P1motorcycles Avis 3

Bought a motorcycle from Mr Charles porter at P1 motorcycles in Grinsted on the 1st of July 2024 and on the 4th it had broken down due to a faulty fuel pump.
We had a gentleman’s agreement that within 2 weeks if I found any notable issues he would resolve. He did send out a whole second hand fuel tank that had been crashed with a fuel pump which did resolve issue and paid 1st invoice. At the same time as this I noticed an oil leak which he sent out a washer for but it was coming from higher up. After fuel pump was delivered he stopped replying and answering the phone. Luckily the leak was from the gasket on the sump so didn’t require engine work.

Charlie went under great detail on how at P1 they have been rebuilding and fixing bikes for years and that this bike was put together by him. This turns out to be ironic when i take it to my local main dealer maintenance shop to give a once over and finds a myriad of issues. Ranging from the already mentioned to no gasket on exhaust headers and a missing bolt on header.
Somehow this bike had very recently passed mot but none of the lights indicator lights or rear licence plate holder worked.
Partly my fault as i should have noticed this when i arrived to buy, but I suppose the excitement of a new toy can cloud judgement.
I would heavily advise buying any product from Mr Charlie Porter or/and P1 motorcycles as from my experience they/he is far from a reputable dealer.
Also P1 is NOT trading as a limited company so buying from here you will not be covered so securely.

Avoid this company at all costs we brought my partners son off this company in December 25
The bike was described as in good condition with a new mot..
from day one we have had nothing but issues Speedo not working, bike was bogging out and the rear tyre had a puncture,
We ended up taking it to a local garage to be looked at and now have a £700 bill this is part of the email from the garage where we are having it fixed

Dear Candy,

Thank you for having entrusted us to investigate and take remedial action(s) to the defects and safety concerns with your recent motorcycle purchase from another business.

You brought the bike to us with running issues and other concerns around it having kept breaking down in use.

On inspection we identified a multitude of faults so I thought it best to walk through the inspection process we followed.

Off the bat we noted that the ignition barrel was loose, which can contribute to bad grounding for the electrical system.
We have cleaned up the heavy corrosion on its fixings and tightened the barrel as it should have arrived with you.

Upon tracing down the wiring harness from the barrel towards the battery it has obviously been modified with cut and spliced wiring around the headstock area and red electrical tape closing up the harness after someone's been into the harness before. Splicing wiring in this location is a poorly executed fix due to the movement in the wiring when the bars turn and makes it easy for water ingress to occur and lead to electrical faults.
(Later on when running the bike we found there was a fault with two of the spliced wires mentioned above which we have since rectified).
Working back near to the subframe and battery we noticed that the harness was incorrectly routed and not fixed to the frame in its correct location meaning the seat base could have easily crushed and broken down the wiring over time. We also observed that the coil was loose, this will result in a intermittent / weak spark giving poor performance and creates potential for excess resistance in the wiring that could lead to burned out wiring / an electrical fire or shock.
The coils terminals were heavily crudded up with dirt and corrosion. We removed the coil and cleaned up the terminals, reinstalled with good frame grounds for earth and routed the wiring harness to its correct location and secured it to its factory fixing points.
We replaced the indicators at your request due to them not working or intermittently functioning and having electrical tape to hold some of them together.
we also observed that the number plate light had been replaced with a spray painted aerosol can lid with electrical tape and a hole to project light towards the plate (clearly not compliant with construction regs for vehicles), this fixed using drywall screws into the plastics and additionally this had obviously broken wiring bodged together in electrical tape and the lightbulb terminal was filled with dirt, debris and rusted all of these defects were easily visible on inspection.
Given that the tail section had been poorly chopped up and number plate poorly fastened and damaged we replaced the damaged number plate with a new plate with a bespoke, powdercoated metal backing plate to help prevent damage in future and installed aftermarket road compliant number plate lighting thats fit for road use.
We found that the battery is not secured with the factory straps so is at risk of bouncing, which will loosen the terminals, leading to an electrical fault / power loss when on the highways if not addressed.
Up front again we found the headlight fairing is damaged, it appears to have had a repair at some point though since failed again, the headlight was missing its spring adjustment so could not be adjusted to comply with mot requirements; we have fixed this with a custom setup due to scarcity of parts available at short notice though believe this fix meets or exceeds OEM standards.
You advised that the horn does not work, once again we found this was heavily corroded as were its terminals and lots of dirt present so we have replaced it.
Thats the harness / lighting / horn resolved.

This is just part of it as they it’s to long to copy and paste

Engine bolts was missing the bike was a hazard and the garage also told me they don’t no how it had passed a mot. The seller has now blocked me not responded to any calls messages or emails etc we will now go down the legal route

Don’t waste your time buying from this guy he bodges bikes and sells them on, he is based in East grinstead and goes by the name of colacharlie on eBay

Bought a bike for our son from here advertised as road ready the bike when delivered couldn’t be used as needed a new inner tube once new tyres and tubes was fitted the bike had running problems and has been in a workshop being put right ever since the garage said its not road safe and it’s now costing us a lot of money,,,
Tried contacting p1 motorcycles called no answer WhatsApp ignored then blocked message ignored and Facebook ignored please avoid this rip of company the bike wouldn’t of never pass the so say mot with engine bolts missing a failing back break not to mention the sawn off air pipe the rattle can lid screwed over electrics and the massive list of wiring issues 4 weeks in the garage and still not on the road absolute joke of a company won’t even talk to us to discuss the bike and it’s problems just takes your money then blocks you. ***DO NOT BUY FROM THIS CON MAN***