ryanh250ex
03-24-2004, 04:46 PM
about a month and a half ago i bought a '84 Z50 off varner88 here on exriders.
he told me the bike didn't run because it was missing a wiring harness. he told me the motor was brand new, carb was brand new, ignition was brand new, cdi was new and all, everything motor related was new. the ONLY thing the bike needed was a wiring harness. he told me he had previously ran the bike with a harness off a '86 cr80, and the only reason he had taken off the harness was to put it back on the cr80 when he sold it.
so i drive 50 miles out of my way to see this bike. the bike SEEMS to fit the description the kid gave to me. his dad is answering most of the questions i'm firing off, telling me "oh yeah, the bike just needs a wiring harness, look, i even got the rectifier and the cdi for ya!". i noticed a couple of very small problems, like a missing bolt on the tiple clamp to clamp down to the left fork, and loose handlebars, but it didn't seem like anything too major. boy, was i in for a rude awakening.
as we were throwing it into the jeep, i noticed that the bike had no air filter. no biggie, i thought. i asked him about it after i got home that night , he just said "well, a air filter is so cheap, it's negligible". i didn't think anything of it, so i carried on with it.
i bring the bike home, and notice the reason for the loose handlebars was a stripped screw. the screw is tack welded in, so i cant remove it. so i have to shell out money for new handlebars. keep in mind that i am a 16 yr old kid with very little income.
again, i think, no biggie. wiring harness, handlebars, and a air filter. and 2-3 missing bolts.all were things i could live with, and easily afford.
then i notice there wasnt enough room to fit an air filter. it turned out that the intake manifold was something other than OEM (it was needed to clear the starter motor), and was way too long
to fit the filter. so now i have to buy a intake manifold for a XR50.
since the intake manifold from the XR50 made the carb go right where the starter motor was, i now had to remove the starter motor, and then get a custom aluminum block-off plate fabricated.
finally, i buy a wiring harness. i go to re-wire the bike, and most of the wire connections are missing crimps. he even cut off the connectors at the end of the coil! i dont own any crimps, nor do i own a soldering gun, so i am frustrated by this, plus i now realize he knew about how many problems this bike had.
frustrated, i send my bike to Trapani Racing Setups in Waretown, NJ (great shop by the way :D) they let me know the following day that the CDI i had was NO GOOD for the 50, and the owner of the shop offered me his personal CDI off his 50 for 60 bucks (great deal, considering they are $120 new).
and to think- all i was told was needed was a wiring harness, a 40 dollar part. i have spent roughly 250 DOLLARS trying to get this bike ready to go.
bottom line: varner88 and his dad are BS artists. they buy stuff, nig-rig it so they can at least say it ran or runs, and try to make a profit off of it.
for example, they bought a '02 Suzuki RM125 from a local racer. not even 6 weeks after they bought it, they tried to make a 400 dollar profit by putting it up for sale without putting a dime into it, hoping some moron would be dumb enough to pay that much for a used bike.i KNOW this because a friend of mine knows the person they bought it from.
my advice to everyone is to either stay away from this member's ads, or be EXTREMELY cautious about what he sells. he is willing of telling you anything and EVERYTHING it takes to make the sale, and to get his money. he is dishonest and anything but a man of his word.
nice way to pull a fast one on me, chris, too bad you were caught in the act.
he told me the bike didn't run because it was missing a wiring harness. he told me the motor was brand new, carb was brand new, ignition was brand new, cdi was new and all, everything motor related was new. the ONLY thing the bike needed was a wiring harness. he told me he had previously ran the bike with a harness off a '86 cr80, and the only reason he had taken off the harness was to put it back on the cr80 when he sold it.
so i drive 50 miles out of my way to see this bike. the bike SEEMS to fit the description the kid gave to me. his dad is answering most of the questions i'm firing off, telling me "oh yeah, the bike just needs a wiring harness, look, i even got the rectifier and the cdi for ya!". i noticed a couple of very small problems, like a missing bolt on the tiple clamp to clamp down to the left fork, and loose handlebars, but it didn't seem like anything too major. boy, was i in for a rude awakening.
as we were throwing it into the jeep, i noticed that the bike had no air filter. no biggie, i thought. i asked him about it after i got home that night , he just said "well, a air filter is so cheap, it's negligible". i didn't think anything of it, so i carried on with it.
i bring the bike home, and notice the reason for the loose handlebars was a stripped screw. the screw is tack welded in, so i cant remove it. so i have to shell out money for new handlebars. keep in mind that i am a 16 yr old kid with very little income.
again, i think, no biggie. wiring harness, handlebars, and a air filter. and 2-3 missing bolts.all were things i could live with, and easily afford.
then i notice there wasnt enough room to fit an air filter. it turned out that the intake manifold was something other than OEM (it was needed to clear the starter motor), and was way too long
to fit the filter. so now i have to buy a intake manifold for a XR50.
since the intake manifold from the XR50 made the carb go right where the starter motor was, i now had to remove the starter motor, and then get a custom aluminum block-off plate fabricated.
finally, i buy a wiring harness. i go to re-wire the bike, and most of the wire connections are missing crimps. he even cut off the connectors at the end of the coil! i dont own any crimps, nor do i own a soldering gun, so i am frustrated by this, plus i now realize he knew about how many problems this bike had.
frustrated, i send my bike to Trapani Racing Setups in Waretown, NJ (great shop by the way :D) they let me know the following day that the CDI i had was NO GOOD for the 50, and the owner of the shop offered me his personal CDI off his 50 for 60 bucks (great deal, considering they are $120 new).
and to think- all i was told was needed was a wiring harness, a 40 dollar part. i have spent roughly 250 DOLLARS trying to get this bike ready to go.
bottom line: varner88 and his dad are BS artists. they buy stuff, nig-rig it so they can at least say it ran or runs, and try to make a profit off of it.
for example, they bought a '02 Suzuki RM125 from a local racer. not even 6 weeks after they bought it, they tried to make a 400 dollar profit by putting it up for sale without putting a dime into it, hoping some moron would be dumb enough to pay that much for a used bike.i KNOW this because a friend of mine knows the person they bought it from.
my advice to everyone is to either stay away from this member's ads, or be EXTREMELY cautious about what he sells. he is willing of telling you anything and EVERYTHING it takes to make the sale, and to get his money. he is dishonest and anything but a man of his word.
nice way to pull a fast one on me, chris, too bad you were caught in the act.