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Why do people think it's morally acceptable to sell a used bike with stock pipes

Started by factorPlayer, June 30, 2009, 03:31:25 PM

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DesmoLu

#1
June 30, 2009, 03:32:50 PM
Quote from: factorPlayer on June 30, 2009, 03:31:25 PM
'cause it's not  >:(

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Statler

#2
June 30, 2009, 03:37:42 PM
au contraire...the stock pipes should come in a box along with the stock pegs, stock tail, stock clutch cover, stock wheels, stock handlebar, stock triples, stock mirrors, stock crankshaft cover.......
It's still buy a flounder a drink month

Popeye the Sailor

#3
June 30, 2009, 03:50:24 PM
Because it beats on that had an exhaust put on but no ECU update so it's been running like shite for 5000 miles?
If the state had not cut funding for the mental institutions, this project could never have happened.

He Man

#4
June 30, 2009, 04:58:43 PM
cause the dude sold the bike to your for 500 less than what he was gonna get with the pipes...but sold the pipes for twice that.

hbliam

#6
June 30, 2009, 06:39:17 PM
Quote from: He Man on June 30, 2009, 04:58:43 PM
cause the dude sold the bike to your for 500 less than what he was gonna get with the pipes...but sold the pipes for twice that.



cause the dude sold the bike to you for exactly the same price as he would have sold it to you with the pipes ...but sold the pipes and pocketed an extra $1000.

Popeye the Sailor

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June 30, 2009, 07:04:54 PM
Quote from: hbliam on June 30, 2009, 06:39:17 PM
cause the dude sold the bike to you for exactly the same price as he would have sold it to you with the pipes ...but sold the pipes and pocketed an extra $1000.

Why is that morally unacceptable?
If the state had not cut funding for the mental institutions, this project could never have happened.

Bladecutter

#8
June 30, 2009, 07:44:43 PM
Weird question to ask.
I take it you recently bought a bike that you thought was going to come with aftermarket pipes, but when you picked it up, the stockers were back on? Or are you of the opinion that all bikes should have aftermarket pipes on them?

Some of us live in areas where we have very unhappy people in charge of the local government, and the tell us that we must have pipes on our bikes that have the EPA stamp on them. To do that, we need to have stock pipes.

I'm sorry if you bought a bike and the person swapped the pipes on you.
That sucks.

BC.

Randimus Maximus

#9
June 30, 2009, 07:50:25 PM
Quote from: Bladecutter on June 30, 2009, 07:44:43 PM

Some of us live in areas where we have very unhappy people in charge of the local government, and the tell us that we must have pipes on our bikes that have the EPA stamp on them. To do that, we need to have stock pipes.

BC.

You don't believe they actually enforce that here, do you?

corndog67

#10
June 30, 2009, 07:50:35 PM
Buy some pipes.   It's only money.  Lots of it.  

somegirl

#11
June 30, 2009, 07:53:54 PM
Quote from: Bladecutter on June 30, 2009, 07:44:43 PMSome of us live in areas where we have very unhappy people in charge of the local government, and the tell us that we must have pipes on our bikes that have the EPA stamp on them. To do that, we need to have stock pipes.

Or if you want to ride at Laguna Seca you need stock pipes.
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junior varsity

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July 01, 2009, 04:05:01 AM
Quote from: Bladecutter on June 30, 2009, 07:44:43 PM
Weird question to ask.
I take it you recently bought a bike that you thought was going to come with aftermarket pipes, but when you picked it up, the stockers were back on? Or are you of the opinion that all bikes should have aftermarket pipes on them?

Some of us live in areas where we have very unhappy people in charge of the local government, and the tell us that we must have pipes on our bikes that have the EPA stamp on them. To do that, we need to have stock pipes.

I'm sorry if you bought a bike and the person swapped the pipes on you.
That sucks.

BC.

Time to make an EPA Stamp!

factorPlayer

#14
July 01, 2009, 11:18:50 AM
Quote from: Bladecutter on June 30, 2009, 07:44:43 PM
Weird question to ask.
I take it you recently bought a bike that you thought was going to come with aftermarket pipes, but when you picked it up, the stockers were back on? Or are you of the opinion that all bikes should have aftermarket pipes on them?

No I wasn't ripped off or anything.  Pretty much option 2 there.  Next bike i get is going to have the damn pipes I want already on it. 

Quote from: corndog67 on June 30, 2009, 07:50:35 PM
Buy some pipes.   It's only money.  Lots of it.  

That's what I did - twice.  And it was an assload of cash.  Hence my current attitude.  And yes this is just a thinly disguised rant thread that isn't necessarily totally rational. 

Now as I browse used bikes for sale I only consider ones with acceptable pipes already on them.  Sometimes I see what looks like a good deal on a nice bike and as I'm checking it out I see the owner has farkled it up but unfathomably has not touched the stock pipes.   I'm thinking, 'man what the make the beast with two backs is your problem that you can't put decent pipes on your bike?  How do you sleep at night knowing your bike still has the make the beast with two backsing stock pipes on it?'  It's beyond me

Cause when my bikes had stock pipes I DID THE RIGHT, PROPER, AND MANLY COURSE OF ACTION and procured proper aftermarket pipes as soon as humanly possible despite the cost.  I did not shirk this RESPONSIBILITY and try to pass it on to the next owner.  So that's where I'm coming from. 
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