Thread: Rip off of the week

Originally Posted by timattalon

For that statement ...sometimes. But as someone who has had soem experience with things of this nature. in many cases I can figure out what is wrong but also know that the task at hand will exceed my own skills. One example was a BMW K1100 I was offered recently. The bike had been parked on hold about 10 years and not been put into storage properly. The fuel and injection and seals were things I know I can fix...but the brake lines and caliber issues were something I have not yet figured out. So I turned it down. The owner is fully aware of the issues but does not have the knowledge / skill to repair it himself nor the finance to pay someone to do it.

Sometimes it is a case of knowing your limits....but I agree, in most cases it is bullshitting a piece of rubbish to get a beter price....

Yeah fair point - the bit that gets my goat is people thinking that an expert has some magical power to wave their wand and say abracadabra and ride off with an as new K1100 for almost no real work - as Mikee pointed out downthread, even if you had the expert skills to know the way to get something fixed with the least hassle, the expert has sweated it out for years to get that skill

Now, when it comes to talking bullshit in a technical sphere, there's no beating the Turbo Encabulator..

https://youtu.be/Ac7G7xOG2Ag