Posted: February 20th, 2012, 4:16 pm
Guys I'll post up all the details.
Grant is trying to get the title sorted for me or I'm really screwed. This should have never been an issue to begin with as I was told the bike had a clean title.
It has been a nightmare for me.
I didn't expect a new bike, but I did expect a lot better for what I paid.
I've owned around 40 bikes, and this is been the worst bike I've ever purchased.
Here is list of the issues I've encountered so far.
1) Bike wouldn't start. Wiring was pinched in radiator housing, and one of the wires had become cut.
2) I was told the bike had a clean title. When I was looking at the bike I said it must have a clean title so I could title here in Florida. If you wish to ride the National Forests here you must have a title in your name. First I got a BOS from 500conversions. and one from someone I had never heard of. When I questioned Grant I was told he had never transferred the title in his name, and the BOS from the other owner is what I needed. This BOS was not signed from the old owner, nor was the title in the transfer area. Well I'm not going to jail for signing someone else's name on BOS and on the title. When I receive the title I see someone else's name in the new owner information area. Well another issue. I can't white that information out or it voids the title. I also again can't sign the front of the title. I'm not going to jail. I question Grant and he said he noticed that when the bike was being shipped. Sorry, a true honest businessman would have called and offered a refund.
3) Left Crankcase cracked, and bent inward (guessing a rock got it). Noticed this when I took the stator off, and one of the screws was half the size it should be.
4) Oil leaking out of stator weep hole.
5) Oil (not water) leaking from water pump weep hole.
6) Oil leaking from countershaft seal, and gear shift seal (no biggie).
7) Premix leaking from head at the exhaust (no biggie).
8 ) Odd bolts/broken on engine (will try to tap them).
9) Slow leak at center seal. Looks like a rock got it again.
10) Turn on the gas, and it just pours out the overflow 50% of the time. (cleaned the float bowel). No biggie.
11) The bike still has a hard time starting. I've owned 2 strokes my entire life. I'll find the root cause. Hopefully it's not something major. I've got another CDI, carb, and coil on the way.
There are some odd bolts that need to be tapped, and I need to replace a few bent spokes. The front rotor was on backwards, but all that stuff is minor.
My brother is an attorney. I can't do much about the mechanical issues with the bike my brother tells me. However I do have in writing that the bike has a clean title which it does not, and my brother has offered to take care of this through the judicial system.
Grant is trying to get the title sorted for me or I'm really screwed. This should have never been an issue to begin with as I was told the bike had a clean title.
It has been a nightmare for me.
I didn't expect a new bike, but I did expect a lot better for what I paid.
I've owned around 40 bikes, and this is been the worst bike I've ever purchased.
Here is list of the issues I've encountered so far.
1) Bike wouldn't start. Wiring was pinched in radiator housing, and one of the wires had become cut.
2) I was told the bike had a clean title. When I was looking at the bike I said it must have a clean title so I could title here in Florida. If you wish to ride the National Forests here you must have a title in your name. First I got a BOS from 500conversions. and one from someone I had never heard of. When I questioned Grant I was told he had never transferred the title in his name, and the BOS from the other owner is what I needed. This BOS was not signed from the old owner, nor was the title in the transfer area. Well I'm not going to jail for signing someone else's name on BOS and on the title. When I receive the title I see someone else's name in the new owner information area. Well another issue. I can't white that information out or it voids the title. I also again can't sign the front of the title. I'm not going to jail. I question Grant and he said he noticed that when the bike was being shipped. Sorry, a true honest businessman would have called and offered a refund.
3) Left Crankcase cracked, and bent inward (guessing a rock got it). Noticed this when I took the stator off, and one of the screws was half the size it should be.
4) Oil leaking out of stator weep hole.
5) Oil (not water) leaking from water pump weep hole.
6) Oil leaking from countershaft seal, and gear shift seal (no biggie).
7) Premix leaking from head at the exhaust (no biggie).
8 ) Odd bolts/broken on engine (will try to tap them).
9) Slow leak at center seal. Looks like a rock got it again.
10) Turn on the gas, and it just pours out the overflow 50% of the time. (cleaned the float bowel). No biggie.
11) The bike still has a hard time starting. I've owned 2 strokes my entire life. I'll find the root cause. Hopefully it's not something major. I've got another CDI, carb, and coil on the way.
There are some odd bolts that need to be tapped, and I need to replace a few bent spokes. The front rotor was on backwards, but all that stuff is minor.
My brother is an attorney. I can't do much about the mechanical issues with the bike my brother tells me. However I do have in writing that the bike has a clean title which it does not, and my brother has offered to take care of this through the judicial system.
