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« on: July 31, 2016, 12:28:54 PM »
Hey all, new poster here from the Sunny coast in QLD Australia, I created an account back in March 2014 when I was researching the Venox. I was looking to get off a scooter and on to a bike but never cared for anything too big and especially common. The 650 Aquilla first grabbed my attention and after a while I was sold on it.... until I stumbled across a local selling this silver Venox thing and I was curious, only a little but there was something about it and I had to know more. So off for a test ride I went and that was it, I was simply smitten with the damn thing and I had to have it there and then.
But that was the trouble, offered cash on the spot (of course lower than the asking price), he was a young guy so I haggled like a pro and got him to agree to $2800 rather than the $3400 he was asking. Success, or was it? Just as he reached out to shake my hand he said, actually I did promise a guy that is on his way to look at it now that I wouldn't sell it until he had a chance to look it over, the guy was travelling a long while to see it and the seller felt bad I guess, I pushed hard, one time offer now etc etc but he didn't budge. Later that day I called and asked how he went as I was still interested, no dice, the other bloke snatched it up for $3400..... man was I annoyed.
Anyway it turned out to be a massive blessing in disguise, just days later on ebay up pops this listing "2013 Venox 250 - Dealer demo model with only 18 Kms".... so I check the starting price and see $2300.
Ok not bad for a starting price, 9 days to go however and there are only 3 others for sale that I can see all 2 states away and have high KMS.....$2300 though hhhmmmmmmm buy it now.....?
WHAT, BUY It NOW??? ARE YOU SERIOUS??? check check check, re-read re-read re-read.... $2300 buy it now, nope I don't believe it, whats the catch?
Looked at the seller, Kymco Dealer in Lismore NSW, so I give them a call. "That Venox, $2300 Buy iT Now legit? whats wrong with it?" seller: "hahaha, nothings wrong with, it's last years model and we are wanting to move it on to make room for other things, you get the 2 year warranty and all the paper work for $2300 no rego"OK I said, I'll call you back.
Lismore, that's a 600 km round trip from where I live..... that's roughly $100 in fuel, but I have no car or trailer, just got my license last week, new bike on the highway for 300 kms is a big no no unless sitting on 80Kph, not doing that distance at 80kph anyway... crap crap crap what to do what to do.....
HONEY, I yell, WE ARE GOING ON A ROAD TRIP - "click" Buy It Now confirmed... and the rest is a story of man and machine coming together and falling in love.
So yeah that's my story, I just did the baffle mod today actually that the guys over at ClubVenox came up with. I didn't think it would be as loud as it is unfortunately, I'm not a fan of loud bikes but the good news is the mod is easily reversible and I can choose just to have one pipe open a tad so it's not so loud, we will see, that rumble might grow on me.
Next step is the 44 tooth rear sprocket upgrade however sourcing one in Australia is so far turning out to be impossible, there is only one site in the U.S I have found that has the kit in stock for $149 U.S however they want to charge me $75 just for shipping so that option is out the window now. If any of you seasoned Venox owners know of an alternate source I'd be extremely grateful.
I love my ride, best damn looking machine and the amount of people that ask me about it is astounding....
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