Words / phrases that instantly put you off a used bike advert

Never raced

Fresh Wiseco crank

Runs great, just needs a carb clean

Recently bled brakes.    I don't know why that annoys me but it does.

New spark plug. - Cause the bike runs like crap!

Fresh top end with 10 hours on it.....

I have a lot of pet peeves, these are just a few.

"Recently fully gone through by a professional mechanic"

Ok bud.....I'm sure you just dumped hundreds of parts & labor into it before you listed it cause that makes a lot of sense.

I love the "runs great, won't start" "carb needs cleaned"

"Ran good last time, before I put it away".

No hours on new top end. Hardly ridden. Never raced. Sprocket bolts recently tightened...

So now if I go to sell my low hour 2001 YZ250 , which I’ve owned since ‘01 , that is all scratched up , I’ll just have to say “ Spare bike , ridden by my kids friends that don’t know how to ride “ and hope they believe me 🤷‍♂️ Was almost gonna go with low hours 🤣 

Barn find… needs carb clean…bald rear tire with spoke wraps… 

Seller; BETTER THEN NEW

Buyer; Why are you selling

Seller: I want to buy a new bike. 
 

Not a word or phrase, but this is a red flag for me. If the front brake cable is routed on the outside of the fork guard that's a sign the bike is potentially a mess.

It was Tim Ferry’s practice bike. Factory built Mx weapon. I heard this claim firsthand from a riding buddy.  It’s go so much low end power that it will rip the bars out of your hands and pull your pants off. 

"built" motor

many..but here for sure these 2

* comes with a paddle tire for the dunes......... i.e. gotta love all the extra sand in the motor!

* ANYTHING at all that mentions "snowbike"........... i.e ridden on the rev limited all day and probably has bent forks!!

...  my favorite runner up "it ran great before we stored it ...."

For sell

Runs great, just needs the carb cleaned

Rental handlebars (probably spell check but still irritates me)

"fresh clutch" "low hours" "never raced"

Dude has no mechanic capabilities just by looking at the bike, so now the clutch is a question mark.
Low hours, but yet looks like its 4 years old on a current year bike.
Never raced, yet the guy has racing numbers and is an easy google search to see he races every weekend...

"Custom paint" or "custom graphics", "Aggro" (unless it's Tom Webb selling it), "new tires only used 5 times", "collectible", "will take guns in trade", "these sell for xxx grand at Mecum", "rad" (unless it's referencing a RAD valve), black plastic

As said before, "sick" and "bro" are really bad but "Metal Mulisha" is the worst!

If I hear "low hours on full engine rebuild"

I interpret as:

A) haven't ever done shit to the motor and quite frankly, have never even checked the air filter

or

B ) Wrench rabbit kit, stripped threads and valves out of spec.

I prefer the "mechanic's special", "can't seem to get it running".

These ones are the same as saying "please pay me 2x what my bike is worth" 

Not for beginners/ not a beginner bike (can't stand this, you just mean YOU CANT HANDLE IT)

It was my uncles, don't know much about it(always a lie)

Pain in the ass to kickstart

Scary fast

Just rebuilt, about x amount of hours on rebuild(always a lie)

Needs a $15 part, asking $1600 but if I have to buy and install the part, the price goes to $5000.

Injury forces sale

"Just needs a tune up."

Front tire is still new.  Never touches the ground.   
Comes with spare plastics.   “Cause I crash all the time “ 

Bring a boot to start it.    Sure man. 

Ad: 1998 CR250, all new engine.

Pic: 

'ported' 

yeah if there's a paddle tire or dune flag in any of the pics I won't touch it. 

"needs a good home".

What are they implying?  

"Just putting this out there"