Chinese bikes - resale?
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A lad at work has some Jingjong 125 thing that he is desperate to sell after deciding to move to Australia. It is an 11 plate so won't need an MOT and it runs fine. I am thinking of making him a fairly low offer to take it off his hands with a view to selling on, however are these things easy to sell? I have no experience of them but it's apparently the same as the trusty CG125 that riding schools have sworn by for years. I don't want to be stuck with it for very long though, does anyone have experience of selling one on?
Wyvern971 said:
Resale values tend to be pretty poor, mainly due to the image they have of being of cheap build quality (not entirely undeserved).
I'd steer clear if you're simply looking to buy it and sell on for a profit.
^^ This.I'd steer clear if you're simply looking to buy it and sell on for a profit.
If you do decide to sell it, use Gumtree just keep it away from ebay.
Their new no quibble buyer returns policy is a total joke. I am now currently fighting a "Not as described" dispute regarding the sale of a classic 30 year old analogue synthesiser, which was "immaculate and perfect" in every way. The idiot has had it two months, previously left me positive feedback (I've got over 800 positives) yet ebay rang me yesterday and warned me that I may have to repay him in full.
Over my dead body! Selling anything on there is an absolute joke, let alone a Chinese motorcycle. Good luck either way.
I sold my pulse adrenaline 125 supermoto in september last year. I bought it brand new in march 2012 for £1500. In between the six months i had it i managed to put on just shy of 4000 odd miles on it. Id ridden it all over scotland and it never missed a beat. Granted the quality of the plastics were s
te as they didnt have any flex in them so the mounting poibts cracked from the vibrations. But mechanically it was solid aslong as you kept it clean and ACF 50'd.
I managed to sell mine or £850 plus £160 delivery costs. And that was only because some spotty 17 year old who had no clue about bikes was desperate for it. Anyone else that new about bikes offered me in the region of £500 to £700. And beleive me i struggled selling it at the start.
So if you dont plan on reselling it. Theb thats fine. But if you do. Expect to sell it for pennies
te as they didnt have any flex in them so the mounting poibts cracked from the vibrations. But mechanically it was solid aslong as you kept it clean and ACF 50'd.I managed to sell mine or £850 plus £160 delivery costs. And that was only because some spotty 17 year old who had no clue about bikes was desperate for it. Anyone else that new about bikes offered me in the region of £500 to £700. And beleive me i struggled selling it at the start.
So if you dont plan on reselling it. Theb thats fine. But if you do. Expect to sell it for pennies
Edited by Yarders91 on Sunday 9th June 12:57
I was looking around a Lexmoto 125 yesterday whilst my bike was being MOT'd, I think it was called an XTR. Blatant copy of the CBF125, which from the front I thought it was at first. On a 12-plate and looked a bag of ste up close, other than the well kept tank bag and top box. Then I saw it had 12,000 on the clock and a couple of signs it had been dropped on the left hand side.
I'd only bother if it had very low mileage and was very cheap.
te up close, other than the well kept tank bag and top box. Then I saw it had 12,000 on the clock and a couple of signs it had been dropped on the left hand side. I'd only bother if it had very low mileage and was very cheap.
Generally consider them to be disposable over about a 3 year period. Bought a 2 year old CG125 clone (from a mates girlfiend so we knew it's history) for about £400 and sold it a for about £200 a couple of years later. Needed new shocks for the MoT and the throttle cable snapped whcih gives you an idea of how well built they are, but Honda parts fit and are plentiful on e-bay (think we paid about £30 for a pair of shocks).
As a cheap learner bike for someone who doesn't mind doing a bit of fettling they're great, don't expect to make a profit on one though.
As a cheap learner bike for someone who doesn't mind doing a bit of fettling they're great, don't expect to make a profit on one though.
Hi there I'm a newby to biking so forgive my lack of knowledge but I have a lexmoto 125 xtrs that my son blew up by acting the div I wanted to know what engine would fit beside a lexmoto I know it's a copy of the Honda but not sure if it's a cg or cbf engine can anyone help with this please
oldskoologgie said:
Hi there I'm a newby to biking so forgive my lack of knowledge but I have a lexmoto 125 xtrs that my son blew up by acting the div I wanted to know what engine would fit beside a lexmoto I know it's a copy of the Honda but not sure if it's a cg or cbf engine can anyone help with this please
CG 125.Secondhand from a breaker or a new crate engine (not nec an original Honda lump).
http://www.wpbracing.co.uk/engines
http://www.ooracing.com/store/index.php?act=viewCa...
http://www.wpbracing.co.uk/engines
http://www.ooracing.com/store/index.php?act=viewCa...
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