Stuza

Hey guys

anyone know where to buy second hand motorbikes in Muscat? I can't find any for sale, even Dubizzle only has maybe one or two new adverts a month and these are mostly Harley/Cruiser types (I'm after sports or motorcross).


Thanks!

Jammy_Dodgers

Hey Stuza,

Apart from Dubizzle im not sure...There are alot of Sports Bike riders that hang around the Corniche on Thursday nights, you could try asking them

Jammy_Dodgers

There used to be quite a few Oman based peeps on here, maybe one of them will respond... if no joy, send me a Facebook message and ill ask around for you .

Rgds
Dodgers

weasel decentral

I can't help except to say its motocross, also don't buy a motocross bike for the desert etc buy an enduro model. (looks similar except has a headlight, radiator fan and much better gear ratios)

Stuza

lol - you seen the selection I have on Dubizzle!?!?


Thanks Jammy, will do

weasel decentral

I looked and the ktm 525exc is a decent motor, the exc tag should mean the owner has all the bits and bobs like lights, road exhaust and rad fan to make it more road friendly. Very nice understressed motor in it also. Just check how many gears it has, one model had 4 the other 5. the 5 geared one is better.

avoid the crfs, they run very hot

Stuza

I am torn and if it was just up the road i'd grab it probably but sadly, its a few hundred Km's away. I might try and see if I can get to him on Thursday afternoon though.

The other thing is, as this will spend 75% time on the road, I'll also have to invest in some road wheels and tyres (so add another £800 on top of it).

Jammy_Dodgers

If its gonna be on the road all the time..... just get a road bike :P

What about a Ducati HyperMotard?..

weasel decentral

No need for road wheels, just get a decent or hard wearing dual sport tyre. It will work fine. If you change the wheels (supermoto style) you might have to change the brake discs, offset the calipers and all kinds of shit like that.
Its a hassle.

Stuza

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What about a Ducati HyperMotard?..[/QUOTE]

Cool - you see one on Dubizzle? ;-)

Jammy_Dodgers

Buy a new one you tight-wad!... its not as if you are paying tax!

Stuza

Yeah but I do have a wife expecting a morgage free house when we get home!

Besides, as you know, been there, done that, on new bikes and I just can't handle losing 40% of the value riding it out of the show room.

p.s. 'coz I actually have really grown to like the idea of off-roading now.

Jammy_Dodgers

Yeah... I had the best intentions of being mortgage and debt free when I started contracting...................................12 years ago!

Stuza

Yeah but you're gona struggle to get that way with Boxters with exploding engines and a bazillion flights all around the (mostly) southern hemisphere!

You got the Ducati yet?

OriginalSunshine

most people don't ride motorbikes (except Harleys - and even those are imported and then exported) to work unless they are Asian labourers (yeah yeah gross generalisation, but there ya go).

the main reason is that labourers can't afford to buy a car, those that can, do. Those that I know who ride a bike, none of them have lasted more than a year without broken limbs.

One guy (expat) was stopped, signalling to turn left on a service road. Binti in a Porsche Cayenne drove straight into the back of him as she was too busy on her phone. Claimed she wasn't. Luckily the police here check all mobile phone records in the case of a serious accident (aside, "serious" here means police get involved, "serious" is only when someone is hurt bad enough to need an ambulance, otherwise accidents are so common that the police just leave it up to the insurance companies to sort out. insurance is expensive here).

Our carpenter / go to guy (Asian expat) broke his arm last month. 6 months ago, I saw a guy being hit by a Landcruiser in the opposite side of the motorway, he went flying into our side, and was literally decapitated by an oncoming car three ahead of me.

Buy a Jeep safari like everyone else. Baaaaa.