1977 Honda Cb550 A Tale Of Lies, Engineering Incompetence And Fraud.

[Quartermaster]

Sometimes things can work the other way around too. Without boring you with the details, I recently sold my VFR400R NC24. Lovely bike, mechanically perfect and well on the way to being cosmetically smart too. There were a few issues which I'd not got around to restoring so I mentioned these in the ad. There was a bidding war between two punters and bike sold for a really good price so I was well pleased. The guy that bought it came around to collect it and moaned right from the off before he'd even had a chance to examine it so I thought something was a bit odd. He took delivery of the bike and took it away and later in the day rang back with a list of things he wasn't happy about. Fortunately most were covered by my ad description as well as being backed up by myself with further commentary when he collected it. The only thing that I'd not identified was that the mirrors were not the original ones not that I'd ever said that they were. He suggested he'd be more than happy if I'd refund a chunk of cash and it was then that I realised what the REAL problem was. After getting caught up in the excitement of the bidding process and winning the auction he'd realised that he'd paid over the odds and was trying to recoup a few bob. It left a bad taste as I'd done everything to give an honest description of the VFR. 

 

I'm sorry to hear about your problems Chris, you did right to expose Mr Thorne as a crook. I've got a 1973 CB500/4 so not as sophisticated as your 550 but I love it.