Cursed bikes, jinxxed bikes, got any stories?

[Ixion]

Now THAT is cursed. Jeez! I wouldn't ride a bike that someone had died on, unless it was just because of a heart attack or something unrelated.

When I was young and poor (now I am old and poor) , I used to supplement my meagre pittance of an income by buying broken or crashed bikes and fixing them, to sell for a (very small ) profit. It helped provide enough to buy an occasional week old crust of bread.

A number of the bikes I bought fixed and rode for a while had killed their previous owners. I can think of at least half a dozen or so. Never worried me, wouldn't now. I can say that getting dried baked on blood and body tissue of an exhaust is damn hard.

[Dave-]

I always have chills when looking at a new bike...is this bike bad voodoo?....I can just imagine rocking around the summit road round by the gondola, somehow flicking to one side and being thrown off the side of the road down a 3,000,000m cliff and having the bike come to a lean against the wall with as best a smirk as a bike can muster....waiting for its next kill...

I think stephen king wrote a similar story about a killer car (although we know better...really they're all killer cars)

[deanohit]

I think stephen king wrote a similar story about a killer car (although we know better...really they're all killer cars)

The car was called Christine. Evil bitch

[ninjac]

Had a Honda CBR600F4 I wish I never laid eyes on.
First I got rapped on price (my fault that one). When fitting Ventura Pack Rack I slipped and scrapped f*k out of tail plastics. On second trip hit unmarked road grit and lowsided into guard rail on otherside of road. Bike writen off. Had for total of 5 weeks. Jinxed bike, not sure. But not getting another Honda.

[Coyote]

I am the curse that is brought upon poor bikes. People often remark "you crash alot". Sigh...

The current bike is more of a lemon than a curse*. Brilliant model of bike, but this example is old an things are falling apart and wearing/worn out. Brake disks, suspension bearings, fork seals, shock is leaking oil, ticking engine, creaking frame, etc. On the last bike ride I went on, everyone gathered around it to point out things wrong with it. Kinda heartbreaking.

Thinking of getting an XR650, can't get much more bullitproof and simple than that. Turned into my Dad really (he always advocated getting a nice, reliable single, but I wanted a sportsbike. Silly me).

*Edit: though my crash on it was terribly unlucky. Sign of things to come?

[Headbanger]

Someone put a curse on a bike I bought a couple years back, a GPX 750.

Paid about $2000 for it, a few days before the owner flew overseas.

I knew it needed a rear tire so sent it into the shop for a service at the same time. Ended up needing 2 tires, and $400 worth of parts and work on the brakes. Total cost $900

I went in to pick it up, had a puddle of oil under it, so, I got them to take off the plastics so we could have a look, Blown head gasket, The asshole had bunged it up with melted plastic, layers of glue, mesh, fiberglass, all along the front of the engine, just to keep the leak at bay.

So, The head has to come off, gasket kits are ordered in from Japan, takes over a month to get here, Bike had been in the shop 3 months at this point, More internal crap is found to be munted, Bill skyrockets, I now owe them over 2 grand, I say stop, I'm broke, This bike aint worth it.

I actually had to pay the bill off in installments, Bike was pushed into corner of workshop and left.

A few weeks later my old boy is out back of the shop, see's my bike, gets up them about taking so long to fix it, and tells them to get their act together.

First I know of this is when they ring me to come get the bike, and bring payment.

THANKS DAD, YOUR A CHAMP

I get the bike back, she now owes me 5 grand, I have ridden it once.

I take her for a ride, she dies, 80KM into the back blocks.

Electric problem, The wiring is a mess, Knob ends had been splicing into it at will, and their dodgy crap had been disturbed by the recent work done on her.

Back to the shop.

Another $600.

Shes out of rego and warrant.


Near $6000 spent on the bike.


I put it on Trademe and sold it for $1400.

Went and drank many beers, and cursed myself for not spending 6 grand on a bike in the first place.

[nudemetalz]

Bloody hell, Headbanger.
That was a story and a half !!!!

[DEATH_INC.]

My old Turbo has a bit of a history....it was written off at 3500km, then ressurected.... I've crashed it about 5 times in 10,000km, replaced the frame and front end once, replaced the rear half of the frame again... wrote off one car with it, and a fence, and bent another car....prolly lucky it's been off the road for a while....

[Headbanger]

Might as well post a picture of the most expensive per km ridden bike I have ever owned. I would say its issues were sorted by the time I sold it, and hopefully the new owner has got some quality miles on her.

[nudemetalz]

GPX-750's were a good bike in their day. Pity, you got a thoroughly abused one unfort.
That is the concern with buying bikes off TardeMe. They're not always as said in the advert....

[Headbanger]

Yeah, It was great

The main issue is the guy I bought it from was dishonest, and I suck at inspecting bikes. My inspection usually consists of a visual from 20 feet away, and either a "nah ",or a "Hell yes, here's the cash, Im outta here".

vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvrrrrrrrrooooooooooooooooommmmmm mmmmmmmm.

[McDuck]

Yeah, It was great

The main issue is the guy I bought it from was dishonest, and I suck at inspecting bikes. My inspection usually consists of a visual from 20 feet away, and either a "nah ",or a "Hell yes, here's the cash, Im outta here".

vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvrrrrrrrrooooooooooooooooommmmmm mmmmmmmm.

Lol same. (and my wallet can testify to this)

[skidMark]

n4cr's streetfighter zx10r....

bought it as a crashed wreck from a wrecker did it all up....3 months later it got totalled again....

oh and....

anything ive ever owned has a tendency of crashing....obviously it's the bikes fault like....

wtf else could it be?