Hi Guys, what a day I had yesterday!
Left home at 6.30am to catch the train to London. Arrived at Euston at 10.15am, hopped on the underground to Waterloo, then onto the Southern train to Surrey. I arrived there at 12 noon. The guy I was buying the bike from met me at the station, and off we went to his house. The bike was a beauty!
He showed me round it, how to start it etc, all the paperwork was in order, did the deal and set off.
The bike was real smooth and crisp. Got on the M25 to get around London, had done about 50 miles cruising along in heavy traffic when there was an almighty screeching noise from the engine and it died! Had to do a quick shuffle from lane 2 to the hard shoulder whilst free-wheeling!
Had a look around, nothing obvious except a small puff of smoke from the breather pipe. Tried to kick her over and it was solid!
Bugger! or words similar to that!
Phoned the guy back and without hesitation he said get it back to me and I will refund your money.
So I phoned the AA, I have been a member for 26yrs and this is the first time I had called on them. They arranged a recovery vehicle but said it would be 1 1/2hrs before he arrived. So did a bit of sun bathing on the embankment next to the motorway until he arrived.
The recovery eventually arrived, the little bike trailer folded out the back of his van!
It then took us 2hrs to get back through traffic to the guys house.
When we arrived the guy had been on line and arranged my train tickets back home, refunded my money, and gave me £100 for my inconvenience! A true gentleman!
He then took me to the station, It was a bit of a mad rush because if I missed the 17.25 train back to London I would miss the last train home.
Just made the train, got back to London, and caught train home. And just to add insult to injury, the train was fully booked and I had to stand all the way home, 3hrs!
So I eventually arrived home at 22.30, a 16hr day I do not want to repeat in a hurry!
I am not sure what was wrong with the bike, I think it seized and the screeching noise was the primary chain stripping the teeth of the sprocket!
Left home at 6.30am to catch the train to London. Arrived at Euston at 10.15am, hopped on the underground to Waterloo, then onto the Southern train to Surrey. I arrived there at 12 noon. The guy I was buying the bike from met me at the station, and off we went to his house. The bike was a beauty!
He showed me round it, how to start it etc, all the paperwork was in order, did the deal and set off.
The bike was real smooth and crisp. Got on the M25 to get around London, had done about 50 miles cruising along in heavy traffic when there was an almighty screeching noise from the engine and it died! Had to do a quick shuffle from lane 2 to the hard shoulder whilst free-wheeling!
Had a look around, nothing obvious except a small puff of smoke from the breather pipe. Tried to kick her over and it was solid!
Bugger! or words similar to that!
Phoned the guy back and without hesitation he said get it back to me and I will refund your money.
So I phoned the AA, I have been a member for 26yrs and this is the first time I had called on them. They arranged a recovery vehicle but said it would be 1 1/2hrs before he arrived. So did a bit of sun bathing on the embankment next to the motorway until he arrived.
The recovery eventually arrived, the little bike trailer folded out the back of his van!
It then took us 2hrs to get back through traffic to the guys house.
When we arrived the guy had been on line and arranged my train tickets back home, refunded my money, and gave me £100 for my inconvenience! A true gentleman!
He then took me to the station, It was a bit of a mad rush because if I missed the 17.25 train back to London I would miss the last train home.
Just made the train, got back to London, and caught train home. And just to add insult to injury, the train was fully booked and I had to stand all the way home, 3hrs!
So I eventually arrived home at 22.30, a 16hr day I do not want to repeat in a hurry!
I am not sure what was wrong with the bike, I think it seized and the screeching noise was the primary chain stripping the teeth of the sprocket!
This sucks and it does look great in the pics. I must admit the guys was great doing all he did. rather now then a few month down teh lien I suppose
, what an adventure! The seller guy is a prince among men to treat you so fairly :y115: :y115:
