Dodgy sale?

[nickodemon]

I noticed this gen 1 for sale. It is supposed to have only 6200 miles , but it's had eight owners and the seller seems to be going to extreme lengths to say the bike is legit... I also noticed the tank badge is not original...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/YAMAHA-FZS1000...807233876?

[Stupid Luke]

Dont know if he is legit, I reckon he is on drugs. Personally, I would never buy a bike with even 4 owners but some folk do.


If I were advertising one I would be trying to emphasise my personal connection with it, mods I had made and talking about my experiences with it.


I dont want an advert that is a typed out HPI report I will be getting my own HPI report before I part with any cash.

[mark g]

You'd never buy a bike with more than 4 owners ? :rollin  to be fair to the seller boys I think your being a bit paranoid, if your an interested buyer do an HPI and check it out yourself. If I were in the market for one I'd certainly be interested in this bike

[nickodemon]

The main reason i would be worried is that it has had 8 owners and none of them have done 1000 miles... Seems very unusual. i asked for the reg no to do a dvla check myself, but he said two people are viewing today, so he won't give me the reg...

[John Silva]

The reg no. is in the eBay ad isn't it

[mark g]

Yeah the reg is in the advert, sure its had a few owner vs the miles but I'm pretty sure that a lot of bikes are out there these days and do no more than a thousand miles a year, I bet more than half the bikes in the UK are just toys these days. I don't even know what I've done this year......maybe 1500 tops :rolleyes . Some of the eight owners might have done more than the next guy, if it really bothers you that much just leave it and go to a dealer. I know quite a few folk won't go near ebay...nowt wrong with that if you can afford to pay dealer prices for that piece of mind so to speak

[nickodemon]

The reg is on the ad but dvla only tell that its mot'd and taxed and the year it was put on the road. I don't want to buy it! I just thought it was a strange ad that looked hard to believe :eek

[red98]

No of owners or mileage wouldn't normally bother me, as long as its reflected in the price which I think it is here, however, the clutch, timing and cam covers have been repainted, badly, I would expect a bike in much better condition.

[nickodemon]

And it only has 6200 miles on the clock

[mark g]

The reg is on the ad but dvla only tell that its mot'd and taxed and the year it was put on the road. I don't want to buy it! I just thought it was a strange ad that looked hard to believe :eek

If I recall you only need the reg number and make to do an HPI check ? I'm pretty sure the DVLA have nothing to do with a HPI check :rolleyes

[nickodemon]

Correct   I was simply putting a post about a bike that i thought was open to debate about the mileage of a bike that is 12 years old and has had 8 owners and 6200 miles. The tank has been resprayed and the engine has also has been repainted.

[PaulSmith]

Maybe it has only done 1,006,200 miles?  That said, the foot pegs and bar ends look like new. I wish mine did.

[markie_wales]

Last MOT (June 6th 2015) had mileage at 6,482 miles, and previous mileage on the MOTs are small increments.


cheers


Markie

[redfox1]

Listing's ended,presuming it's sold?

[Pickle]

It didnt sell