Out of touch

[gt250x7]

Hi all,

just joined the board before taking the plunge into Firestorm ownership, i'm currently looking round at available bikes & came across this

http://search.autotrader.co.uk/es-uk/ww ... gLetter=52


a pre registered 02 Firestorm, phoned them up seeing what deals they would do & they were adament they wanted £6k & not a penny less

Who's out of touch here ? :-

me for thinking it's a bit rich to be charging full whack on a bike thats been gathering dust since 02

or the shop for thinking they can get that kind of money for it?

[bikerpiker]

Welcome mate, yes,its a sh1t load of money for an 02 registered Firestorm,even if it has done zero miles.

Here's one thats advertised in a local dealers up here , it's an 08 registered bike with only 900miles on the clock, £4795.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HONDA-VTR-1000-FI ... 3:1|294:50

[Jbrebel]

It's a teal one, thats why its 6g!

Only jestin, 6g is too much, whoever you are

[Jbrebel]

and what's up with teal Mr FSM???

[sirch345]

IMHO I think they're hoping a collector will purchase that bike, then he/she will store it away and not ride it

Too much money IMHO too, but they are probably allowing for a possible trade-in, plus they're including 2yrs warranty with it

Chris.

[cupasoop]

I dont think they even cost 6 grand when the last ones were in the showrooms?

[Seeker 77]

£6 for a Firestorm

As Chris says, Padgetts hold onto bikes like that for collectors. They have got a brand new SP1 for £10k

Noone will buy that unless they intend to keep it forever and never ride it

[kevg]

i paid 6k for mine new in 02, way to much money now for one thats sat for so long.

[yorkshirepuddin]

PADGETTS bikes have a tendancy to to this,

They had an RF900 for sale a little while ago and again very expensive to say its been sat around doing nothing since it was built, would this not degrade over time not being used.

[LotusSevenMan]

Talk about out of touch how about this one!!!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HONDA-VTR-1000-F- ... ItemQQptZU

Love the way they effectively say it was a good 'un before it was damaged. Whoopey doo

[Beamish]

£2100 they are avin a Steffi!

[Jim67]

Always amazes me when I see grossly over priced bike/cars !!! I often wonder who in there right mind would buy these things without doing a little research first??? but then again theres a sucker born every minute!!!

Stear clear of them mate, you will find some corkers for under two grand both on this forum and on flea bay.

Jim.

I have just emailed Padgetts with this comment:-

Just seen a 02 Firestorm on your website, you have got to be having a laugh!!!! how much??? try £2000 and you might shift it!!!

How you can sucker someone into paying that much money for that bike is criminal!!!!

Myself and all I know will be steering clear of PADGETTS in future.

[tony.mon]

Maybe they built it using new spare parts- if you added up all the spare part prices it's gotta come to something like that.

Not as daft as it sounds, if you really really want a discontinued model- a mate had an old-style Meriden Bonneville built a few years back this way.

Cost a fortune, but insurance was nice and cheap!

[Jim67]

Talk about out of touch how about this one!!!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HONDA-VTR-1000-F- ... ItemQQptZU

Love the way they effectively say it was a good 'un before it was damaged. Whoopey doo

Sent him an offer of £10.50 !!!!! he replied with a counter offer of £2149.99 !!!....so I upped my game and offered him £11.53 !!!!
.......wish me luck !!!.......if any of you want to get in on this wind up then feel free!!!! its a bit of a hoot !!!

Jim.