Author Topic: THis goes out to all the stupid people........ (Read 9306 times)

feelergaugephil · « **on:** March 23, 2012, 09:43:26 PM »

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So, I had my 08 Connie up for sale at my local dealership (I'm friends with the manager) so I get a call from the sales guy who said there's a guy here that's interested in your bike and would like to talk with you, so I jump on my ZRX12 (by the way is MINT) and pull up at the dealership....
The interested guy is about 45ish and wants to know all the details about the Connie, ie, problems, history, faults......
I told him basically that he could get on this bike and ride to California then onto Canada and back with no worries, I then went under the seat and pulled out the handbook and in the back is where I have written everything I have done at every mileage, showing oil changes, tires, spark plugs and the valve shims service......

So he sits on it and I start it up, (it has the usual clacking for less than a second) of which I told him that it was the camchain tensioner building pressure and that most of the Connies did that, his face is not impressed!!!! then he looks at the mileage, his face was in disgust! he advises "its got 29,000 miles on it" "Nope, don't want it, the engines got too many miles on it" I instantly came back with "this engine is just about broke in, these suckers go over 100K" he replies "not with me on it" I then point to my ZRX and said " how many miles you think thats got on it" he replies "huh, I dont know 5 or 6 thousand" "NOPE! its got 138 THOUSAND MILES! I GUESS THATS TOO MANY MILES ASWELL!!!!!!!!"

He then calls me a liar and that there's no way its got 138K, I turned round to him and said, obviously you know fu** all about engines, go buy a Harley or something, at which time he stormed off and..........................................................................
Got on his HARLEY!!!!!!!! oh that made me laugh........ anyway, rant over.........

C14PAINKILLER · « **Reply #1 on:** March 23, 2012, 09:58:52 PM »

Yeah, you can't fix stupid.........but pretty well was self explained by the end

maxtog · « **Reply #2 on:** March 23, 2012, 10:04:02 PM »

LOL! He thinks 29,000 miles on a 2008 Kawasaki is too much; and on a Concours to bat??!!!! Yep, he absolutely deserves a Harley.

shreveportSS · « **Reply #3 on:** March 23, 2012, 10:15:39 PM »

Well, 29,000 miles is too much for a Harley.

Rick Hall · « **Reply #4 on:** March 23, 2012, 10:18:04 PM »

My C-10 has the mechanical odo, it says 70k something. I'll pull in for gas or some cheesy-poofs, someone will see the gauge and remark "wow, lotta miles!" I say "it's rolled over once."

Then it's "when didja rebuild it?" and I reply "I put a hot cam in it about 20k miles ago, and a few seals and some wheel bearings through the years."

"How old?" "Bought it new in '94."

Deer in the headlight, mouth ajar, shaking head...

Rick

Pokey · « **Reply #5 on:** March 23, 2012, 10:40:56 PM »

Quote from: shreveportSS on March 23, 2012, 10:15:39 PM

Well, 29,000 miles is too much for a Harley.

Yeah you beat me to it, and also allot of miles for most Harley riders too.

Gsun · « **Reply #6 on:** March 23, 2012, 11:00:51 PM »

I don't know about you, but I wouldn't want to ride a Harley for 29K! It might be good for birth control though.

feelergaugephil · « **Reply #7 on:** March 23, 2012, 11:35:35 PM »

Quote from: Gsun on March 23, 2012, 11:00:51 PM

I don't know about you, but I wouldn't want to ride a Harley for 29K! It might be good for birth control though.

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ZG · « **Reply #8 on:** March 23, 2012, 11:48:16 PM »

Quote from: Gsun on March 23, 2012, 11:00:51 PM

I don't know about you, but I wouldn't want to ride a Harley for 29K! It might be good for birth control though.

Kwikasfuki · « **Reply #9 on:** March 24, 2012, 01:41:33 AM »

Quote from: Gsun on March 23, 2012, 11:00:51 PM

I don't know about you, but I wouldn't want to ride a Harley for 29K! It might be good for birth control though.

PMSL

koval68 · « **Reply #10 on:** March 24, 2012, 06:16:46 AM »

Quote from: Gsun on March 23, 2012, 11:00:51 PM

I don't know about you, but I wouldn't want to ride a Harley for 29K! It might be good for birth control though.

So Cal Joe · « **Reply #11 on:** March 24, 2012, 06:31:08 AM »

I hope that guy never looks at Gold Wings, 100,000 miles on a 5 year old wing is nothing.
My son has a Harley Ultra Classic, he think riding to the Laughlin river run is a long ride. It's about 300 miles for him, I did that Thursday when I went for a day ride on my concours.

stlheadake · « **Reply #12 on:** March 24, 2012, 07:12:37 AM »

Quote from: So Cal Joe on March 24, 2012, 06:31:08 AM

I hope that guy never looks at Gold Wings, 100,000 miles on a 5 year old wing is nothing.
My son has a Harley Ultra Classic, he think riding to the Laughlin river run is a long ride. It's about 300 miles for him, I did that Thursday when I went for a day ride on my concours.

Hell I rode 500 miles in the rain last Friday FOR BEER!! I rode to a specialty liquor store to pick up some suds. I've only got 28,000 on my 08. But I working on fixing that! I can't wait for 100K!

rcannon409 · « **Reply #13 on:** March 24, 2012, 09:18:58 AM »

I was with a friend when he picked up his new Harleys. I remember the salesman telling him, "You can get 50-60,000 miles out of these before needing a rebuild..." If the guy heard similar, 29,000 would sound like a lot.

cablebandit · « **Reply #14 on:** March 24, 2012, 09:40:04 AM »

According to our local Harley dealership, anything over 800 per year on a trade-in is considered excessive mileage.

gPink · « **Reply #15 on:** March 24, 2012, 09:44:06 AM »

Quote from: cablebandit on March 24, 2012, 09:40:04 AM

According to our local Harley dealership, anything over 800 per year on a trade-in is considered excessive mileage.

That's about 16 50 mile weekends. Just about the riding season.

Shoe · « **Reply #16 on:** March 24, 2012, 09:46:28 AM »

If the guy who was looking at phil's bike wanted to know the miles on the bike he should have asked the dealer!

As for Harley's you can easily get more than 50-60K miles out of a Harley before rebuilding.

Selling used bikes with more than 10k miles is hard. Especially if the customer has a basis of comparison ( like a showroom full of new bikes ) Unless its a Goldwing or a BMW. That's just the way it is. Be prepared to wait and negotiate.

BudCallaghan · « **Reply #17 on:** March 24, 2012, 09:54:07 PM »

C14Painkiller said it all, "you can't fix stupid". Well, nearly all, allow me to add, "Never argue with stupid people, they'll drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience". In addition to my C14 and others, I still frequently ride my 34 year old Yamaha XS11 and it has just shy of 250,000 miles on the odometer and the engine has never been touched other than a very occasional valve check and an even more occasional valve adjustment. Good oil, good oil filters, good air filters and Japanese quality will take you a long way. Especially with an engine of large displacement as they are seldom working hard.

Pokey · « **Reply #18 on:** March 24, 2012, 10:21:27 PM »

Quote from: BudCallaghan on March 24, 2012, 09:54:07 PM

C14Painkiller said it all, "you can't fix stupid". Well, nearly all, allow me to add, "Never argue with stupid people, they'll drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience". In addition to my C14 and others, I still frequently ride my 34 year old Yamaha XS11 and it has just shy of 250,000 miles on the odometer and the engine has never been touched other than a very occasional valve check and an even more occasional valve adjustment. Good oil, good oil filters, good air filters and Japanese quality will take you a long way. Especially with an engine of large displacement as they are seldom working hard.

More like never argue with ignorant people.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignorance

Cuda · « **Reply #19 on:** March 24, 2012, 11:45:24 PM »

I loved my XS11 that was first REAL bike .

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