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Offline 09.0

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Re: Where did you buy your bike/bikes
« Reply #15 on: March 21, 2013, 09:59:56 pm »
Quote from: Nathan S on March 21, 2013, 12:23:48 am
In the shed now:
1. Ebay auction.
2. Local internet classifieds.
3. Dealer (new bike).
4. Swap meet.
5. Gumtree.
6. Ebay Buy It Now/Classified ad.
7. Word of mouth/mate.
8. These forums.
9. The old printed Trading Post (I've owned that one for a while...).
10. Stole.   :D
Never managed to buy a bike off bikepoint/bikesales (or car from carpoint/sales, for that matter).
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Re: Where did you buy your bike/bikes
« Reply #16 on: March 21, 2013, 11:06:30 pm »
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eBay, Marks Swapmeet, vft.org, garage sale (1), this forum (3) and friends.
I can't remember which of my import bikes came off eBay, Marks Swapmeet or vft, they're all jumbled under one whole category...that they came from the USA or UK. The only bike I currently own that I bought from a dealer is my Maico MC350 which I bought from Maico importer Blair Harley when he operated from his home in Putney in 1970.
I forgot...I got one of my TM250 Suzuki's on a council clean up pile (along with a nice little MX125 and a kids electric chopper).
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Re: Where did you buy your bike/bikes
« Reply #17 on: March 22, 2013, 07:05:39 pm »
Quote from: jerry on March 20, 2013, 10:24:54 pm
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So it's doctor Jezza then ;),in what field?
Looks like quite a few find Ebay a happy hunting ground,I have bidded on a fair few bikes but seem to come up short,perhaps i am just a tight arse :D
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Re: Where did you buy your bike/bikes
« Reply #18 on: March 22, 2013, 07:32:49 pm »
I'm a paramedic Smedman. Better to be a tight arse than a shortarse. J
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Re: Where did you buy your bike/bikes
« Reply #19 on: March 22, 2013, 07:54:00 pm »
No good there either mate,I have ducks disease,I need to find a prop of some sort or other(Trailer,bikestand,rock etc) to lean on to start any long travel bikes ;)
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