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jcam
Joined: 13 Nov 2007
Location: Youngin, South Korea
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 Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 2:39 am Post subject: Motorcycle Quesion... |
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Just asking some buying advice about a bike I've checked out.
Its a Roadwin 125cc (2004), with 16,000 km and not a scratch on it. The guy selling is demanding a firm 1.35 million WON. I cant find anything cheaper, should i keep looking or go for it.
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captain kirk
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 2:59 am Post subject: |
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| or bikemart.co.kr |
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earthbound14
Joined: 23 Jan 2007
Location: seoul
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 4:00 am Post subject: Re: Motorcycle Quesion... |
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| jcam wrote: |
Just asking some buying advice about a bike I've checked out.
Its a Roadwin 125cc (2004), with 16,000 km and not a scratch on it. The guy selling is demanding a firm 1.35 million WON. I cant find anything cheaper, should i keep looking or go for it.
Thanks!!! |
that's actually a nice little bike. Low KMs and in good shape (from what you said) The price seems fare. |
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jcam
Joined: 13 Nov 2007
Location: Youngin, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 4:37 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks guys, ya, ive already been all over bikemart and passo for a few weeks , and i cant find anything else that is unskaved in the seoul area. I've also had a look at a couple bike shops. |
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kimchi fan
Joined: 04 Apr 2008
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 6:37 pm Post subject: I have a bike for sale |
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| I just posted my bike - 125 Daelim Magma - 600,000 won. Check the pics out with the post |
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hockeykorea
Joined: 04 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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i've had one before.
great bike, reliable.
only downsides are that the bike is heavy. and slow. you will want more power within a few weeks (even in seoul). most 125cc full sized bikes have this problem. feels a bit strange getting passed by 125cc scooters.
currently i have a 100cc ape which feels a lot more nimble. i can weave in and out of traffic no problem. the ape feels faster with the gearing it has but ofcourse its basically half the size.
overall great bike, just weak in power to weight. |
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esetters21
Joined: 30 Apr 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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| hockeykorea wrote: |
i've had one before.
great bike, reliable.
only downsides are that the bike is heavy. and slow. you will want more power within a few weeks (even in seoul). most 125cc full sized bikes have this problem. feels a bit strange getting passed by 125cc scooters.
currently i have a 100cc ape which feels a lot more nimble. i can weave in and out of traffic no problem. the ape feels faster with the gearing it has but ofcourse its basically half the size.
overall great bike, just weak in power to weight. |
I concur. I had a Magma for a short time. It is everything that HK said. It is a good cheap bike that is easy to maintain. It is heavy and underpowered based on weight ratio, however. |
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jcam
Joined: 13 Nov 2007
Location: Youngin, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 11:00 pm Post subject: |
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WOW, I just got back from Seoul where I met the guy to check out the bike in person... Took one look at it and was like WTF! Let's just say, if those pics I saw were of the same bike, they were taken before he used it as a sled on a freeway. Busted lights, torn up muffler, and marks all over it. So, I'm still looking.
And thanks for the offer on the Daelim Magma, but it's just not what I'm looking for. Thanks anyways! |
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earthbound14
Joined: 23 Jan 2007
Location: seoul
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| Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 12:11 am Post subject: |
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| jcam wrote: |
WOW, I just got back from Seoul where I met the guy to check out the bike in person... Took one look at it and was like WTF! Let's just say, if those pics I saw were of the same bike, they were taken before he used it as a sled on a freeway. Busted lights, torn up muffler, and marks all over it. So, I'm still looking.
And thanks for the offer on the Daelim Magma, but it's just not what I'm looking for. Thanks anyways! |
I think it's called the bait and switch.....seems to happen a lot in Korea. Try getting an appartment. They will show you wonderful pictures of spacious places with nice views and spend all day dragging you around to basement hovels insisting that they are the best in Seoul and the next will be better. |
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jcam
Joined: 13 Nov 2007
Location: Youngin, South Korea
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| Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:44 am Post subject: |
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You live, and you learn..... hopefully  |
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