Sig change

<Round of applause>

Fucking monstrosities is all they are.

 

Of the bikes I've ridden, only the NTV650 rates as more shite... and at
least that has the defence of being pretty good at ticking along with
minimal maintenance.

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JackH

98 Honda VFR800FiW
05 Sachs Madass
03 VW Passat TDI Sport
89 Vauxhall Nova 1.3 Pearl

 

Oh, I've heard that refrain many, many times. Usually, when you
enquire, it metamophoses into: "He had loads of old Triumphs in the
sixties" or "Well, he fixes cars, but he knows about bikes...."

In my experience, at least 95% of private individuals buying or
selling bikes really lack any kind of clue. For instance, how many
people her always check engine and chassis numbers when they buy? Damn
few, I'll bet.

Last weekend I collected a Honda 250 from JackH's Dad. Lovely chap,
honest bike, honest seller, etc etc, but I still went out with the V5
to check the numbers.

"Oh, I've never looked at them..." quoth he.

"*Exactly*"

Almost every ringer I've seen, the seller didn't know because he'd
never checked the numbers. And the classic was the bod with the hookey
GS850 earlier this year.