Buying bikes off eBay

[johnnyrod]

My brother in law has don that with two cars, you'd think he'd have learned his lesson. Before I part with that sort of money I want a fair bit of convincing, and a test ride. I don't understand buying without riding it first. I guess it's only money though, it could be worse, as long as you can still eat.

[L3nny]

When I crashed my Fireblade I put the remains on eBay. Tried to list as much of the damage as possible but I was pretty damaged myself so was difficult . When the guy who won the auction turned up he saw the engine casing was so damaged it would need a new engine so backed out. There was nothing I could do about it and you can relist for free sometimes so just stuck it back on.

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[Heorot]

I bought mine off Ebay but I had a very specific set of criteria. I must have looked at around 20 auctions before I found one that was right for me. Ironically. I found 2 auctions that suited and bid on both and got the one I was most interested in. I still insisted on a test ride before parting with the cash though.

[Craig380]

Being brutally honest when I listed my GT380 didn't stop people bidding, and I had plenty of messages making offers to end the auction early. All the details about the holed piston, tired paint, pitted chrome were there

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by Aquila

I would have thought if it had an honest MOT recently it wouldn't be much of a dog!

Bwhahahahaha.

a) it's a very very basic test
b) The bike doesn't actually have to work to pass
c) there are lots of lenient MOT stations out there



Personally I would go along with the intent to buy. As far as I can see the inference of the advert is that it is a used bike in the condition one would reasonably expect to find a used bike of that mileage and age in. If there are any hilarious defects then I'd walk and they could stick their contract.