Newbie post

Evenin' all.

I'll warn you now I'm a newbie to biking so I'll apologise in advance
for making an arse out of myself.

The reason I'm posting is that a highly recommended garage tried to sell
me a '98 CG 125 tonight for £800 - £200 more than the Parker's guide
price for a private dealer. It does look mint and with 11mths T&T, but
£200 over?

So is Parker's wrong, the dealer pushing it or do I just need to do some
serious haggling?

Thoughts welcome...

HH

 

Ask to hear the engine running - if he's pushing it something's broken.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Happy Hippy

Never apologise, never explain.

They are, with all due respect[1] have a fucking laugh.

Learn to make the Sign Of The Holy Pushrods when discussing the Sacred
Mount, newbie scum.

And ignore the wankers who will tempt you with the blandishments of
lesser steeds.

Someone will be along shortly to sell you a CG125[2], they usually do.

[1] I do love that phrase.
[2] Makes Sign Of The Holy Pushrods[3]
[3] **** off, Bonwick[4]
[4] Not you, Adie.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Podium Placed Ducati Race Engineer as featured in
Performance Bikes and Fast Bikes

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Falling apart) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha Vmax Honda ST1100 wiv trailer

 

It is a Honda CG125!

<Makes Sign of Holy Pushrods>

What is a mere trifle like money?

 

Happy Hippy wrote

yes, yes and yes.

someone with a clue regarding gods own motorcycle will be along in a
minute to first take and then give detail I am sure.

What colour is it by the way?

Learner legal innit? Captive market and it is springtime and who can
tell when and on what data the figures decided they were valid enough
for showing to the likes of you and all that shit.

The process you are just embarking on is considered by some to be an
essential part of your entrance in to motorcycling, only the faithful
will persevere sort of thinking. We are not far wrong as it goes.

 

That's what Ms. Hippy asked. Blue.

Fair point - it's worth what I (or someone else) is prepared to pay for
it. In which case I may be leaving it unless I can haggle a cover,
chain, disc lock and a helmet.

Cheers to all so far, though it took me a minute to get the joke about
pushing it. It must be late.

HH

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Happy Hippy

^^^

<wince>

You've got yourself a femininininininist type there, matey. Get shot,
soonest.

Tell you what, as a favour to you, here's a tip. Put naked photos of her
up on t'Interweb thingy, then accidentally let the URL slip on here.

We'll all[1] have a letch (no charge), she'll be outraged and bail.

Everyone's happy.

[1] Except for the women.

<thinks>

Some of the women.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Podium Placed Ducati Race Engineer as featured in
Performance Bikes and Fast Bikes

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Falling apart) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha Vmax Honda ST1100 wiv trailer

 

Happy Hippy wrote

Quite right to, Obvious a biker bitch in the making there is what you
have got.

A slow one then.

Welcome to the learning curve.

Tbh you are going to have to be a fairly lucky bunny to better that sort
of price for anything that is clean, shiny and low(ish) mileage.
Although if you can identify a sweet engine and don't mind a fair bit if
elbow grease and have a fondness for solvents you will find a bargain or
two out there.

 

Dare I mention my mate who drove his CG125 for several miles and didn't
realise his sump plug was missing till he got home? The frenzied ticking
noise alerted him to the fact "something was wrong" when he switched the
engine off. That and the waves of heat doing mirage like stuff around the
bike.
The cure was a new plug and fill up the oil. Bike ran perfectly, then he
sold it a couple of years later.
Holy pushrods indeed, not to mention Holy sump.

 

Nope, what I've got there is a crumb under my R key.

HH

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Happy Hippy

Phew, that's OK then.

But don't let that stop you posting the URL anyway.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Podium Placed Ducati Race Engineer as featured in
Performance Bikes and Fast Bikes

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (Falling apart) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha Vmax Honda ST1100 wiv trailer

 

R Crumb?

<snerk>

--
platypus

"Merely corroborative detail, intended to
give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise
bald and unconvincing narrative."

 

Hippy chicks are supposed to be called Moonflower or Goldberry, not Ms.
or Mrs.
And hippies should drive Mini vans with flowers painted on the side
so I think you may be a pretend hippie. I bet you own some furniture too.

 

Pervert!

 

<fondles combo>

--
platypus

"Merely corroborative detail, intended to
give artistic verisimilitude to an otherwise
bald and unconvincing narrative."

 

Eiron wrote

I used to own a mini-van, white with one blue door, incontinent cooling
system, and with passenger seat moved it was possible to fit a friend's
Honda 125 in the vehicle and all close the doors.
Can't remember the precise model though.

 

Roger Hunt says...

It would have been a Mini Van, they only ever made one type.

--
Lozzo
Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Black with added black bits)
Suzuki Bandit 600S (Green with added shit bits)
Yamaha SR250 Delusion (It's "Special")
Homefucking is killing prostitution.

 

An alternative to the CG <makes Sign of Holy Pushrods whilst glancing
sideways to make sure he's doing it right> is a 56 Suzuki GN 125 which
was a Category C insurance write-off.

The seller has repaired it and reckons I just need £19 and a V62 to get
the log book and then £15 tax to put the bike back on the road. Simple
as that, or will it need to be looked at by VOSA or similar to sign it
off as fully repaired?

<£1k for a 4 month old bike seems very tempting when compared to the
£800 9yo bike, mighty steed or otherwise.

Once more, thoughts and opinions welcome.

HH

 

Happy Hippy () gurgled happily, sounding much like
they were saying :

"Tell you what, mate - you sort the V5 out, then add £30 to the price, and
we've got a deal."

 

<nods>

Fucking right, if it's such a piece of piss to sort out, why hasn't he done
it already to not make himself look like a dodgy ****?

Walk away.