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Big Aprilia on the bay

Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2013 11:26 am
by Brimma
Not sure if anyone has seen this, but it's currently running at £4500 (3 hours to go)

I'm sure it will go higher nearer the end time

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/181190149249? ... 1423.l2649" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: Big Aprilia on the bay

Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2013 12:45 pm
by Ferret
Thats an absolute steal ,i know they have there faults but they are a great bit of kit once you live with one for a while ,i am bias as i own one lol .

Re: Big Aprilia on the bay

Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2013 5:52 pm
by Brimma
Sold for £4500

Re: Big Aprilia on the bay

Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 5:25 am
by johnp
Nice bike but cost a small fortune to keep the bike on the road with high servicing costs.

Re: Big Aprilia on the bay

Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 7:58 am
by Ferret
Johnp I have found the service costs very reasonable even the big service with belt,sliders,guides,4plugs,air filter,oil.and filter,dr,pulley rollers valve service the lot oh and all the other fluids . The shop price for parts is close to 300 notes using all the expensive stuff my dealer will do the lot inc vat .£450 . I can obviously do it even cheaper and use longer lasting parts like iridium plugs and k&n filter which have longer service life ,the same goes for oil ,shop uses silkolene 50 notes you can use Morris/halfords etc fully syn for half the price and just as good .So more to be saved .The only part I can't seam to save money on is the belt all around 100 notes . Tyres however are expensive and I did expect to get greater mileage from them . Fuel economy has been averaging 53mpg . So overall I don't think it's too bad for running costs unless comparing to a Honda c90 lol .

Re: Big Aprilia on the bay

Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 8:28 am
by anonstarter
Brimma wrote:Sold for £4500
He didn't sell it - he withdrew it.

**This was removed although it met its reserve price previously as my new vehicle purchase fell through, resisted to sell this time, sorry if anyone was inconvenienced**


:roll:

Re: Big Aprilia on the bay

Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 8:40 pm
by Brimma
anonstarter wrote:
Brimma wrote:Sold for £4500
He didn't sell it - he withdrew it.

**This was removed although it met its reserve price previously as my new vehicle purchase fell through, resisted to sell this time, sorry if anyone was inconvenienced**


:roll:
In other words he wasn't happy with the 'selling' price...............hate it when people do that (he's not on here is he?)

Re: Big Aprilia on the bay

Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 9:13 pm
by michaelphillips
anonstarter wrote:
Brimma wrote:Sold for £4500
He didn't sell it - he withdrew it.

**This was removed although it met its reserve price previously as my new vehicle purchase fell through, resisted to sell this time, sorry if anyone was inconvenienced**


:roll:
i think it sold, as i saw this a few days ago and the above was on the listing, i think he meant about last time listed, his wording was arry and was supposed to say
**This was removed although it met its reserve price previously, as my new vehicle purchase fell through, relisted to sell this time, sorry if anyone was inconvenienced**

Re: Big Aprilia on the bay

Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 12:23 am
by anonstarter
michaelphillips wrote: i think it sold, as i saw this a few days ago and the above was on the listing, i think he meant about last time listed, his wording was arry and was supposed to say
**This was removed although it met its reserve price previously, as my new vehicle purchase fell through, relisted to sell this time, sorry if anyone was inconvenienced**
icon_scratch.gif If you're right then I bet he would've lost a few potential bidders! What a blunder!
Hey ho! The importance of good grammar!
See; http://www.maxi-muppets.co.uk/forum/vie ... 31&t=12612" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Re: Big Aprilia on the bay

Posted: Tue Aug 13, 2013 5:44 am
by johnp
Ferret wrote:Johnp I have found the service costs very reasonable even the big service with belt,sliders,guides,4plugs,air filter,oil.and filter,dr,pulley rollers valve service the lot oh and all the other fluids . The shop price for parts is close to 300 notes using all the expensive stuff my dealer will do the lot inc vat .£450 . I can obviously do it even cheaper and use longer lasting parts like iridium plugs and k&n filter which have longer service life ,the same goes for oil ,shop uses silkolene 50 notes you can use Morris/halfords etc fully syn for half the price and just as good .So more to be saved .The only part I can't seam to save money on is the belt all around 100 notes . Tyres however are expensive and I did expect to get greater mileage from them . Fuel economy has been averaging 53mpg . So overall I don't think it's too bad for running costs unless comparing to a Honda c90 lol .
When i was going to buy one i sked the dealer about service costs and it ran into £600 a time which meant £1200 every year for me which was a bit much.