I took a friend of mine who is shopping for a motocross bike to Cycle City yesterday. They had a 2000 yz426 on the lot that would fit my friend's budget but looked like it needed some work.
The sales guy treated us decent, but the bike wouldn't run. I started kicking, no fire, so I started fiddling with different things on the bike. Would not go. The owner "Rick" comes out and tells me that he'll get a mechanic to come out and look at it since "You probably don't know very much about this bike and it's a very sophisticated piece of machinery. (BTW, I have had a yz400, 01 yz250f, and now a yz450- all of which I have done motor rebuilds and all maintainance on). His mechanic comes out and tries to kick it over and it won't kick. Hmmm, I never had that problem. He's calls over another mechanic who promptly tells him to pull in the decrompression lever.
The bike is in horrific shape. The backgrounds are falling of, the fenders are shot, the tires are flat, the grips are falling off, the rear fender is so sun-faded that is looks like it has dried wax on it, the tank decals are also so weathered they have bubbled up and are falling off, it has white carbon steel bars on it, it's covered in dirt, and one fork seal is leaking like a girl from the trailer park's eyes on the anniversary of Elvis's death. I tell my friend to lowball them an offer and see if we can take it as is, because I am confident that we can make any repairs and get it running. I am not being cocky, but just guessing that the bike has been sitting a long time. They negotiate a price. I felt like we came out way ahead on our price, but we twisted pretty hard and said we were leaving many times before the owner Rick agreed to our price.
When we got the bike home, I ended up pulling the carb and finding the entire float, bowl and jets are all completely GREEN. The gas in the tank was green also. It took 2 hrs to get the carb scrubbed up, jets to have openings again, and getting gas to the bowl from the tank. On top of it all, the mechanic did not even have the plug cap back on after he had fiddled with it and he had tried to start it.
Why can't dealers at least make an effort to take care of bikes that they are trying to sell? I understand used bikes is a tough market to make money on, but a new set of graphics, grips, filling up the tires, and having it run, would have been worth another $500-$800 dollars on this bike. Also, I would stronly avoid the service department. Sorry for the long post, just a truly unbelieveable experience.
BTW, Cycle City in Rochester, MN. Let me know if you have had other experiences with them.
The sales guy treated us decent, but the bike wouldn't run. I started kicking, no fire, so I started fiddling with different things on the bike. Would not go. The owner "Rick" comes out and tells me that he'll get a mechanic to come out and look at it since "You probably don't know very much about this bike and it's a very sophisticated piece of machinery. (BTW, I have had a yz400, 01 yz250f, and now a yz450- all of which I have done motor rebuilds and all maintainance on). His mechanic comes out and tries to kick it over and it won't kick. Hmmm, I never had that problem. He's calls over another mechanic who promptly tells him to pull in the decrompression lever.
The bike is in horrific shape. The backgrounds are falling of, the fenders are shot, the tires are flat, the grips are falling off, the rear fender is so sun-faded that is looks like it has dried wax on it, the tank decals are also so weathered they have bubbled up and are falling off, it has white carbon steel bars on it, it's covered in dirt, and one fork seal is leaking like a girl from the trailer park's eyes on the anniversary of Elvis's death. I tell my friend to lowball them an offer and see if we can take it as is, because I am confident that we can make any repairs and get it running. I am not being cocky, but just guessing that the bike has been sitting a long time. They negotiate a price. I felt like we came out way ahead on our price, but we twisted pretty hard and said we were leaving many times before the owner Rick agreed to our price.
When we got the bike home, I ended up pulling the carb and finding the entire float, bowl and jets are all completely GREEN. The gas in the tank was green also. It took 2 hrs to get the carb scrubbed up, jets to have openings again, and getting gas to the bowl from the tank. On top of it all, the mechanic did not even have the plug cap back on after he had fiddled with it and he had tried to start it.
Why can't dealers at least make an effort to take care of bikes that they are trying to sell? I understand used bikes is a tough market to make money on, but a new set of graphics, grips, filling up the tires, and having it run, would have been worth another $500-$800 dollars on this bike. Also, I would stronly avoid the service department. Sorry for the long post, just a truly unbelieveable experience.
BTW, Cycle City in Rochester, MN. Let me know if you have had other experiences with them.
