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

[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
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/List...x?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

[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

$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

[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.

[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

[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.

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 ...

[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