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No way I’d take that bike the way it is. Bent sub frame, pipe, etc... who knows what else was damaged.
I don't recall all of the damage done - damaged frame and / or swingarm, and a fair few other bits. As you can hear from a Brit, it's a "152,000 Grand here" (or thereabouts) British Pounds bike. Not sure if it made it an insurance 'write off ' or not.
I worked in multiple dealerships (and a couple of importers / distributors ) over a fair few years (decades), saw plenty of shipping damage, and, had fun and games a fair few times, getting either the Manufacturer, or Distributor, or the Shipping Company (s) to admit to liability. Passing the Buck was nearly always rampant.
So either the subframe is bent to the right or the exhaust is bent out to the left. Either way, I'd rather have a new one than one that's being smashed up and then repaired.
That bike may be the new Christine from Stephen King! It might have a taste of blood and like it
The Shop
God Dammit OP, what did you decide?! we NEED to know, did you Love It or List It, bro?!
Seeing the pics now that thing is FUBAR... Get another one.
There's way more damage there than a scratched swingarm, and sounds like the dealer clearly was trying to hide the full story - that crate is trashed. I'd be kinda leery about dealing with anything from them now, not exactly 'straight up'.
Curious to see more straight on pics of that back end though - the pic angle makes it hard to tell on sub frame & exhaust stuff.
Pit Row
Back end looks well tweaked to me, as much as i would be desperate to go collect my new bike i would pass on that and wait for next delivery or buy from another dealer. To big a damage for me.
I would walk from that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rena_oil_spill
The dealer ended up calling me that Thursday afternoon (I was notified about the damage on Tuesday) to inform me that one of the other two buyers for the other bikes had backed out. So, an unmolested unit could be ready for pick-up the next day. Naturally, I jumped all over it. However, after speaking with the dealer and through conversations with folks who have experienced similar events as well as posts in this thread, I truly believe this a not a rare occurrence whatsoever. I’m sure there’s guys posting in this topic who have bikes in their garage that were purchased new that were repaired, unbeknownst to them, before they ever took possession.
In hindsight, I’m not sure what I would’ve done had the dealer not offered me this different bike. I surely would’ve drove down to inspect the damage first hand prior to the commencement of any repairs if I was actually considering accepting the bike. I also believe the severity of the damage to the bike is being exaggerated here to a degree. A lot is being inferred due to the condition of the crate. The angle of the picture may be giving the illusion of disproportion of parts as well. I guess we’ll really never know. One thing I do know is that my salesman was completely honest and entirely forthright through all this and has definitely earned my trust. I will certainly start my future new bike searches at his dealership. Doesn’t’ hurt that they have the offer the best pricing as well - $7439 OTD for what I think may be one of the first Honda ’19 250s in New England.
I'm glad it all worked out for ya.
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