Bike Accident History question

Hi everyone!

Have just gained CBT, and am looking to buy my first bike. I've found a
CG125 which seems a very good price, and in good condition. So I've had a
check done by CarWatch UK, who tell me that it has an accident history,
which they are obtaining further details on.

Is this a complete no-no? Or is it possible that this may make it just a
cheaper buy?
If it has been written off, should it come with an engineers report saying
that it is roadworthy? If not, do I need to obtain one?

Puzzled newbie adopts a supplicatory posture and beseeches the wisdom of the
Great Ones of ukrm.

Many thanks,
serf

 

Depends which sort of write off it is. IIRC cat A and B are total
unrepairables, C is badly damaged but fixable and D cosmetic only. You
should be alright if it's a D cat write off but there's not really a lot of
'cosmetic' on the CG125 to start off with.

Don't think so but unless it's really cheap I wouldn't touch it myself,
there's lots of much better bikes about than a repaired CG125.

Who?

 

I wouldn't touch it myself - there are plenty of other undamaged
CG125s[1] out there. Well done for making the check.

[1] Makes Sign of Holy Pushrods

 

Or consider Kevin Olley of this parish - he has a CG125 for sale, in
Basildon, if that's any good to you. Goes well.

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That depends on what you call a good price. It also depends on what
you actually want and what you may end up doing to it

It goes well, but I cannot guarantee its past history, it was owned at
one time by a riding school:-(

Mine is nothing special, but its a set of wheels and its reliable.

There is also another person from this group that has shown interest
in it and they have first refusal.



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Kevin - Basildon
XV535
CG125 GPZ305 (her's)
BOTAFOT#67 BOTAFOF#23
OSOS#29

 

1999 T reg, 7,000 miles, £450. I am thinking that a clean one would be ITRO
£700 - £900?

CarWatch now tell me that it was a category "D" writeoff in 2000. From the
owner history, it seems likely that the original owner bought it back, as it
first changed hands in 2002. It has knocks and scrapes, but seems v. good
mechanically.

What I want - to commute 9 miles from Croydon to Orpington, and to avoid
catching the bug! TBH, I'd rather make a cheap buy of something that I
wouldn't be paranoid about binning, and that might last me a long time. So
perhaps the Holy Pushrods have it...

I was tempted by an MZ (happy memories of 15 years ago), but perhaps the
permanant blue haze might not go down too well with SWMBO. :-((

(Sorry, but Basildon is a bit far.)

Reargards,
serf

 

Occasionally bargains can be had but looking at what you can get for
that sort of money in my area that seems to be a fairly good buy.

At that sort of money, as long as its in a mecanically sound condition
I would not worry too much about its past history.

A little easy maintanance and they go on for ages, they are easy to
fix after a minor off, and if the worst happens you have not really
lost a lot.

One minor word of warning, they are a popular bike to nick, one of the
first things you need to invest in is a good chain and lock, and then
use it making sure that you always chain it up to a solid object if
possable.


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Kevin - Basildon
XV535
CG125 GPZ305 (her's)
BOTAFOT#67 BOTAFOF#23
OSOS#29

 

Serf wrote

Excellent and welcome to the dark side.

For homework we will require a 2000 word comedy essay on your
experiences with them. You will be judged.

Maybe, maybe, yes, no.

Walk away from it if you are not confident.

 

What's that quote? "if in doubt, there is no doubt" ?

 

At that sort of money I would take his hand off !! A cat D is cosmetic only
damage but the assessor would replace any damaged parts so a small scrape on
the tank adds the price of a replacement to the bill. A friend of mine
bought a Yamaha FZX750 ( the mini V-Max) as a cat D because a replacement
std exhaust - chrome 4 into 2 - was over a grand, add in footrests, bars ,
levers etc etc and it is BER-beyond economical repair.

 

At that sort of money, as long as its in a mecanically sound condition

<CHOMP!>

))

Serf CG125
(50 miles, and not fallen off yet!)

 

Good, another one joins the dark side

Just keep it shiny side up, greasy side down


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Kevin - Basildon
XV535
CG125 GPZ305 (her's)
BOTAFOT#67 BOTAFOF#23
OSOS#29