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Ever bought a bike off ebay?

  • 09-10-2006 8:04pm
    #1
    racso1975
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,273 ✭✭✭


    Hey long time lurker first time poster in this forum. Lookin at travellin to Dub everyday and dont think i could face the traffic and was lookin at gettin a bike.

    Now want to do this right i.e. get my lessons and get my test first but have always been into bikes as my dad has always had one. Anyhow there seems to be great bargains to be got on ebay.

    Anybody ever bought off it? Any major difficulties?


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  • #2
    murphaph
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,050 ✭✭✭✭murphaph


    Yep bought one on eBay and no major problems with it.


  • #3
    nednedned
    Closed Accounts Posts: 44 ✭nednedned


    mate in work bought two.no probs.make sure
    there is a service and mot history.


  • #4
    coyote6
    Closed Accounts Posts: 303 ✭✭coyote6


    I bought mine on ebay and it has been a great bike. In retrospect I think I'd have rather seen the bike prior to purchase. It can be a bit of a gamble. I bought a truck that way too. I don't think I'll do it again unless I can "kick the tires" in advance.


  • #5
    Wossack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,044 ✭✭✭Wossack


    caveat emptor


  • #6
    bbbbb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 738 ✭✭✭bbbbb


    Read an article in one of the british bike mags which concluded that there were better deals to be had by going through the classifieds, though they probably have a vested interest in saying that :)

    Would be slow to buy anything as expensive as a bike unseen.
    http://www.motorcyclenews.com/ you can search ads by post code (LL65 is Holyhead I think)


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  • #7
    CJhaughey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,907 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    I bought a bike turns out that the gearbox 2T had no oil in it and the clutch plates had rusted when I rode it for the first time the rust did baaaad things to the fibre plates and basically wore them down.
    I freaked out and pulled the clutch down flushed the gearbox with kero and a few oil changes, and fitted new fibre plates, I just lapped the old steel plates on a sheet of glass with sandpaper on top.
    Since then it has been top notch, of course I didn't get any satisfaction from the seller.


  • #8
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    Bought 2, from different ends of the UK, at the same time. Got the same co to collect them, and he delivered to Dublin. No probs.

    In hindsight I should have made him drive to Galway, as he had the whole day to kill waiting for the return ferry! He had a load of 5 bikes on that day too, some going to Kilkenny, so it seems eBay has spawned a whole new bike-transport industry with machines bouncing their way from one end of europe to the other !

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #9
    beanhead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 234 ✭✭beanhead


    Interesting, what are the charges & who is this?
    galwaytt wrote:
    Bought 2, from different ends of the UK, at the same time. Got the same co to collect them, and he delivered to Dublin. No probs.

    In hindsight I should have made him drive to Galway, as he had the whole day to kill waiting for the return ferry! He had a load of 5 bikes on that day too, some going to Kilkenny, so it seems eBay has spawned a whole new bike-transport industry with machines bouncing their way from one end of europe to the other !


  • #10
    BigCon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,836 ✭✭✭BigCon


    beanhead wrote:
    Interesting, what are the charges & who is this?

    I'd like to know this too...


  • #11
    madrab
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,892 ✭✭✭madrab


    i too might be interested in said information


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  • #12
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    sorry for the delay, guys. I need to look up who I used......iirc, it cost me about Eur250 per bike.......... I did work out the cost of getting a van and going over, ferries, time off work, etc, but it was still cheaper to get a co to do it.

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #13
    ScouseMouse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,070 ✭✭✭ScouseMouse


    I live in Tallaght Dublin 24 and i bought two bikes off ebay in the uk and drove them back and stuck them on the ferry. It is very simple if you know what you are doing. I kept one and sold the other one on. I did everything above board and if anyone wants to know, leave a message on this board.


  • #14
    kadman
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 5,126 Mod ✭✭✭✭kadman


    superscouse wrote:
    I live in Tallaght Dublin 24 and i bought two bikes off ebay in the uk and drove them back and stuck them on the ferry. It is very simple if you know what you are doing. I kept one and sold the other one on. I did everything above board and if anyone wants to know, leave a message on this board.



    I'd be interested in any info/advice

    kadman


  • #15
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    Claire
    Here's who I used - I couldn't fault them, really. And seeing as one bike was in the Yorkshire, and the other in Wilts, so collecting them myself was a no-no, and that's without allow for the cost.
    Ask for Claire - and tell them I referred you!

    Adam James
    Headstocks Transport Co.
    21 Howitts Gardens
    Eynesbury
    St Neots
    Cambs
    PE19 2PD

    01480 404229
    077 294 33 293

    email: info@headstockstransport.co.uk
    www.headstockstransport.co.uk

    Another compnay, who were keen on price, but there was a time problem, were these guys, and they seemed affable enough.
    http://www.agservices.org.uk/

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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