Here's another post that I made a few months back that you might find informative:


Careful. Before you pick it up, make sure you can re-register it - certain documents are required. If the owner just stopped paying the rego, it will run out, after a year, and plates will 'die'. To re-register it, you need to jump through a few hoops. I had to re-vin my CBR400RR when I got it. Here's what I had to do:



From by LTNZ

Signed letter saying seller has sold it to me.

Document must have seller's and buyer's name, Rego plate on it, and both of you have to sign and date it.

[McDuck]

It costs about $200 I think. Here's another post that I made a few months back that you might find informative:

or a signed letter from the seller and a from showing it is not of intrest to the cops.
Pice of piss realy/