The Truth About LEMON LAW Motorcycles( I Bought one)

Is buying a Lemon Law motorcycle a scam or is it the best kept secret of the motorcycle industry ?

#srkcycles

[daveco]

At the very least it's got 8500 in parts on it. Tank, exhaust, wheels... those parts add up quick, especially when they're BMW parts. Sounds like you're saying they replaced the engine so the leak that made it a lemon law bike has been fixed. In that case you scored big time. Now you and Craig have matching Beemers.

[markwenning]

that was such a smooth ad placement, well done sir!

[zyonsdream]

If the bike was a buy-back from Hermy’s BMW that’s a bike registered in PA. PA does not have a lemon law that extends to motorcycles. It had to be done under the Federal Lemon Law. I found this out with my Harley Pan America I got from Keystone HD. It had serious electrical issues. Here’s the kicker with the fed law. You have to prove the issue devalues the bike or causes a safety risk even if you meet the other requirements. In my case the bike would turn off when leaving a standstill like an intersection red light. You’d have to turn the ignition off and wait for the bike to power off and back on. They tried to fix it twice with no luck. They knew they were screwed. I refused to take the bike back. They bought the bike back before it hit federal lemon law status.

[SLO-Ride]

Exact same thing happened to my 2014 Softail Deluxe CVO I picked up late last year. Something wrong with the engine, Harley swapped it with a new one, and the original owner sold it back to buy a new bike, The CVO sat in the dealer back room for years, because it was deemed a Lemon Law return. So, I happened to see it, asked about the price, and picked it up for less than 1/3 of it's sticker price. The bike had 11, 000 miles on it. The new engine had 20. She runs like smooth warm butter, with zero problems for the last 6 months. It's at the shop right now, for it's first oil change since 2015!

[mholber]

Its not what youre riding, its where youre going! Love it!

[fasfan]

That is a beast of a bike. It is built to eat up highway miles. I test rode one during a BMW event. Drove it all around town, back roads, street roads, but it wasn't until it was on the highway that if felt happy. That bike wanted to run. It's not made for twisties, it's made to devour highway.

[Kwhopperfan]

It looks like a lot of people don’t understand what you just explained in the video Sean. The bikes found at an auction like you attend would have lemon law manufacturer buy back bikes for sale. The manufacturer would have already repaired the motorcycle through a local reputable dealer. You aren’t buying a lemon, you are buying a motorcycle that took longer than regulation allows or too many attempts to remedy the same problem due to many variables that usually are out of the dealers control, especially on new under warranty bikes. From the comments I read it looked as though people thought a junk, damaged or broken bike was purchased. That isn’t the case at all. Great finds! Leaves plenty of room for profit on retail, but I’d be a little Leary of going too high being the MSRP dropped this year after extremely poor sales in the first year of production. Beautiful bikes but I’d prefer the touring chassis just released last summer.

[pistolpete]

Great buy!!! I just learned something new, thanks for doing this video!

[Kris]

About 10 years ego I end up buying 1 year old Camaro with lemon title. Official reason for lemon was “knocking noise from the back when coasting in gear”
… unofficially that thing had lots of electrical gremlins. Had it for almost 2 years and first 4 months it was in shop 6 times till they actually replaced whole computer (warranty covered it, without it it would a be $5k repair).
After that it was decent car but it was real pain to sell. Finally traded it at Hyundai dealership for later year model on January 2nd (they were pushed to make sale before end of financial year)… dealership still had that Camaro on their lot most of the summer… with a price tag eventually going 2k lower than what they gave me in trade.

Dealer only has to fix lemon reason if it’s safety related. And if they do nuisance buyback they won’t accept 2nd reason for lemon (that’s why mine was in shop 6 times)

[kiprandom]

I know in Illinois buy backs have to be disclosed by a dealer and the resale value drops like a brick. I lost $4k on my last car because of that.
Some are fine and dandy vehicles after the repairs are done. With a new motor that one will probably be good.

[xFlow]

wow that must have been the smoothest transition into an ad ive ever seen, i didn't even notice it until you started compering the product to other stuff lol

[owl]

$8500 for a R18 with warranty! I'll buy that. 😍🤩

[bryanrb]

What a cool bike and a great freaking deal! Good pick up!👍👍🔥🔥🔥

[christiansen]

I bought a 2014 Mustang GT 6 speed back in 2016 that had 98 miles on it. It was a buy back. I bought the car $15, 000 under retail. It was one of the best cars I had ever owned and fun to drive. 3 years later I sold it for what I bought it for.

[Marsail]

@Srkcycles I just saw your Honda trail video. Noticed your comment about mopeds only .9 hp. Have you had a chance to look at the Genuine Roughhouse 50 scooters? Pull of the restrictor off the cvt and they will go about 44-52 mph depending on your weight. I think you might enjoy it. They are 2 stroke engines made in present day.

[kalebclemons]

not all states have lemon laws, and most states lemon laws vary greatly state to state. but i think these are beautiful bikes, and since they are bmw, its got far more than 8500 bucks worth of individual parts on it

[TheCashman]

in a motorbike it's not a big problem you can remove and add parts quickly in a car or a SUV it's hard, if i lived in USA i would be buying these lemon law bikes

[CasualRiders]

that was such a great segway to paid content!!! nice work!

[terranhealer]

I think the reason you don’t look at Medusa is like the same reason Lot’s wife was turned to salt in the story from Genesis. Don’t turn towards chaos unless you want chaos to turn towards you!

[jeffh]

Geez that ad was awesomely popped in. Completely caught me off guard