I drove up today after work to supposively buy it from Paul.
And for all the haters who aren't catching the big picture and still saying "who cares, its a $600 bike. I dont care if it has 2 wheels and smells like dried up semen as long as it runs." I hope you make plans and go to buy something one day 2-3 hrs away and show up to find its not what the buyer told you and that ur pissed you wasted money/time. He described it as a having some scrapes on plastic but runs good.Now if I knew about all the shit I found wrong about it ahead of time I wouldn't even have driven up or even shown interest in it. I only showed interest b/c of how he described it and got fucked in the end.
1)I borrowed a friends truck
2)Drove 4+hrs roundtrip
3)spent around $50 in gas
Just to find out the 4wheeler wasn't what he said it was.
Yes, he said the plastic had a couple zipties
Yes, the starter and key switch was a mod job.
Yes, it runs
Now I expected this to be kinda rough considering it was $600 but...
After wasting my afternoon/evening drive up to buy it I find out
its a complete ragged out atv.
What buyers didn't know:
-The whole front plastics are all ziptied. I wouldn't be suprised you snag one tree branch while riding and the whole front end is left behind.
-all the tires will need replaced. Unless ur drivin on gravel these are worthless.
-The engine leaks oil in 2 places which he did not disclose in the for sale thread. 1 leak is on the side of the top end of the engine(cam seal), the other is around the oil plug screw underneath.
-The front end needs new wheel bearings and bushings. They're worn out
-the back brakes need replaced.
-and the starter/key job is straight redneck engineering.
I mean yea, its a $600 atv. But $600 or $50, Its fucked up that I gotta find out the hard way and waste my money and time thinking i'm getting one thing and finding out its another. This wouldn't bother me at all if I lived 20 minutes down the road but I dont. I live fucking 2 hrs down the road. I told Paul I was upset that this wasn't even close to how he described and that I was pissed but whatever. Guess you learn the hard way. Next time I wont base buying a 4wheeler off of one myspace angle pic of it and not knowing all the shit wrong w/ it.
I've had 4wheelers/dirtbikes my whole life and In the end, If you want some $600 bike that you can ride a few times then leave it in the woods when it blows up/falls apart and not care about then this is for you.