genuine or dodgy

rocky burns

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These, and at the other end of the bike spectrum, a large collection of Vespa parts... You could always post a question as to provenance, how's Pandy2012come to be selling them..., what's the story, so to speak.
 
Probably nicked, look how many bikes get stolen then where do the bits go?
E bay.

Would need to be pretty brazen - i.e. with the number of sales this guy is making... Or maybe brazeness is deliberate - be so brazen that no-one would possibly believe it...

Still, it will be interesting to see the response.
 
Would need to be pretty brazen - i.e. with the number of sales this guy is making... Or maybe brazeness is deliberate - be so brazen that no-one would possibly believe it...

Still, it will be interesting to see the response.
It's amazing the number of times a red helmet has been advertised on done deal as a unwanted present for € 50 some people are chancers jjh
 
Looks dodgy to me. Lights, forks, wheels, not sure they would be things I'd fully expect to by untouched in the event of an accident.

I'm sure if you stay tuned the rest of what can be flogged will materialise over time.

Everything has bids, people 'can't resist a bargain'.. :(
 
Is there a specific police dept. that deals with internet fraud and illegal activity? If there is then it's a no brainer. This needs to be brought to their attention. Nobody breaks an undamaged 2011 bike. The police will know that.
 
If he's breaking a complete bike he should have the frame and engine.

If he hasn't, well.
 
Whilst at first I gave the benefit of the doubt that a professionally stripped down bike would realise a lot of money (possibly exceeding the value of the bike) his ad says.... Cash on collection only.. But may be able to meet in London area.. No PayPal!!

Think the MET CID need to be tipped off on this?

Can let a mate in traffic know :thumb
 
Isn't there a bike crime unit that was about to be disbanded and then didn't get disbanded?

They must be the people to call - although I guess he will have disposed of all the traceable bits of the bike (or sold them to trusted scumbag mates) by now.

I would avoid any direct contact as he may have unsavoury associates.
 
Seems ever time someone posts asking "is this dodgy" the answer is yes. If it looks too good to be true then it probably is.
 
Is there a specific police dept. that deals with internet fraud and illegal activity? If there is then it's a no brainer. This needs to be brought to their attention. Nobody breaks an undamaged 2011 bike. The police will know that.

Actually it wasn't that long ago that breakers were buying brand new bikes and selling them piece by piece , as it was worth 3 times in bits what is was complete. Not much has probably changed.

Steve
 
Actually it wasn't that long ago that breakers were buying brand new bikes and selling them piece by piece , as it was worth 3 times in bits what is was complete. Not much has probably changed.

Steve

I seem to remember that one of the mags priced up the spare bits to build a Yamaha R6. At the time Taz motorcycles were selling new but imported R6s for either 5k or 5.6k, cant recall which but it doesn't really matter - the cost of the spares built bike was about £26 grand!!
Take out he bits that are unlikey to sell (not many of those) and sell at half price and you still stood to double or triple your money!!

Having said that - this one sounds dead dodgy!!
 
Rocky

If you want to report it to police you can do this 2 ways. Either online https://online.met.police.uk/ or ring 101. They will create a report and it can be passed to a vehicle crime unit to look into.

Might be legitimate or maybe not but either way without reporting it, we will never know. :rob
 
Hi, I just noted that someone mentioned 'didn't somebody just lose a 30th anniversary', unfortunately that was me and it was in London...no idea however if this is my bike (broken up that is), although it may not be as I didn't have the BMW luggage just a Givi topbox...still looks mightily suspicious though...Tim
 


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