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rowlands gill
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Wiltshire, UK
just a quicky buddy but in my service book it has something like it but I noticed that some ***** has recorded the kmh not mph which makes one service look odd as the next one and mot shopw lower miles. doesnt bother me on mine as its a cracking 2 tone yellow mean machine and its staying, well until the next mille I fall in love comes a long :lol
anysways, just a thought
anysways, just a thought
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Durham United Kingdom
IMHO I think you have no case, The mileage is nearly always dismissed as being "Not verifaible" Most car dealers put a sticker on the speedo to that affect.
You bought the bike in the same way I do, buy them based on their condition as you can't hide a hard life (Just look at Ron Wood) I have heard all the stories about new bodywork etc on track bikes but If you look for the signs you will see them.
Get on with enjoying your bike or take it back and get a good PX on another, I am guessing you got it from M&S ?
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You bought the bike in the same way I do, buy them based on their condition as you can't hide a hard life (Just look at Ron Wood) I have heard all the stories about new bodywork etc on track bikes but If you look for the signs you will see them.
Get on with enjoying your bike or take it back and get a good PX on another, I am guessing you got it from M&S ?
Oops looks at Picture
Yeah, Garvey makes a good point - just disconnecting the battery will reset your clocks to KMH so that could well be where the error occured. 10K isn't a lot for a Mille mate so from a keeping it point of view I wouldn't worry as you're happy with it. You should be able to get some cash back from them though - if they won't play ball, threaten them with Trading Standards, Watchdog and your local paper.
As for servicing, as we say on here: Griff'll sort you out.
As for servicing, as we say on here: Griff'll sort you out.
ditto. One of my mots has the mileage in km. Pain in the arse but you can't expect normal garages to know which buttons to press i suppose
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rowlands gill
thanks for the reply's , with the regaurd to the 10,000 miles showing at the mo, but back in early 2006 it had 9000 and in 2003 had nearly 8000, and me buying it with 8000 in may this year, i just cant get my head around just how many miles is on it,
after a heated talk with the salesman , i then spoke to a manager, who agrees with the state of affairs, they are basically inviting me to get another bike from them, at a loss of 400 quid for the 2000 miles ive stuck on it.
i did hit home about money back , but there was no reply to that one, i think a threat of exposing this might be needed,
im still peed at mo
cheers
lads
glen
after a heated talk with the salesman , i then spoke to a manager, who agrees with the state of affairs, they are basically inviting me to get another bike from them, at a loss of 400 quid for the 2000 miles ive stuck on it.
i did hit home about money back , but there was no reply to that one, i think a threat of exposing this might be needed,
im still peed at mo
cheers
lads
glen
Mate, I wouldn't get too upset - sounds like they didn't deliberately mis-lead you and you've still got a lovely bike. One thing that did get results for me was telling a company I was posting about them on the forum - that got their attention!
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Pontefract
Maybe the clocks were in KM's for the first two services :dunno
6000 Km.......3750 Miles
9336 Km.......5835 Miles
Then a genuine 8000 Miles for the third service :dunno
It's a possibility, and the garage tech's for the first two services may not have noticed it was in KM's :dunno and looking at the milages it would seem it was serviced every 2000 mile or so :thumbup
Thats what i'd tell the next owner
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rowlands gill
yes it is a lovely bike , but its tarnished with this cr@p, to be honest , i dont really want to part with it, but feel there getting away with it, just thought i was buying a minter,
and the funny thing is they have another mille in, 2001 with 15000 miles with history, 3750, and in yellow, yet it looks no where near the condition of mine, the saga continues
cheers
and the funny thing is they have another mille in, 2001 with 15000 miles with history, 3750, and in yellow, yet it looks no where near the condition of mine, the saga continues
cheers
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rowlands gill
Maybe the clocks were in KM's for the first two services :dunno
6000 Km.......3750 Miles
9336 Km.......5835 Miles
Then a genuine 8000 Miles for the third service :dunno
It's a possibility, and the garage tech's for the first two services may not have noticed it was in KM's :dunno and looking at the milages it would seem it was serviced every 2000 mile or so :thumbup
Thats what i'd tell the next owner
i like that, ''' thats what id tell the next owner'' :thumbup i thats a good'n
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rowlands gill
Maybe the clocks were in KM's for the first two services :dunno
6000 Km.......3750 Miles
9336 Km.......5835 Miles
Then a genuine 8000 Miles for the third service :dunno
It's a possibility, and the garage tech's for the first two services may not have noticed it was in KM's :dunno and looking at the milages it would seem it was serviced every 2000 mile or so :thumbup
Thats what i'd tell the next owner
yes good theory and i tried that mixing them up klms and miles to get them to work
10/5/02 new
1/6/02 678 421
12/9/02 4671kms 2902
2/10/03 7619 kms 4734
25/6/06 8915kms 5539
31/7/08 9322 kms 5792
bike traded in ducati wolverhampton feb 2008 by first owner
2nd owner purchased 1/8/2008
mot 23/8/2008 7115 definate miles
mot 23/8/2009 8000 miles bought by me 3rd owner
the klms mileage is how they are in the book ( klms or miles we dont know) and ive converted them to miles what do ya think , 2nd owner had a busy month in august 2008
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rowlands gill
sorry ran out of editing time
should read mot 23/7/ 2008 defo 7115 miles
no mot 2008 to 2009
2nd owner bought it with 9322 miles on confirmed by ducati wolverhampton today on the 1/8/2008 and he supplied no mot to the dealer i bought it from who acquired it in jan 2009, i think he track used it for 6 months, after smashing it in his first month of ownership , different clocks fairings ect... hence the 8000 miles showing in january this year when he traded it in just my oppinion
should read mot 23/7/ 2008 defo 7115 miles
no mot 2008 to 2009
2nd owner bought it with 9322 miles on confirmed by ducati wolverhampton today on the 1/8/2008 and he supplied no mot to the dealer i bought it from who acquired it in jan 2009, i think he track used it for 6 months, after smashing it in his first month of ownership , different clocks fairings ect... hence the 8000 miles showing in january this year when he traded it in just my oppinion
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Pontefract
yes good theory and i tried that mixing them up klms and miles to get them to work
10/5/02 new
1/6/02 678 421
12/9/02 4671kms 2902
2/10/03 7619 kms 4734
25/6/06 8915kms 5539
bike traded in ducati wolverhampton feb 2008 by first owner
2nd owner purchased 1/8/2008
31/7/08 9322 kms 5792
mot 23/7/2008 7115 definate miles
mot 23/8/2009 8000 miles bought by me 3rd owner
the klms mileage is how they are in the book ( klms or miles we dont know) and ive converted them to miles what do ya think , 2nd owner had a busy month in august 2008
no mot 2008 to 2009 ....:confused ( whats the 23/7/2008 above then.. )
2nd owner bought it with 9322 miles on confirmed by ducati wolverhampton today on the 1/8/2008 and he supplied no mot to the dealer i bought it from who acquired it in jan 2009, i think he track used it for 6 months, after smashing it in his first month of ownership , different clocks fairings ect... hence the 8000 miles showing in january this year when he traded it in just my oppinion
Do you know for definate that ducati wolverhampton didn't misread the milage as KM :dunno if they did misread it then all the milages would work out correctly..and do you know for definate if the second owner tracked it and binned/replaced clocks etc :dunno
10/5/02 new
1/6/02 678 421
12/9/02 4671kms 2902
2/10/03 7619 kms 4734
25/6/06 8915kms 5539
bike traded in ducati wolverhampton feb 2008 by first owner
2nd owner purchased 1/8/2008
31/7/08 9322 kms 5792
mot 23/7/2008 7115 definate miles
mot 23/8/2009 8000 miles bought by me 3rd owner
the klms mileage is how they are in the book ( klms or miles we dont know) and ive converted them to miles what do ya think , 2nd owner had a busy month in august 2008
no mot 2008 to 2009 ....:confused ( whats the 23/7/2008 above then.. )
2nd owner bought it with 9322 miles on confirmed by ducati wolverhampton today on the 1/8/2008 and he supplied no mot to the dealer i bought it from who acquired it in jan 2009, i think he track used it for 6 months, after smashing it in his first month of ownership , different clocks fairings ect... hence the 8000 miles showing in january this year when he traded it in just my oppinion
Do you know for definate that ducati wolverhampton didn't misread the milage as KM :dunno if they did misread it then all the milages would work out correctly..and do you know for definate if the second owner tracked it and binned/replaced clocks etc :dunno
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Pontefract
You wrote down an MOT 23/7/2008 not 2007 :confused i think thats where i'm getting confused...which is the correct mot date :dunno
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rowlands gill
