Bianco2564 Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 Not that I'm the slightest bit interested in buying this, just found it browsing ebay, how can this be advertised as HPI clear when it looks like the head stock is ripped from the frame? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/134206498599 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRH Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 Insurance not been involved / advised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mickly Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 Ideal opportunity to nick one & ring it, make a nice wedge to spend on skunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted August 23, 2022 Share Posted August 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Mickly said: Ideal opportunity to nick one & ring it, make a nice wedge to spend on skunk Are we going halves...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mississippi Bullfrog Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Doesn't HPI refer to hire purchase? In which case if the bike was bought outright or the contract has been settled then the fact that it's been totalled doesn't have anything to do with the HPI status. Looking at the state of it I wouldn't want to see any part of it put back on the road. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
learningtofly Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Just needs a bit of fettling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 45 minutes ago, Mississippi Bullfrog said: Doesn't HPI refer to hire purchase? In which case if the bike was bought outright or the contract has been settled then the fact that it's been totalled doesn't have anything to do with the HPI status. Looking at the state of it I wouldn't want to see any part of it put back on the road. Hpi tends to cover everything now, who's going to give you credit to buy that 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerontious Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Looks to me like someone had a whoopsie and valued their NCB over the value of the bike.. or maybe they didn't have any NCB but due to previous unfortunate history, their premium was already astronomical and so claiming wasn't a good idea. Might even have happened on a track somewhere. who knows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Westerly Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Either way I think the seller is being insanely optimistic in his asking price for what is essentially a pile of scrap metal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bianco2564 Posted August 24, 2022 Author Share Posted August 24, 2022 21 hours ago, JRH said: Insurance not been involved / advised. Ah ok, normally advertised as unrecorded salvage. I went to view another bike at this location a couple of years ago, wouldn't go back... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Westerly Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 I bet you wouldn't! Unless you had a thing for scrap why would anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bud Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Feel sorry for a future owner who will buy that unknowingly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liveware Problem Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 On 23/08/2022 at 21:16, Bianco2564 said: Not that I'm the slightest bit interested in buying this, just found it browsing ebay, how can this be advertised as HPI clear when it looks like the head stock is ripped from the frame? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/134206498599 I actually bought a bike a bit like that (well not that bad but still). Triumph 1050 sprint, looked alright but the owner did say it had been crashed and repaired. Seemed fine but a year or so after I bought it it rolled backwards off the side stand and fell over - unsurprisingly cracked fairings, more surprisingly the headstock snapped.. Turns out it had been welded back on at some point, after the crash no doubt, and not very well at that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
learningtofly Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 9 hours ago, bud said: Feel sorry for a future owner who will buy that unknowingly. How would anyone buy it unknowingly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerontious Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 what is it they say about a fool and his money. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bud Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, learningtofly said: How would anyone buy it unknowingly? Because it's not registered on any database as having been in an accident. So when it's fixed and sold on, the next owner won't know. Edited August 25, 2022 by bud 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
learningtofly Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 3 hours ago, bud said: Because it's not registered on any database as having been in an accident. So when it's fixed and sold on, the next owner won't know. Ah, got you. I thought you meant buying as-is, hence the confusion! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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