Too good to be true?

Kinja'd!!! "Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury)
07/28/2019 at 17:10 • Filed to: None

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It appears to be at some sort of bike shop. These things have to be worth a little more than $750, right? There has to be something catastrophic wrong here or it would have sold weeks ago. Yeah, it's in the middle of nowhere, but if it was as simple a repair as they indicate it would have been gone a long time ago...


DISCUSSION (12)


Kinja'd!!! DipodomysDeserti > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
07/28/2019 at 17:20

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What’s too good about it?  It’s a twenty year-old non running BMW being sold as a parts bike. Price seems appropriate. Maybe offer him $500.


Kinja'd!!! Mercedes Streeter > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
07/28/2019 at 18:07

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Sounds about right on price . Doesn’t run, bad clutch, old enough to vote in an election.


Kinja'd!!! Cé hé sin > Mercedes Streeter
07/28/2019 at 18:23

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But it does run...


Kinja'd!!! McMike > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
07/28/2019 at 18:27

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Sure, buy a bike a bike shop is selling as a mechanic’s special . What could go wrong?


Kinja'd!!! Mercedes Streeter > Cé hé sin
07/28/2019 at 20:25

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Whoops, somehow I missed "runs well" lol. Wonder what a clutch job on one of these entails.


Kinja'd!!! DipodomysDeserti > Cé hé sin
07/28/2019 at 21:24

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“Needs battery”

Means it doesn’t run.


Kinja'd!!! TheRealBicycleBuck > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
07/28/2019 at 22:00

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It’s probably difficult to find parts and at 50k miles, it has to be close to a major service interval. Let’s see... chain tensioner liner replacement is coming up. That requires removing the fuel tank and the head. Sounds expensive, but it might be a DIY project if you can get the parts.

https://www.motorcycleparts-hornig.com/BMW-K-1200-LT/Maintenance-interval-service/


Kinja'd!!! Longtime Lurker > DipodomysDeserti
07/29/2019 at 00:34

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Not necessarily, the battery could be weak and discharging overnight, but can still start the bike after being on a charger.


Kinja'd!!! DipodomysDeserti > Longtime Lurker
07/29/2019 at 00:45

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If the issue is actually the battery, they’d just put a new battery in it (it’s a $30 fix).  “Needs a new battery” is bait for an idiot to buy a busted bike.


Kinja'd!!! Cé hé sin > DipodomysDeserti
07/29/2019 at 17:08

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But the ad says it runs, suggesting the battery is the only issue.


Kinja'd!!! DipodomysDeserti > Cé hé sin
07/29/2019 at 20:02

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This is a craigslist ad. “Needs battery” and “worn clutch” but “runs” means you might have a chance of getting it started if you put a fresh battery in it. But it’s most likely not running. Craigslisting is an art. Inexperienced Craigslisters will at best waste their time, at worst get murdered.


Kinja'd!!! bob and john > Mercedes Streeter
08/01/2019 at 01:56

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t earing the bike in 2. its a car clutch basicly (not joking, th e 1150s could be modded to use the clutch from a OG VW beetle)