cbr xx blackbird

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 3:16 am

So, as some of you know I was on a quest for a vf1000r, which almost happen. Guy got cold feet with the sale. http://www.cb1100f.net/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=73103

however CL popped up a second place finisher for $600 bucks w/title...all the fairings are included just not pictured. I guess I have a winter project. Carbs are wrapped in plastic...hasn't run in 8 years.

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 3:19 am

$600 u.s.!!!! Dam you got a deal!!!!

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 3:31 am

I thought so too...

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 3:56 am

mp33dave wrote:

I thought so too...

And you actually have it? CL scams abound!

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 4:04 am

yes...i went and looked at the bike, talked to the guy...He is going to DMV in the AM to get title, he lost it. So tomorrow morning i'm scheduled to go by and pick it up with a truck.

http://richmond.craigslist.org/mcy/4160434343.html

Hawk Joined: Jun 11, 2007 Posts: 349 Location: NV

This is the kind of thing I wouldn't post about until the deal was done. lol Too many people more than happy to be trolls and nab it out from under you. Too many sellers more than happy enough to sell it out from under a deal, too.

aa

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 8:09 am

Thats what I was looking for when the 1100F Ive got found its way to me.

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 12:10 pm

Cecil14 wrote:

This is the kind of thing I wouldn't post about until the deal was done. lol Too many people more than happy to be Informed Posters and nab it out from under you. Too many sellers more than happy enough to sell it out from under a deal, too.

aa

I thought about that too...however I'm a man of my word and we shook hands with the agreement that he gets the title and I'll pay his full asking...if he goes behind my back and sells to someone else, well I guess it was meant to be. I'm not feeding my kids with buying old bikes so its all good Smile

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 12:22 pm

You do know that they are very slow, don't you?

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 12:27 pm

Well I jinx it...guy wants $1000 now...he has gotten a ton of calls someone offered him $1000...i would have to match it. I offered $800 and he said he No, that was going to re post on CL for $1000. Oh well. I guess a hand shake and verbal commitment mean nothing now a days.

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 1:09 pm

Your handshake may certainly mean something but obviously the sellers handshake means crap. Hope it was not someone on this forum that went behind your back.

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 1:23 pm

That sucks!! I had a similar situation happen to me years ago on a Honda CR500R. The rich kid selling it was asking $1K for it. I show up, take it for a quick spin down the street, I don't dicker on the price and give him a hundred to hold the bike until I go to the bank the next day and get a trailer.
He gives me a hand written receipt for the hundred with $900 owing on pick up.
I call the next day to set up a time for exchange of the money and bike and he tells me the bike was stolen out of his garage during the night...
He obviously got a better offer. When I said I was coming over to get my hundred back, he wouldn't let me come to his house. I had to meet him at his
familiy's business. I called the police to see if they had received a stolen motorcycle report from his address, and they said no.
It's hard to trust anyone these days.

Good luck with that bird. $1K is still a killer deal if you get it with the ownership.

Cheers!
Chris

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 1:38 pm

The bike has been sitting for 8 years outside...not covered. 40k miles. Missing some small pieces here and there...Not sure if there is engine damage etc...Tried to talk some sense into him...still wanted 1k. I just cant stomach that unless I was planning to part it out...which i would hate to do.

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 1:50 pm

Im not posting crap about any bikes Im looking at...all the deals have gone SOUTH...ugh

Hawk Joined: Jun 11, 2007 Posts: 349 Location: NV

Personally I wouldn't even talk to that guy anymore. If he's willing to bump the price $400 on you overnight he's obviously willing to screw you over on something else. My guess is there is more story to the bike that he's letting on to.

Sounds like a good one to just move past. Keep looking, something else will come up.

aa

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 2:26 pm

Cecil14 wrote:

Personally I wouldn't even talk to that guy anymore. If he's willing to bump the price $400 on you overnight he's obviously willing to screw you over on something else. My guess is there is more story to the bike that he's letting on to.

Sounds like a good one to just move past. Keep looking, something else will come up.

aa

That sounds like good advice!! I didn't realize the bike had been sitting outside for 8 years. On that note, I wouldn't give him 1k for it. He may be bluffing about the other offers.

Hawk Joined: Jun 11, 2007 Posts: 349 Location: NV

Something else I've found from personal experience....get it in writing. Verbal contracts don't mean squat. I'm sure you're good to your word, Dave, but I'm here to tell you very few other people are. Everyone's out to make a buck, be it by lying, cheating or stealing.

While it may not be in stone, a written receipt gives you a little more leverage. You hold the right to sue in the worst case (not that something like this would be worth a court case).

Just my experience after many screwings.

aa

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 2:49 pm

In writing and make a deposit. Then its a done deal!

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 7:08 pm

I think the bike had something else going on...I'm over it now. Thanks for the words of encouragement. I blame it on Halloween 10/31/13...something strange in the air.

CB1100F Joined: May 13, 2005 Posts: 3217 Location: NE OHIO

Good lesson, don't post it hear or anywhere else until you have it on the truck and on the way home . Maybe it was the best thing to happen not knowing the condition

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 7:17 pm

^ True

http://richmond.craigslist.org/mcy/4162765692.html

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 7:52 pm

And we won't stoop to his level and all make offers on this bike, plan to meet him somewhere, then never show up. We are all better than that.

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 9:13 pm

When money has exchanged (most of the time to hold) I write out 2 receipts Signed by both and dated, what the money is for, vehicle info, registration and vin# and insurance company, policy # if insured. People then really wonder if they want to play any games with all the info I have and how serious I am. I have been screwed before after the deal was supposedly done.
Have not had a problem since, even two times when some else upped the anti. I asked the one gentleman were his local Magistrate office was.
I got the bike.

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 11:20 pm

I dare the Halloween curse to mess up this deal...97 TL1000S. GAME ON!!!

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 11:36 pm

I know it sucks when a deal goes south like that, but I've learned to be patient. If it's meant to be, it will happen. I can promise you that.

Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 11:45 pm

oh the saga gets worse...ill explain later

Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 8:52 am

You didn't say "what could possibly go wrong this time ...." did you?

Regards,

Max

P.S. Good luck ... who would have thought buying a bike would be so difficult!?

Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 12:15 pm

mp33dave wrote:

oh the saga gets worse...ill explain later

I see it is still listed.

Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 1:15 pm

...the blackbird, A little more money and you could get a nice runner.

Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 3:43 pm

the curse has been lifted...

running with a small oil leak...same money. I've always wanted a Suzuki.