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Scooter query

  • 01-02-2010 5:31pm
    #1
    Funkfield
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,602 ✭✭✭


    Wonder could anyone give me a rough estimate.

    I have a '01 Piaggio X9. It was originally a 125cc but it has had a new 180cc engine installed a couple of years back.

    i haven't been driving it for a while since maybe November and when I went to start it the other day I found that both the back wheel and the battery are flat. I'm wondering if the engine has seized too.

    I don't want a 180cc anymore as times are hard so was looking to trade it in.

    Even with the battery, wheel and potential engine problem (it'll have to be collected) what do you think it might be worth, trading it in against a smaller scooter?

    Any ideas would be muchly appreciated.


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  • #2
    RosieJoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,499 ✭✭✭RosieJoe


    Has the log book been updated with the new engine details? If no, then this will really turn off potential buyers.

    If yes, then this could still turn off potential buyers as they will want to know why it needed a new engine. Lose - Lose situation I'm afraid!


  • #3
    Funkfield
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,602 ✭✭✭Funkfield


    All details are logged.

    It didn't need a new engine. The guy I bought it off "suped" it up.

    Even if it is a lose/lose, any idea what it may be worth?


  • #4
    Owen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,683 ✭✭✭✭Owen


    The 180 is just a piston kit, the engine number remains the same. The Dept of the Environment and Local Government need to be notified to alter the cc's stated on the logbook though.

    There's no reason to think the engine is seized if the back wheel and battery are flat. Does it have a kick starter? Try to kickstart it - you'll know pretty quickly if it's seized or not, but I doubt it is. I rebuilt a scooter a few years back that had spent years in a hedge, and it still hadn't seized.


  • #5
    RosieJoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,499 ✭✭✭RosieJoe


    Funkfield wrote: »
    All details are logged.

    It didn't need a new engine. The guy I bought it off "suped" it up.

    Even if it is a lose/lose, any idea what it may be worth?

    No idea on what it could be worth, sorry. Try searching on adverts/gumtree/bbg to see if there is anything similar to get an idea on price.


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