Warning about potentially dodgy seller

[jasonu]

Every single time you ride your bike in Noo Zulund it gets covered in moist salt air.

fixed it for ya

[Griffin]

Every single time you ride your bike in Wellington it gets covered in moist salt air.

Hmmm... may be a slight diffrence between the two scenarios. However... doesnt change my take on it - wouldnt buy salt water submerged second hand parts... or even salt water submerged new parts for that matter. Tis my opinion and perogitive as it may well be yours to happily purchase said items. And good luck to you

I still dont get why there is an argument in a thread started by someone trying to be considerate of others. Perhaps this is why society is turning to shit.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Hmmm... may be a slight diffrence between the two scenarios. However... doesnt change my take on it - wouldnt buy salt water submerged second hand parts... or even salt water submerged new parts for that matter. Tis my opinion and perogitive as it may well be yours to happily purchase said items. And good luck to you

I still dont get why there is an argument in a thread started by someone trying to be considerate of others. Perhaps this is why society is turning to shit.

Yeah we have a lot of people complaining about the spokes (and various other parts) rusting on their HD's. But truth is, the air here in Welly is really hard on them. Notice it's normally just the leading edge of the spokes doing the rusting? But I do fully understand how and why others wouldn't go near salt water 'dipped' parts, so I'm not arguing with them. Like you, it's only my opinion that I would.

I think good on the OP too, I have no problem with the post, and haven't argued his point.

[tigertim20]

the sellers dreaming, if your fucking bike is fucking submerged in the fucking sea the fucking engine and fucking gearbox is full of fucking sand and fucking sludge, the whole bike is totally fucking fucked

so eloquently put!! tourettes for the win.
My thinking was that if the insurance co. said (which they did) that salt water dunkings equal automatic write off, then thats a fair indicator it aint good news!!!

Good on him for making the statement, left himself wide open to comebacks under the CGA if he didnt, but in so doing he may as well have stuck a flag up saying "dont buy this". Wont be many keen to buy parts now, know I wouldnt be.

Cant help but wonder about the "no water in engine or carbs" bit though. If this was fully submerged, as the OP said, how could there not be water in the carbs?

fully submerged it was, when I was waiting for the salvage guy, the tide was just starting to go out, and the top of the screen and the brake fluid reservoir were just barely peeking out over the water. hilarious and gutting at the same time.

he has done the right thing now, there are a few parts that would be ok, PROVIDED they were cleaned properly. which buyers can now be sure to do.

To be fair, after reading this ENTIRE thread... I dont see why there is arguing going on... the OP was trying to do fellow motorcyclists a favor by fore warning us all through this forum. Forewarned is forearmed and therefore some appreciation would be nice. If after these warnings you still choose to purchase parts from this bike because you are happy to do so... then so be it - your choice, at least your fully informed (Thanks to OP) as it would seem originally that the "motorcycle wrecker" (good c*nt or not.... ) was initially concealing the known history of this bike. Personally... I sure as hell wouldnt buy parts from a bike I knew had been submerged in salt water.

was all I wanted, to make sure any buyers knew the condition, and could make their own decisions from there. I see several KB members have already got in on the auction wanting parts, so Im glad its all come out in the open.

[superman]

My flatmates bike was stolen several months ago. the bike was found, dumped in Otago Harbour

How does anyone find a bike dumped in the ocean?!

[ducatilover]

the sellers dreaming, if your fucking bike is fucking submerged in the fucking sea the fucking engine and fucking gearbox is full of fucking sand and fucking sludge, the whole bike is totally fucking fucked

How does anyone find a bike dumped in the ocean?!

By looking in the ocean.

How does a Polar bear give head?

[ellipsis]

...without entering into the fray...Joey Dunlop lost all his race machines in the tide a few days before the TT...after pulling them out and soaking all parts in diesel and stuff and reassembly he went onto race and win on said bikes...I sourced an XV750 motor that had been retired to under a bush 10 meters from the high tide line on a local beach, it had salt crystals growing out of every orifice including the exhaust and inlet ports...probably a kilo or more by the time I cleaned it off...it was a fairly faultless motor by the time I had done a clean up and top end rebuild....and thank fuck we dont have countless tons of salt dropped on the roads in the winter to de-ice them like the poor poms have to put up with...or every machine on the road would be of a dubious quality on resale etc...

[ducatilover]

and thank fuck we dont have countless tons of salt dropped on the roads in the winter to de-ice them like the poor poms have to put up with...or every machine on the road would be of a dubious quality on resale etc...

Have to agree with this.
Many classics we have here are in far better nick than one treated the same in pommy land, my Rover P6b had very little rust considering what all the brits/poms say to look out for, same with my Moggy and '73 BMW.

[Crasherfromwayback]

...without entering into the fray...I will anyway...

There ya go.

[DrunkenMistake]

How does anyone find a bike dumped in the ocean?!

The cops said some woman walking her dog spotted it while she was walking along the walk way

[jasonu]

...and thank fuck we dont have countless tons of salt dropped on the roads in the winter to de-ice them like the poor poms have to put up with...or every machine on the road would be of a dubious quality on resale etc...

Isn't an issue as most if not all motorcyclists will have resorted to alternative means of transport long before deicer is dropped. That is the case around here anyway.

[Kickaha]

...without entering into the fray...Joey Dunlop lost all his race machines in the tide a few days before the TT...after pulling them out and soaking all parts in diesel and stuff and reassembly he went onto race and win on said bikes....

The boat they were on sunk, I think they used divers to recover the bikes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p007l5v7

[shadow sol]

i brought some parts off this bike - the seller was very helpful and honest - i brought the exhaust, and the fairings - when i asked about the engine he told me about the salt water and explained that it had been running, after an oil change etc with no problems. i would say he has been great to deal with, very unfair post - also not fair to link this to his trademe add.

[DMNTD:Me]

i brought some parts off this bike - the seller was very helpful and honest - i brought the exhaust, and the fairings - when i asked about the engine he told me about the salt water and explained that it had been running, after an oil change etc with no problems. i would say he has been great to deal with, very unfair post - also not fair to link this to his trademe add.

Good on ya for posting this up mate
I know who the bloke is, and he's not too bad for a Pom

[DrunkenMistake]

i brought some parts off this bike - the seller was very helpful and honest - i brought the exhaust, and the fairings - when i asked about the engine he told me about the salt water and explained that it had been running, after an oil change etc with no problems. i would say he has been great to deal with, very unfair post - also not fair to link this to his trademe add.

If you read the start of the thread and read the thread title, then the rest of the thread.
I wouldnt have just purchased an SV1000 Master cylinder off him otherwise

there is a weld on the front cowl from the owner before me, if you get them all repaired that one will need be re welded as it was starting to re crack when I had the bike, just encase you missed it.