The 'how far would u go 2 view 2nd hand bike' thread?

[Old Git]

See advert for 2nd hand bike I am looking for, but it is in Carrick Fergus (sorry if its spelt wrong) like 300 miles from me.
Want to look & if it was good, would buy, but is that to far for a maybe?

Am I mad not to go????
Would anyone buy on only seeing pics???

To be honest, even if I see it & start it, not experienced enough to know that much anyway, is a tactile thing, touch it, feel it like it yes/no then buy or not.
Is it any worse to look at pics on an e-mail than ride 300 miles to maybe buy a bike?

Anyone been that daft before?

Originally Posted by Old Git

See advert for 2nd hand bike I am looking for, but it is in Carrick Fergus (sorry if its spelt wrong) like 300 miles from me.
Want to look & if it was good, would buy, but is that to far for a maybe?

Am I mad not to go????
Would anyone buy on only seeing pics???

To be honest, even if I see it & start it, not experienced enough to know that much anyway, is a tactile thing, touch it, feel it like it yes/no then buy or not.
Is it any worse to look at pics on an e-mail than ride 300 miles to maybe buy a bike?

Anyone been that daft before?

Plenty from over here head over there to buy. Big savings to be had

[Nick_69]

If i looks rele good and is a good price i would go, but its still a 600 mile round trip

[christopher]

Aren't you in Worcester? So you'd need to take into account ferry costs as well, for a maybe I personally wouldn't bother unless I couldn't find anything like it over here. If you were 95% certain you were going to buy after seeing it and could justify the distance/costs (i.e. you really want this bike) then go for it.

edit: or get someone already over there to take a look for you to help make your decision?

Is there no-one you know who could have a look for you first? Someone from a forum?

when looking for boris, i found one in york, but i could not be bovvered to go that far, in the end i only went 10 miles for him, it took a few months, but i was not in a rush

the problem with going too far, if you dont like it, its a waste of time and money

100 miles round trip is the most i would do

[Old Git]

Originally Posted by christopher

Aren't you in Worcester? So you'd need to take into account ferry costs as well, for a maybe I personally wouldn't bother unless I couldn't find anything like it over here. If you were 95% certain you were going to buy after seeing it and could justify the distance/costs (i.e. you really want this bike) then go for it.

edit: or get someone already over there to take a look for you to help make your decision?

Bloke said was in scotland, between Edinburgh & Glasgow (sorry again for spelling, so no ferry, although I may have to take my passport if i go

[Old Git]

Originally Posted by wow

Is there no-one you know who could have a look for you first? Someone from a forum?

Good idea, but don't know anyone that far up, all family are back dan saf round London/Essex, typical all in totally the wrong direction.

How about friendly people from the scottish contingent on here? You know someone who knows their stuff.

[christopher]

Ah fair enough, thought you meant N. Ireland (hence the ferry!).

I travelled 300 miles return trip to get my bike, distance didn't bother me as it was everything I wanted for the right price (after substantially negotiating it down over the phone). Before I went up to get it I'd only seen 4 pictures and spoke to the dealer, everything was fine when I saw it so I bought it.