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Sorry if this has been asked before, I did a search but couldn't find anything relevent.
I went to testride a Blackbird yesterday at a local dealers. Lovely bike but its a fairly tatty 97 which has seen better days. The guy at the garage showed me a newer 02 'bird which had done fewer miles 27kish but had been in an accident and was a CAT D write off.
The story goes that the chap they sold it to had someone pull out on him and had to park it in a ditch. All the left side bodywork was ruined and they had concerns that there might have been some more serious damage underneath. When they costed the work for the insurance they just wrote the bike off.
When they replaced all the bodywork there wasnt any damage to any part of the frame etc (according to them, who I trust to a degree as the garage came recommended).
now ive done a bit of research on google and I read mixed stories about buying one. The garage has it up for £2600 which from what I can tell is about £800 under what it would be if it wasnt a write off. I'm really not worried about the safety aspect of buying it, more the fact that It might be tough to sell on? Is £800 off what it should be enough of a discount?
Any experiences and advice much appreciated.
I went to testride a Blackbird yesterday at a local dealers. Lovely bike but its a fairly tatty 97 which has seen better days. The guy at the garage showed me a newer 02 'bird which had done fewer miles 27kish but had been in an accident and was a CAT D write off.
The story goes that the chap they sold it to had someone pull out on him and had to park it in a ditch. All the left side bodywork was ruined and they had concerns that there might have been some more serious damage underneath. When they costed the work for the insurance they just wrote the bike off.
When they replaced all the bodywork there wasnt any damage to any part of the frame etc (according to them, who I trust to a degree as the garage came recommended).
now ive done a bit of research on google and I read mixed stories about buying one. The garage has it up for £2600 which from what I can tell is about £800 under what it would be if it wasnt a write off. I'm really not worried about the safety aspect of buying it, more the fact that It might be tough to sell on? Is £800 off what it should be enough of a discount?
Any experiences and advice much appreciated.
I'll probably want something different after a year. I just wonder if it would be difficult to sell on again.