Advice on buying an already crashed bike

[motorbyclist]

or the seller can't be arsed with all the no-hopers txting or posting bullshit questions which tard me is full of - some expert, sure you have some dodgy sellers but more often than not it is a bullshitter wasting the seller's time.
What do you say about those seller's who list items as a classified listing - there questions are not made public either. Serious buyer's ring and view.

well they said not to post questions due to time reasons, yet they have the time for phone calls? if they won't publicly state the answers to questions which will mostly be about the condition of bike and nature of crash it's better to be safe then sorry - especially when it's an expensive damaged good with unspecified damage

sure you get a lot of stupid questions, but it's either deal to them there or deal with them on the phone.

i say classifieds are a good way for a seller to go if they don't want an auction. of course there is no public q&a as it is in the seller's best interests that the buyers don't know what other buyers are offering for it, and again with damage they don't want you to know about.

bollocks to this too - my bike was written off with a parts list of over $14k not including labour. When taken into VINZ to pay the bullshit re-vinning charge no report needed, it is up to the testing officer - use common sense.
If the frame is bent and has been straightened then you will need the report. You will probably find sourcing another frame easier (not an implication about the condition of the questioned VFR) but my experience and the information given from the testing officer at VINZ.

Re-vinning a bike is not as hard nor difficult as some have made it out to be. Wonder why they have - alternative motives maybe?

well i certainly don't want the bike. even if i wanted a vfr800 i wouldn't buy that one without first going and viewing the thing and being damn sure that i get up the required parts for less than the price of a 2nd hand one of similar age and mint condition.

what if the officer asks for the frame to be checked? instant bill which you'd better be prepared for.

all it takes is for the bike to go front end into a kerb to bend the forks and make the headstock suspect. nobody wants to have the front end break off their bike while riding it (or at all) due to fatigue/cracking (though they DO still buy suzukis). looking at the photos it's had a nasty impact (probably with the road) on the right hand front and then slid on both sides

[Kittyhawk]

Why dont we all just bombard the auction with questions??

[vagrant]

With the clip on broken off its possible that there is some damage to the steering stops. I would doubt there is any more frame damage than that. It looks like the fuse box took a hit too, so the electrical problems could be there, or something more involved with the electronics in the dash. You will never know if you don't take a look.
Their other listings claim they are a registered motor vehicle dealer, but they don't say which one.