Used Bike In Trat

[joelm]

Hi I would like to Buy a used bike in Trat, I would like a good deal, can anyone point me in the right direction or any advice at all would be appreciated

Thanks

[visions]

With so many views I am surprised no comments yet?

Best advice is......forget second hand...buy new from a reputable dealer. Far cheaper and safer in the long run.

Most 2nd hand bikes are never maintained, and only come on the market because the cost of repairs (that you are about to inherit) is more expensive than the owner buying a new bike at 100 baht down and 100 a month forever.

If you do want buy second hand, take the owner and green book etc to the DLT and get everything verified (correct book real owner not stolen etc) BEFORE you part with ANY money.

Wish you well, good luck.

[guzzi850m2]

OP don't mention which type of bike he wants? Is it a real bike or a cheap Thai bike run about?

I tend to agree with visions answer, best to buy a new one, especially in you are looking for a Thai bike. But that being said I previously bought 2 pcs used Honda Wave's at dealer in Pattaya and saved app. 15-20k bath compared to new prise and I never had any problems with them. Honda Wave's are very strong but if you want an auto you will have to be more careful if buying a used one.

[billzant]

I wasn't used to motor-bikes so I bought second-hand. Paid 27k for a Suzuki Best 125 18 months old , and it worked fine. Changed up to Phantom and sold it to a dealer for 12k after 5 years. Bought the bike from a dealer on Tad Mai Road. Tad Mai Road is at the back end of the market, go along towards the PTT garage and the bike shop is on the corner of the cross roads opposite the furniture shop. Or PM me.

[joelm]

Thanks for the advice, I guess that makes sense what you say, I'm just not sure I can afford a new one right now

With so many views I am surprised no comments yet?

Best advice is......forget second hand...buy new from a reputable dealer. Far cheaper and safer in the long run.

Most 2nd hand bikes are never maintained, and only come on the market because the cost of repairs (that you are about to inherit) is more expensive than the owner buying a new bike at 100 baht down and 100 a month forever.

If you do want buy second hand, take the owner and green book etc to the DLT and get everything verified (correct book real owner not stolen etc) BEFORE you part with ANY money.

Wish you well, good luck.

[joelm]

So this was like a private dealer right? not for the actual dealership? What does pm mean? also can anyone tell me how i get notified that people were responding to my post, cause I had no idea there were no new messages or notifiactioin at the top by my name, I just came back and looked at the post by scrolling through the bike forum

I wasn't used to motor-bikes so I bought second-hand. Paid 27k for a Suzuki Best 125 18 months old , and it worked fine. Changed up to Phantom and sold it to a dealer for 12k after 5 years. Bought the bike from a dealer on Tad Mai Road. Tad Mai Road is at the back end of the market, go along towards the PTT garage and the bike shop is on the corner of the cross roads opposite the furniture shop. Or PM me.

[joelm]

I was hoping for something decent that didnt have to many clicks on it and was hoping to pay less than 30000, also i needan automatic

OP don't mention which type of bike he wants? Is it a real bike or a cheap Thai bike run about?

I tend to agree with visions answer, best to buy a new one, especially in you are looking for a Thai bike. But that being said I previously bought 2 pcs used Honda Wave's at dealer in Pattaya and saved app. 15-20k bath compared to new prise and I never had any problems with them. Honda Wave's are very strong but if you want an auto you will have to be more careful if buying a used one.

[joelm]

Can I ask if the thai bike dealerships have any websites? Ive been to the two dealerships in Koh Chang and they dont speak english so it was kinda hard to get info but maybey clicking around there website would help,, a google search for it is not yeilding results

With so many views I am surprised no comments yet?

Best advice is......forget second hand...buy new from a reputable dealer. Far cheaper and safer in the long run.

Most 2nd hand bikes are never maintained, and only come on the market because the cost of repairs (that you are about to inherit) is more expensive than the owner buying a new bike at 100 baht down and 100 a month forever.

If you do want buy second hand, take the owner and green book etc to the DLT and get everything verified (correct book real owner not stolen etc) BEFORE you part with ANY money.

Wish you well, good luck.

[jonnyscot]

Hi, I would beg to differ to an extent regarding second hand purchases, I've just bought myself a second hand PCX from the local Honda shop in my province, although there is a risk involved in second hand buying I think if a little savvy is used and the bike isn't too old or high on the km's you can find yourself saving quite a bit, I've saved just short of 30k on the new price, which should just about cover most/if any future problems come up, I previously had a Suzuki Skydrive for nearly 2 years which I also bought second hand ( 5 month old at time of purchase) and never had any probs whatsoever with it, I saved 19,000 on the new price on that purchase,, the way I see it is I really grudge paying for a gleaming new bike here in LOS, especially when I see the way parking attendants try to squeeze the bikes together with no regard for anyone's personal property just to create more parking space,, There are a lot of repossessed bikes here that aren't very old, unfortunately many of those are unlikely to have been serviced as regularly as they should be, if they can't afford the payments then they probably won't be paying to have them serviced, so sure there are risks involved, but still there are bargains to be had

[joelm]

Thanks for the reply, can you give me any advice on where in Trat I should go??

Hi, I would beg to differ to an extent regarding second hand purchases, I've just bought myself a second hand PCX from the local Honda shop in my province, although there is a risk involved in second hand buying I think if a little savvy is used and the bike isn't too old or high on the km's you can find yourself saving quite a bit, I've saved just short of 30k on the new price, which should just about cover most/if any future problems come up, I previously had a Suzuki Skydrive for nearly 2 years which I also bought second hand ( 5 month old at time of purchase) and never had any probs whatsoever with it, I saved 19,000 on the new price on that purchase,, the way I see it is I really grudge paying for a gleaming new bike here in LOS, especially when I see the way parking attendants try to squeeze the bikes together with no regard for anyone's personal property just to create more parking space,, There are a lot of repossessed bikes here that aren't very old, unfortunately many of those are unlikely to have been serviced as regularly as they should be, if they can't afford the payments then they probably won't be paying to have them serviced, so sure there are risks involved, but still there are bargains to be had

[visions]

Hi, I would beg to differ to an extent regarding second hand purchases, I've just bought myself a second hand PCX from the local Honda shop in my province, although there is a risk involved in second hand buying I think if a little savvy is used and the bike isn't too old or high on the km's you can find yourself saving quite a bit, I've saved just short of 30k on the new price, which should just about cover most/if any future problems come up, I previously had a Suzuki Skydrive for nearly 2 years which I also bought second hand ( 5 month old at time of purchase) and never had any probs whatsoever with it, I saved 19,000 on the new price on that purchase,, the way I see it is I really grudge paying for a gleaming new bike here in LOS, especially when I see the way parking attendants try to squeeze the bikes together with no regard for anyone's personal property just to create more parking space,, There are a lot of repossessed bikes here that aren't very old, unfortunately many of those are unlikely to have been serviced as regularly as they should be, if they can't afford the payments then they probably won't be paying to have them serviced, so sure there are risks involved, but still there are bargains to be had

Yes I agree about purchasing a second hand bike from a main dealer, they have a reputation to uphold... .I was referring to private purchase, and that is 99% sure to lead to disaster unless from a close friend/acquaintance, and even then can be problematic.

But in saying that, I purchased a low km (5000) bike in what as far as I could see, was in perfect condition, from a major Honda outlet. The only thing that puzzled me was that it had brand new tyres. Now no Thai would ever change tyres at 5000km, so I had a suspicion the mileage wasnt as it showed., however I went ahead with the purchase as it was such good condition. Few months later I was asked to bring the green book into the dealer......when I pressed why.....it was because the colour had been changed...... Black to the standard blue of that model. Mmm after 5000km??? As time went on, I needed new brake pads at what I thought was a low mileage......then the motor started using oil.

I traded it for a brand new one (same model) and actually almost got my original paid price back. After clocking up 50000km ..

After clocking up the same mileage on the new bike, as was showing on the old bike when I traded, the brakes were still perfectly ok., I changed tyres at 33000 km, At 55000km (when I sold it) it never even looked like needing oil between changes. Therefore I think the second hand bike must have done in reality about 30000km when I bought it. but the respray, (actually new fairings I think) and new tyres etc made it look like the low mileage bike I thought I had bought.

[jim1563]

Thais are very good at making old things look new..