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hey guys, long time no speak!
as most of you know my bike died on me around 2 months ago now, just found out aprilia wont do the warrenty work - didnt even give me a reason!
i was "f"ing and blinding when my dealers told me this and they said the best they can do is to fit someone elses engine in my bike that has a few thousand less miles for around £400.... id rather have the warrenty work done, but its saving me money on rebuilding the bike if get the 50 lump fitted.
im gona be gettin a new bike for sure now, so will see what i can get for my bike and then SV is a most likely gona be happening unless i get a SRAD.
Steve H
30-07-07, 03:52 PM
Won't the 'someone else' be pi**ed off that you have their engine? :confused:
Seriously though, the dealers must be able to give a valid reason why
they will not honour the warranty. :(
ASM-Forever
30-07-07, 04:06 PM
Any race rep 125 or even 50 goes bang at some stage....you just have to accept that when you buy one.
As Steve said above, they must have a valid reason to refuse to honour its warranty. Have you tuned/modified it in anyway....quite often this invalidates the warranty.Have all services intervals been met? Has the bike been crashed/damaged? In my experience, Italian manufactures are fine with warranties as long as you satisfy the requirements. They will take forever to get it sorted though.
How many miles has the engine done...a 125 needs to be rebuit every few thousand and i imagine a 50 might last for even less time.
People on the forum might be able to offer you some advice but you will need to elaborate on what you have already posted.
You will also probably have more luck on a 2-stroke forum.
as most of you know .
Nope, never heard of you.
ASM-Forever
30-07-07, 06:11 PM
Nope, never heard of you.
I thought similar but didnt have the heart to put it into type :D
Wideboy
30-07-07, 08:46 PM
if you rebuild your bike shift it don't keep it, its what i did with my rs125 after rebuilt it but i still see it around now even though i had my hands all over it:?
i phoned the dealers after i typed up this thread they gave me a whole new reason - you dont have the airbox - ... right but how does that make my engine blow up?
yes ok so someone else will be ****ed off that i have their engine, but then i didnt come up with the idea.
quickly introduce myself to Stu and ASM, im Roberto, 18 on a 50cc lol currently blown up n been off the road for 2 months :(... tha's'all lol.
im gona get rid of the 50 as it is, i want a new bike, SRAD or SV650's - pointy shape SV that is - need to get my test done and pass it though.
Captain Nemo
31-07-07, 09:03 AM
Have i just dallen out the sky and landed somewhere odd???
i dont know, have you? lol
fizzwheel
02-08-07, 08:58 AM
So it was a 50cc moped?
Aprillia RS50 I believe...
So did they tell you whats actually wrong with it ? It might be easy to fix, without shelling out for a new lump. You'll get alot more for a running bike than you will a broken one shoudl you decide to sell it.
RhythmJunkie
02-08-07, 09:03 AM
A big dealer told me they stopped stocking Aprilia cos their after sales and PR was shight! Even on expensive machinery! :(
SV650Racer
02-08-07, 09:10 AM
i phoned the dealers after i typed up this thread they gave me a whole new reason - you dont have the airbox - ... right but how does that make my engine blow up?
yes ok so someone else will be ****ed off that i have their engine, but then i didnt come up with the idea.
quickly introduce myself to Stu and ASM, im Roberto, 18 on a 50cc lol currently blown up n been off the road for 2 months :(... tha's'all lol.
im gona get rid of the 50 as it is, i want a new bike, SRAD or SV650's - pointy shape SV that is - need to get my test done and pass it though.
Removing the airbox will make it run lean..very lean. Hence more than likely it blew up.
Can understand then why they wouldnt do it.
Removing the airbox will make it run lean..very lean. Hence more than likely it blew up.
Can understand then why they wouldnt do it.
it was set up right, i did this back in december too so why has it only just effected it now?
as far as i know the engine has blown up, thats all they are telling me.
i wana sell the bike, but as a running bike.
ASM-Forever
03-08-07, 01:42 PM
TBH mate you have posted a few times in this thread and you still havn't really explained your situation that well....or very coherently for that matter!
Someone with more knowledge than myself has just told you no aribox=very lean=bang.
Your answer is then somewhat of a conundrum!
Who set your bike up?
What modifications were made?
How many miles did it do on the new settings before it went pop?
From what i can tell...its looking more and more likely that you modified/tuned the bike(as a lot of race reps have been) and therefore quite rightly invalidated any warranty/guarantee!
If you do not trust the garage then by all means take it elsewhere, but you have to factor in transportation costs as it is not rideable. They then may well tell you the same as the previous garage.
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