Advice on this one please...

[Rocket]

Hi folks

I'm after some advice please. Having owned a couple of 30s and a 35 in the past I have seen this on the dreaded eBay. It's been a good while since I owned one and I'm happy to wait for a while. Now the description says original colours. Clearly the front mudguard is wrong but anything else ? I've spotted the half polished frame and odd coloured fasteners etc. Now it could be the camera angle but the front wheel or tyre looks wrong too ?
Sorry I can't drop the link in as I'm a tad cack at these things but the item number is 140890388547
I'm tempted to view but would appreciate hardened and seasoned views on the bike before I remove my lazy carcass in its direction.

Thankyou
Rocket

[porndoguk]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/140890388547; ... 26_rdc%3D1

[Drunkn Munky]

£2.2k £1500 will get you a nice honest bike. I havent seen many come up for sale on here lately but if your in no rush im sure one will. Loads of chancers on ebay wanting silly money for tat.

[porndoguk]

As above, i think a mod edited the post instead of quoting it,

No original panels, looks to have original brake hoses which after 23years will need replacing, front tyre is a 92compound a i think which are known to be a bit pants on the front.

For £2.2k its about £1000+ over priced, people are chancers people that dont know a lot impulse buy and then realise theyve bought a lemon.

Im supprised the seller hasnt claimed it to be a Limited edition paintjob

[Neosophist]

As above, i think a mod edited the post instead of quoting it,

No original panels, looks to have original brake hoses which after 23years will need replacing, front tyre is a 92compound a i think which are known to be a bit pants on the front.

For £2.2k its about £1000+ over priced, people are chancers people that dont know a lot impulse buy and then realise theyve bought a lemon.

Im supprised the seller hasnt claimed it to be a Limited edition paintjob

The link has gone as the seller has removed it, it looks like a crash damaged bitsa to me.

The fairings are not right from the small picture I can still see, either a re-spray or chinese fairings. the polishing of the frame etc, wrong colours anyway.

For that money 2200, I would touch it with a barge pole, especially from a seller that isnt likely to know much abot them, better buying a bike from the classified sections here from somebody who knows a lot about them and have looked after it.

would be me!

I edited it to put the link in, went to make a drink, forgot I was editing the post and forgot to put the blody link in,

cheers Rick

looked at the new link.. it is "clean" but only becuase its been tarted up a little.. fork tops have been painted black.. wtf.

shiny tatty nosecone bolts and replacement screen.. probblay crash damaged at some point which is why the panels ahve been replaced.

way too overpriced but might sell as the sellers made it look nice on the surface

should have black calipers too if I recall rightly

[speedy231278]

Why are all the pics take from half a mile away? Makes you think something nasty lurks under those fairings....

[Rocket]

Fine people of this parish I thank you kindly. Thought as much but when you're hunting for one you tend to see the good first and as it was local etc.

So sure fire reality check complete.

Now anyone got a clean one as per my wanted ad.

Cheers!
Rocket

[speedy231278]

If it's local, go and take a look anyway. You can tell the seller it's heavily priced, but you'd be prepared to make an offer if it doesn't sell. That assumes that aside from the not quite right fairing panels and painted fork tops you don't find anything more sinister. The worst they can say is get lost, in which case it doesn't matter anyway.

[CMSMJ1]

That is a doggy bike.

[BillingCBR]

Might just be me but looks like it has a rear formant tyre on the front (likely just the camera angle though