Thinking of buying this

golfpaul

https://www.donedeal.ie/motorbikes-for-sale/yamaha-r1-1000-cc-very-clean-and-almost-new/11368930
Hi guys, thinking of buying this. Anything I should be looking out for? Any opinions on price?
Thanks in advance!

blade1

golfpaul wrote: »

https://www.donedeal.ie/motorbikes-for-sale/yamaha-r1-1000-cc-very-clean-and-almost-new/11368930
Hi guys, thinking of buying this. Anything I should be looking out for? Any opinions on price?
Thanks in advance!

Yum Yum Yum!
Looks like a cracker alright!

Wonda-Boy

Cracker...pure BIKE PORN!

blade1

Price isn't out of the way either!
If i was looking for an R1 id have that in a heartbeat!

Faith+1

My god! I'd kill myself on that thing!

zubair

blade1 wrote: »

Price isn't out of the way either!
If i was looking for an R1 id have that in a heartbeat!

Sweet!

Looks like a very clean bike. Price wise, no idea but there can't be much cleaner out there.

No offense but I don't recognise your nick from the motorbikes forum. Have you been riding long?

jay48

Don't know the bike but the ad is just copied/pasted for the specs , no info on any of the extras bar the exhaust . Why go to the trouble of aftermarket mirrors with the whole gold thing going on and then change back to standard with a gold brake lever ? Are they the same bike in the pics ? I'd be looking for some recent pics before I bothered looking at it .

slinky2000

I would walk away based on 2 things.

1. The standard of the English in the advert.
2. The 2nd picture is from snapchat. I wouldn't want any bike of mine to be owned by some who uses snapchat and uses the words 'great day for a bit rid'

slinky2000

I would walk away based on 2 things.

1. The standard of the English in the advert.
2. The 2nd picture is from snapchat. I wouldn't want any bike of mine to be owned by some who uses snapchat and uses the words 'great day for a bit rid'

Cienciano

jay48 wrote: »

Don't know the bike but the ad is just copied/pasted for the specs , no info on any of the extras bar the exhaust . Why go to the trouble of aftermarket mirrors with the whole gold thing going on and then change back to standard with a gold brake lever ? Are they the same bike in the pics ? I'd be looking for some recent pics before I bothered looking at it .

Google image search tells me the top pic is definitely not the bike for sale, it's a pic used all over the place. Different bar ends, screen and mirror in that pic too.
So judge it on the last 3 photos which are shíte.

golfpaul

zubair wrote: »

Sweet!

Looks like a very clean bike. Price wise, no idea but there can't be much cleaner out there.

No offense but I don't recognise your nick from the motorbikes forum. Have you been riding long?

Had a bike (bandit 600) for a couple of years to tip away on at the weekends. Moved from Dublin back west so sold the bike while getting settled and have now been off the bike for a couple of years. Just wanted to get myself something for the odd weekend we have nice weather.

golfpaul

jay48 wrote: »

Don't know the bike but the ad is just copied/pasted for the specs , no info on any of the extras bar the exhaust . Why go to the trouble of aftermarket mirrors with the whole gold thing going on and then change back to standard with a gold brake lever ? Are they the same bike in the pics ? I'd be looking for some recent pics before I bothered looking at it .

That's what I thought, cans look different too and sticker missing on front. Seems a bit dodge to me. Below is copy of messages I had with seller

Is that the actual bike in the first picture?
Have you any more photos?
Can you list all the extras?
Thanks.
mon 7:23 pm Abdul Almazrua
Sorry i dont have more pics at the moment but you are welcome to look at it anytime.
tue 12:40 am
Thanks but I live in Galway, that's why I asked the questions. Does it come with original parts also?
tue 6:49 am Abdul Almazrua
it has all the original parts, i only add full exhaust system in to it for the more power and sound. i Kept it as the factory and i always take care of it.. trust its worth every cent... i wont sell it if Im not leaving the country

jay48

Cienciano wrote: »

Google image search tells me the top pic is definitely not the bike for sale, it's a pic used all over the place. Different bar ends, screen and mirror in that pic too.
So judge it on the last 3 photos which are shíte.

If you were selling a bike would you put a pic up of somebody else's bike ? There's no info in the ad about the bike , everything is copied and pasted . If that was my bike I'd be listing everything that was done to it , from the pic there's aftermarket mirrors , brake lever and rear sets yet no mention of them in the ad . Why would he have to find a pic of someone else's bike to show the acrapovic exhaust ? Who's to say he didn't get the other pics off the net aswell ? If I was going to look at the bike I wouldn't be going with nine and a half grand in my pocket anyway , just in case ;-)

stewygriffin

Ive tried calling this chap several times between yesterday and today.
No answer from him,and will not respond to texts.

Pics from the internet and no actual ad,just copy and paste.

My advice,do not being any money with you if going to view this bike,thats if it is a legit ad and bike for sale.:pac:


The chap should go and post a proper ad and take proper pics of "his" R1 if hes that serious about selling it.

Price is about right,but the bike will need to be mapped to suit the exhaust system on it.
If he is leaving the country,then check all the details on the bike are correct,numbers match the log book and check the service history intervals and stamps in the book.
Oh and check if it has had the Headlight loom recall done on it,if not then that will need to be done aswell.

stewygriffin

This guy "Abdul" is the biggest chancer going.He has not got one clue about "his bike".

He claims that "his mate" bought the exhaust system for him,there is no reciept for this exhaust.

The second I asked him about service history for the bike he got very defensive and started giving out to me......"why am I asking for proof of service history and reciepts"???



Then I get...."ok my bike is not for sale anymore"

Phone hangs up.




Supposedly the bike is for sale in "Dublin 4".

golfpaul

stewygriffin wrote: »

This guy "Abdul" is the biggest chancer going.He has not got one clue about "his bike".

He claims that "his mate" bought the exhaust system for him,there is no reciept for this exhaust.

The second I asked him about service history for the bike he got very defensive and started giving out to me......"why am I asking for proof of service history and reciepts"???



Then I get...."ok my bike is not for sale anymore"

Phone hangs up.




Supposedly the bike is for sale in "Dublin 4".

Goodman Stewy, looks like I'll give this one a miss then! Sweet bike by the way!!!

arybvtcw0eolkf

stewygriffin wrote: »

This guy "Abdul" is the biggest chancer going.He has not got one clue about "his bike".

He claims that "his mate" bought the exhaust system for him,there is no reciept for this exhaust.

The second I asked him about service history for the bike he got very defensive and started giving out to me......"why am I asking for proof of service history and reciepts"???



Then I get...."ok my bike is not for sale anymore"

Phone hangs up.




Supposedly the bike is for sale in "Dublin 4".

This add came up on our radar last night (me and my son), then today we realized we think we've crossed paths with this chancer before (selling cars).

Cienciano

stewygriffin wrote: »

This guy "Abdul" is the biggest chancer going.He has not got one clue about "his bike".

He claims that "his mate" bought the exhaust system for him,there is no reciept for this exhaust.

The second I asked him about service history for the bike he got very defensive and started giving out to me......"why am I asking for proof of service history and reciepts"???



Then I get...."ok my bike is not for sale anymore"

Phone hangs up.




Supposedly the bike is for sale in "Dublin 4".

Definitely sounds dodgy. Reckon if you stayed talking to him long enough you'd find out the "bike" is "in storage" or some shíte and you need to send him money through western union to get it out for viewing.
Get this instead: https://www.donedeal.co.uk/motorbikes-for-sale/ducati-superbike-1098s/11341053

golfpaul

Cienciano wrote: »

Definitely sounds dodgy. Reckon if you stayed talking to him long enough you'd find out the "bike" is "in storage" or some shíte and you need to send him money through western union to get it out for viewing.
Get this instead: https://www.donedeal.co.uk/motorbikes-for-sale/ducati-superbike-1098s/11341053

That one is on the radar too, thanks Cienciano!

Wonda-Boy

Poor Abdul, you lot are very negative TBH.

Skill Magill

Wonda, you've such a dick, haha

Wonda-Boy

Skill Magill wrote: »

Wonda, yer such a dick, haha

WOW, nearly miss read that!!!

"yer" and you've" are very similiar.

Pugzilla

Does anyone think that moving up from a Bandit 600, with no bike in the intervening years, to a R1 is too big of a jump in performance?

arybvtcw0eolkf

Pugzilla wrote: »

Does anyone think that moving up from a Bandit 600, with no bike in the intervening years, to a R1 is too big of a jump in performance?

Without knowing the rider, and I'm guessing its not a very experienced rider I'd say YES.

I know people say that the throttle goes both ways and you don't have to twist it too much.

But I always stress to people moving up like this just how fast things happen when you go to a liter hypersports bike and how the riders thoughts and reactions are often many, many times left behind.

Some might disagree but experience has taught me to err on the side of caution.