Colwyn Bay Motorcycles

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Anyone got any experience of these guys? Good, bad, indifferent, ugly? They have 4.7/5 Google ratings from 392 reviews, which seems pretty good to me?

They have something I might be tempted by, but they’re diametric opposite end of the country, so I can’t just pop down for a look.

Without wanting to go all GG repetitive, if I bought from them unseen and had it delivered, I’d be covered by DSR, yes? But would probably have to pay the cost of getting it back to them?

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Cheers, yeah, I’ll do some proper DD if I decide to go for it.

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NS400R said:

My son once put a deposit down on a bike there which was described as minty. It was anything but when we saw in in the flesh. Very disappointing.

TBH I’d only seen the photos on the phone and it looked good, but now I’ve seen them larger, it’s not that great at all - seems like lots of chips and scuffs. Think I’ll pass.

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robinh73 said:

Have dealt with them for about 25 years and really can't rate them highly enough. A proper family owned business who go out of their way to look after you. Just off there this morning to have new tyres put on my KTM which I bought from them last September.
OP if there is something you are interested in, let me know and I can have a look for you in a couple of hours.

Thanks robinh, I’ll drop you a PM.

Ah, can’t do that!

Well it’s no huge secret, and funny enough given Krikkit’s comment above, it’s a blue & white ‘07 Tuono. I used to have one the same and thought it might be good to have again as a sunny day bike, but in the pics it looks like there are several marks around the front side of the tank, scuffs and chips on the seat unit, etc. Whilst I wouldn’t expect perfection on a bike that age, it looked slightly un-cared-for. (Mine was immaculate in the past, which doesn’t help!). But if you could take a quick gander that would be great.

Edited to add: I’d only looked at the eBay listing but on their own website it does say it needs tidying, so fair enough.

Edited by -Cappo- on Thursday 20th June 09:07

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robinh73 said:

-Cappo- said:

Thanks robinh, I’ll drop you a PM.

Ah, can’t do that!

Well it’s no huge secret, and funny enough given Krikkit’s comment above, it’s a blue & white ‘07 Tuono. I used to have one the same and thought it might be good to have again as a sunny day bike, but in the pics it looks like there are several marks around the front side of the tank, scuffs and chips on the seat unit, etc. Whilst I wouldn’t expect perfection on a bike that age, it looked slightly un-cared-for. (Mine was immaculate in the past, which doesn’t help!). But if you could take a quick gander that would be great.

Edited to add: I’d only looked at the eBay listing but on their own website it does say it needs tidying, so fair enough.

Edited by -Cappo- on Thursday 20th June 09:07

I will have a look at it shortly for you. Have seen it in the showroom a week or so ago and thought it looked tidy. Will have a proper look and report back asap.

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Thanks robin, that’s great, much appreciated. I’ll have a think about it.

Sorry I didn’t reply sooner, been out all day!