A very sad ebay link

[Ed]

Do you remember, just over a year ago, my friend Henry was killed on his bike?

Salvage company now has his bike for sale. I wouldn't want to touch a bike if I knew it was in a fatal crash. Is this just because I knew Henry, or am I being stupid?

He didn't want it to be a Daytona, he wanted it to be a modern racing Trident. So he removed all the Daytona decals, did a 70s style racing paint job, and painted the Trident logos on the bike.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TRIUMPH-DAYTONA-675-TRIPLE-LIMITED-EDITION-LIGHT-DAMAGE-/220689785316?pt=UK_Motorcycles&hash=item336222e1e4

[speedplay]

sorry to see this Ed.
Cant be an easy thing to see.
I wouldnt touch it if I knew the history, but the sad fact is, the person buying it wouldn't know.

[barwel1992]

i get the same sort of feeling from old houses dont like the fact some one could have died in it so no i wouldnt buy it

lovely looking bike though !

[Shellywoozle]

Ed, I think what you feeling is a bit of both. I personally wouldnt want a bike knowing someone has been killed on it but for you its more personal isn't it.

Giant hugs Ed, I bet finding that was a great shock and brought back some memories x

[Milky Bar Kid]

Ed, firstly *hugs*. Secondly, no, I wouldn't want a bike someone had been killed on, but as Speedplay said, the buyer won't know. Sad. :(

[beabert]

Wouldn't bother me, however if i knew the person maybe, must feel weird seeing it for sale mate. :-(

[MrTom]

When I was meeting my instructor at his house for the first time, I told him I'd be getting an SV upon passing my test. When we went to his garage to get the bikes out, he showed my a slightly scuffed SV and another slightly damaged bike he had in there too.

Apparently they belonged to friends and had both been involved in a fatal incident. Before that I had never thought it would have been possible for a bike involved in a fatal accident to not be completely smashed. I now often wonder about the history of my bike, but it's best not to know.

[Ed]

A great rideout, to Barmouth. One of those hot sunny days you want never to end. Henry needed a Kleenex cos he parked up next to a genuine Trident:

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a127/Sythree/IMG_2543.jpg

and here's the bike, same day:

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a127/Sythree/IMG_2555.jpg

[Fluffer]

that sucks man, very sad :( weird just seeing it on ebay with its history seems a bit cold like. Guess that's business these days.Pick it up, dust it off sell it on. Sorry mate :(

[Mr Speirs]

I was trawling through ebay yesterday evening and spotted that bike, though didn;t know about that part of the bike history.

[gruntygiggles]

Very Sad Ed, {{{hugs}}}.

Any unexpected reminder of a lost friend is bound to be upsetting. It's also bound to be hard seeing his bike go on to someone else.

Big hugs x

[Owenski]

Must be a bit of a gut wrencher to see Ed mate, chin up.

In answer to your question, no chance! knowing the last person to get off the bike got off it unvolenterily and passed away afterwards would freak the hell out of me. I'd never feel like it was my bike, the last owner was getting rid of it they were taken from it. I'd forever feel like it was someone elses.

[sinbad]

I suppose anyone that buys a damaged-repairable bike (or one which has been repaired already) has to do it in the knowledge that when it got damaged so too did the rider. I can see how it would be a bit distressing to see if you'd known the rider, but I suppose these companies make their living out of bikes like these.
Gorgeous bike, sorry about your friend.

[husky03]

unnerving because it was your mates bike and he's gone-but thats the business of salvage i suppose-i wouldn't ride a bike knowingly that a fellow biker had died on.
don't ponder on it ed and think of your good memories of your mate.

[ThEGr33k]

Im very sad to hear about this. Got to be a hard find! I cant believe it was in a fatal accident with it being so scuff free. Sad times! :(