MyBB Motorcycle Owners Thread

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xrapidx said:
I'm keen on the 883 as a first bike, not as practical as the BMW - but why the hell not :p I asked for a complete price this morning so I can start making the funds available - if I don't get a response by the end of the week, I'll call Tygervalley.

One thing I don't do is beg people to take my money, especially if its cash.
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You are already begging and accepting sub standard service.

Go to Tygervalley today and forget about Cape Town. They are useless.
 
SauRoNZA said:
You are already begging and accepting sub standard service.

Go to Tygervalley today and forget about Cape Town. They are useless.
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Yip - looks like I will be - funny thing is, I know the salesman from car days years ago. His loss, not sure how many customers pay cash.
 
Guys, any advice on buying a bike from someone which is still financed by a bank? I'm fuming since the owner didn't tell me this from the start. I went to his house with the intention of buying it. Can I pay the settlement on his behalf directly or does the money need to come from him? How do I proceed?
 
Mike7 said:
Guys, any advice on buying a bike from someone which is still financed by a bank? I'm fuming since the owner didn't tell me this from the start. I went to his house with the intention of buying it. Can I pay the settlement on his behalf directly or does the money need to come from him? How do I proceed?
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Chat to his bank.

Usually you should be able to pay it to them directly and the difference to him. Then they might even send you the documents directly.
 
advice please

Im looking at getting a second hand Cleveland Heist as my daily work communter, that being said, I want to get into customization and this frame looks like it can handle a lot of abuse.
 
Noseworthy said:
advice please

Im looking at getting a second hand Cleveland Heist as my daily work communter, that being said, I want to get into customization and this frame looks like it can handle a lot of abuse.
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The fact that I've never heard of that tells me it's probably a bad idea...

What did you want advice on? You simply made a statement.
 
Noseworthy said:
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And my question is, should I get it, and if anyone knows about customization
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Yeah I can Google.

But I'll go back to the fact that I've never heard of it before which tells me it doesn't really exist in any major capacity locally and is therefore probably not a great ownership adventure.

Since you seemingly want to do it all yourself I guess it's all up to you.

Seems like a poor man's wannabe Harley to me. Almost like the fake (Indian) Royal Enfields but worse.

This just warms my heart with trust...

http://www.clevelandcyclewerkssa.co.za/
 
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Just how bad of an idea is it to buy a bike in a different city from a dealer without physically seeing the bike? Why are 600 bikes so hard to find and in decent condition? I've been looking for weeks and I can't find any. I use to think my budget is too low but I'm willing to pay +-R70k now and I still can't find any that I like in the CPT area :mad:
 
Mike7 said:
Just how bad of an idea is it to buy a bike in a different city from a dealer without physically seeing the bike? Why are 600 bikes so hard to find and in decent condition? I've been looking for weeks and I can't find any. I use to think my budget is too low but I'm willing to pay +-R70k now and I still can't find any that I like in the CPT area :mad:
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Depends. Will you go fetch it?

I bought mine in Limpopo but physically went to pick it up myself.

Would only sign for it after seeing it.

It did however only have 600km on which is much less of a worry.
 
Mike7 said:
Just how bad of an idea is it to buy a bike in a different city from a dealer without physically seeing the bike? Why are 600 bikes so hard to find and in decent condition? I've been looking for weeks and I can't find any. I use to think my budget is too low but I'm willing to pay +-R70k now and I still can't find any that I like in the CPT area :mad:
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There are transport companies that will collect and deliver your bike for you. Not sure the cost. WHT type of 600cc you looking for? Supersport, dual sport, cruiser?
 
As for why you can't find them...it's a combination of "boets" who can't ride and jump straight on 1000's combined with the horrible misconception that 600's are good starter bikes and people who have never ridden either jumping on them and killing themselves so the bikes no longer exist or pulling them through their ass in blissful ignorance and cool factor.
 
memphis32 said:
There are transport companies that will collect and deliver your bike for you. Not sure the cost. WHT type of 600cc you looking for? Supersport, dual sport, cruiser?
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Supersport. I've looked into transport companies but the issue is that I won't see the bike until already payed for.

I saw this one below on OLX and it got me thinking.

https://www.olx.co.za/ad/kawasaki-zx6-ID15UzcB.html#fb4bbf6dcb

My preference is for a 2007+ CBR600rr though. I've ridden one and it fits me perfectly.

SauRoNZA said:
As for why you can't find them...it's a combination of "boets" who can't ride and jump straight on 1000's combined with the horrible misconception that 600's are good starter bikes and people who have never ridden either jumping on them and killing themselves so the bikes no longer exist or pulling them through their ass in blissful ignorance and cool factor.
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If I was looking for a litre bike I would have found one within the first few days. So many to choose from on Gumtree.
 
Mike7 said:
If I was looking for a litre bike I would have found one within the first few days. So many to choose from on Gumtree.
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Not even slightly surprised.

Honda wants to scrap the CBR600 for good reason.
 
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I also heard that rumour, as from 2017 they plan to scrap the cbr600. Pity as it's such a great machine. Thing with buying used bikes, they come in waves. One week there'd be like 5 bikes in the same price bracket, then there's nothing for weeks....
 
Noseworthy said:
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And my question is, should I get it, and if anyone knows about customization
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That bike is already customized , what more do you want to customize on it ?

250 cc cruiser is a bit under powered .
 
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memphis32 said:
I also heard that rumour, as from 2017 they plan to scrap the cbr600. Pity as it's such a great machine. Thing with buying used bikes, they come in waves. One week there'd be like 5 bikes in the same price bracket, then there's nothing for weeks....
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Yeah sorry should have mentioned it's a rumour.

But if it's not selling then makes sense.

They are so close in price it almost doesn't make sense any more since the feature set it almost identical and things are "forced" to be different just to differentiate them.

At the same time I believe BMW have an S600 basically ready for production when the market is right.
 
I'm hoping to track down a replacement right hand mirror for my 2012 CBR 250R.

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Quote from Honda is over a grand, so I am really hoping I could perhaps find a second hand one, or a non-genuine part somewhere.

Any idea? I am in Cape Town.

Thanks.
 
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