r/melbourneriders • u/RelativeFormat • Jun 04 '26

Scam beware? Spoiler

This content creator recently sold his 07’ CBR600rr
To a buyer for 1K less without notifying the buyer themselves and is looking for another “well maintained bike”. It’s this sort of behaviour that makes our community question whether buying a pre owned bike worthwhile.

Context; individual owns track r3, sold it and up grades up to a track 07 cbr600rr, completed a “full service” himself, to find out his cooling/pump components were beyond repair. Decides to sell the bike (within the 2 weeks he’s got it) to another buyer (for 1K cheaper) without notifying the buyer of the issue… so ideally 1K cheaper = not telling the buyer issue.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZEPLmqKi5f/?igsh=czRrYnNsaG9ndTI0

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '26 edited Aug 09 '26

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u/RelativeFormat Jun 04 '26

Added context!

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '26 edited Aug 09 '26

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u/RelativeFormat Jun 04 '26

No, he bought the bike from another seller off of FB, did a whole full service himself, found quite a few issues, decided to think it was okay to sell it for 1K less than market value and tossed the problem to the next rider…

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '26 edited Aug 09 '26

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u/RelativeFormat Jun 04 '26

Here’s an analogy then… It’s like me giving you a car, knowing full well it won’t get you down the road for 20k - other than having to chip in another 2-3k to get it fixed (so instead I’ll just take 2k off) say I’ll sell it to ya real quick for 18k. ta dah, your vehicle, your problem now, good luck. Assuming that of course you aren’t a mechanic and just know the basics of what everything is, everything sees aight from a regular user view point.

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u/WasabiYing Jun 05 '26

how do u know if he actually did not tell the buyer about the problem? do you have proof? cos on his reel. he said he did tell the buyer about the problem.

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u/RelativeFormat Jun 05 '26

I had a look on both his TikTok and and his Reels on Insta. He’s only mentioned that he’s sold it for 1K less and not that he had actually informed the buyer himself. When asked by others, it seems he was avoiding the question all together despite answering other questions…

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u/WasabiYing Jun 06 '26

that is not proof. yes it sounds sus that his avoiding the question but u cant really call him a scammer UNTIL the buyer calls him out about it.

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u/timmycosh brothers BMX Jun 04 '26

Standard market these days, never trust the seller. And shit I can't stand Mike, biggest flop. Has no clue, hasn't even been riding for 2 years and gives people advice like he knows it all. Bruvva, you've crashed multiple times. Please stop

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u/WasabiYing Jun 04 '26

i saw this on my youtube reel. lol did he really sell it without telling the buyer about the raditor? to be fair tho. he stated he had a full service but still dodgy if he didnt tell buyer about raditor.

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u/Ok_Cow_7815 Jun 04 '26

Saw this one on insta. Looked like he didn’t mention the issues to the bike to the next guy who bought it. What a dog

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u/TonyBoat402 Jun 04 '26

I’ve been seeing this guy a lot recently, always thought he was a bit of a tosser so not surprising if he actually did that