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cartytemp
23-09-09, 10:47 AM
Searching through ebay for bike bargains I came across this 2002 Viffer being sold by someone whoI can only presume is mad. Proper mad. He bought it new, stripped it to the frame on the day he bought it, rebuilt it and has since covered 778 miles on it over the past 7 years. Now he wants Ģ5k for it. It's had 'countless' oil and filter changes even though it's not really been run in.

What am I missing?! :smt088

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2002-HONDA-VFR800F-RED_W0QQitemZ110434351671QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Mot orcycles?hash=item19b6667a37&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
the_lone_wolf
23-09-09, 10:49 AM
I believe the correct term is "snooker loopy"

:eek:
Sosha
23-09-09, 10:50 AM
That'd be 100778 ?
cartytemp
23-09-09, 11:13 AM
That'd be 100778 ?

Que?!
Dan
23-09-09, 03:53 PM
Clearly mad. Another ebay user who has no idea of the value of things.

Just because it's clean and hasn't been used doesn't mean it's worth five grand.

It's a seven year old bike which has stood around a lot and been used for short trips a lot - which means lots of nasty acidic oil being generated, lots of condensation never being burned out of the motor, and most likely, seven year old tyres.

3K, maybe. 5K, never.
cartytemp
23-09-09, 04:03 PM
To be honest I wasn't necessarily questioning the value of it (although I did think 5k a bit optimistic). I was more thinking of the madness of stripping it on the day he bought it (presumably he paid a pretty penny for it) then he's never used it!
Dan
23-09-09, 04:12 PM
To be honest I wasn't necessarily questioning the value of it (although I did think 5k a bit optimistic). I was more thinking of the madness of stripping it on the day he bought it (presumably he paid a pretty penny for it) then he's never used it!

Also mad... if you believe him.
wattyfred89
23-09-09, 04:17 PM
The bike has been neglected! The poor old thing! it needs to be riden
fastdruid
23-09-09, 04:35 PM
I can actually kind of understand the stripping and sorting bit, certainly if I was to ever get a new bike again I'd go over it and lube all the bits the factory saves 10p on by not doing (classic example being the SV rear caliper pins).

But then I'd do a damn sight more than 778 miles on it, hell at one point I was doing not far off twice that in a month!

Druid
yorkie_chris
23-09-09, 04:48 PM
I can actually kind of understand the stripping and sorting bit, certainly if I was to ever get a new bike again I'd go over it and lube all the bits the factory saves 10p on by not doing (classic example being the SV rear caliper pins).

+1
Jayneflakes
23-09-09, 06:04 PM
I believe the correct term is "snooker loopy"

:eek:

More likely OCD or other obsessive disorder.

I have a friend who treats his two bikes in a similar way. He has a ZX10R and a ZX12R. The 10 looks like it has just come out of the crate, despite doing 10k miles.:eek:
anna
23-09-09, 06:08 PM
Ok in striping to just oil and grease stuff, but why oh why the countless oil changes?? Itīs new why would you need to flush the system out so many times??
yorkie_chris
23-09-09, 06:55 PM
Because it has turned into tar with age and no use?
radicalry00
23-09-09, 07:15 PM
Sounds like a nice bike but way overpriced! :eek:
svdemon
23-09-09, 07:39 PM
I'd rather buy that had been used than something thats sat seizing up for 2 years.