MK9R
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| posted on 19/4/11 at 12:32 PM |
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Repaired CAT C bike - would you buy one?
Seen a 07 bandit with 5k miles, its a fully repaired Cat C, they want £2400 for it, would you????? Lot of bike for the money, but worried resale maybe
impossible
Cheers Austen
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MK9R
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| posted on 19/4/11 at 12:34 PM |
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same bike with clean history but 18k miles advertised at £2595
Cheers Austen
RGB car number 9
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r1_pete
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| posted on 19/4/11 at 12:39 PM |
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Resale value will never be as per without the Cat C stamp, but why worry, you're effectively getting a 1 years use bike for 3 or 4 year old
money.
Buy it, use it, abuse it, but most of all enjoy it, then if you want shut, worse case break it up, you'll get your money back.
At that sort of money resale value is hardly worth bothering about, buying a new bike you'd loose that £2.4k just riding it off the forecourt.
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MK9R
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| posted on 19/4/11 at 12:42 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by r1_pete
Resale value will never be as per without the Cat C stamp, but why worry, you're effectively getting a 1 years use bike for 3 or 4 year old
money.
Buy it, use it, abuse it, but most of all enjoy it, then if you want shut, worse case break it up, you'll get your money back.
At that sort of money resale value is hardly worth bothering about, buying a new bike you'd loose that £2.4k just riding it off the forecourt.
It will be abused, it will be a commuter. Just weighing up getting a newer lower mileage cat C/D against older straight bike. I've bought and
repaired banged up bikes before, but not got time to repair it this time, its gotta work out of the box.
Cheers Austen
RGB car number 9
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mrwibble
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| posted on 19/4/11 at 01:01 PM |
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i guess you'd have to chat to the owner and be happy its been repaired properly. I've driven a cat D right off ford focus for the last 40k
miles and been very happy i took the punt.
When i was about to buy mine, i rang up the dvla, and there first reaction was has it passed all its tests, i don't know what or how rigorous
these would be to have a car/bike put back on the road, but theres some peace of mind there. their next question was has it got a log book, when i
answered in the affirmative they basically said you haven't anything to worry about...
[Edited on 19/4/11 by mrwibble]
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MK9R
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| posted on 19/4/11 at 01:03 PM |
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Its from a well know salvage yard, have bought bikes from them in the past. Ok they didn't repair it as it was a part ex, but am fairly
confident in them
Cheers Austen
RGB car number 9
www.austengreenway.co.uk
www.automatedtechnologygroup.co.uk
www.trackace.co.uk
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MK9R
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| posted on 19/4/11 at 01:20 PM |
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ok spoke to the 2 places selling the bikes mentioned above, both will accept £2400 for them, so do i go with lower milage and cat c, or higher mileage
with no marks on V5??
[Edited on 19/4/11 by MK9R]
Cheers Austen
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carpmart
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| posted on 19/4/11 at 01:48 PM |
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Higher miles, no marks on the V5 is my advice .............................. but I know nothing ...................... or so my wife regularly tells
me! 
[Edited on 19/4/11 by carpmart]
You only live once - make the most of it!
Radical Clubsport, Kwaker motor
'94 MX5 MK1, 1.8
F10 M5 - 600bhp Daily Hack
Range Rover Sport - Wife's Car
Mercedes A class - Son's Car
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ed1801
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| posted on 19/4/11 at 02:08 PM |
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My bike is a fair amount older but is also cat c. Basically neighbour hit it in our road and everything was scuffed down one side - no structural
damage at all. To replace the bits with new the assessor reckoned 2 grand and it was then made cat c. All I did was was replace a pillion peg, MOT it,
and it was good to go again (although to be fair it isn't in 'pristine' condition, all it does is get me to work and back).
There was absolutely nothing wrong with it beyond scuffs.
Maybe with a newer bike you would need more serious damage to cat c, but if they have some pics of the damage and it isn't completely squished i
would have no qualms about riding one. Bikes are so simple that as long as it isn't bent it will be fine.
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mrwibble
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| posted on 19/4/11 at 02:08 PM |
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how much higher? might save on service costs on the cat c, but then again I reckon your the sort of bloke whos gonna service either bike after
he's bought it cuz he doesn't know when its last been done...
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MK9R
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| posted on 19/4/11 at 02:10 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mrwibble
how much higher? might save on service costs on the cat c, but then again I reckon your the sort of bloke whos gonna service either bike after
he's bought it cuz he doesn't know when its last been done...
5K v 18K
Cheers Austen
RGB car number 9
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r1_pete
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| posted on 19/4/11 at 02:52 PM |
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I'd go with the lower milage for your intended use, if you do 13K on it its 13K you have managed, and serviced, and taken it up to 18K.
13K on the other one takes it to 31K, and over 20K on any bike holds something of a stigma for buyers.
As long as the engine wasn't damaged in the cause of the cat C...... its up to you what you value most, engine wear or the cat C stamp, value
least really....
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doddy
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| posted on 19/4/11 at 03:41 PM |
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on the 5 k bike are you sure the milage is correct most of the time on that kind of bike the clocks get a whack when they go down has he so may have
been replaced with secound hand ones any pictures before the repair
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Peteff
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| posted on 19/4/11 at 04:40 PM |
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It's probably been off the road a while when in the hands of salvage and being repaired so the miles are low. I don't think the money
saving is a great incentive to buy it but if it's the bike you want and you are not looking to make money on it there should be no problem.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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tony-devon
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| posted on 19/4/11 at 04:53 PM |
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buy the CAT c, run it about, keep your eyes open for a frame and V5 from a straight one, swap it all over later on and sell when your done with it
heavy is good, heavy is reliable, and if it breaks, hit them with it
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MK9R
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| posted on 21/4/11 at 08:24 AM |
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Well ended up blowing the top on the budget and got myself a real nice 58 plate BMW F650 GS, the new 800cc twin pot  . Its the bike i really wanted
and have wanted for years, just was wrestling with cost over a jap commuter. Cant wait to pick it up now!!!
Cheers Austen
RGB car number 9
www.austengreenway.co.uk
www.automatedtechnologygroup.co.uk
www.trackace.co.uk
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