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Old 22-01-07, 11:46 PM   #1
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Default eBay: This has to be dodgy!!!

This has to be a scam Only our 'Star-spangled' friends over the water do this to bikes don't they

Plus, a zero rated seller

Rings the alarm bells for me, what about you
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Old 22-01-07, 11:51 PM   #2
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"titled rebuilt" = US. Also "Bad A$$". Seller's lifted a whole US auction and listed it here.
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Old 22-01-07, 11:56 PM   #3
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That just looks wrong.

Having said that those mirrors... I like the idea.
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Old 23-01-07, 12:00 AM   #4
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"titled rebuilt" = US. Also "Bad A$$". Seller's lifted a whole US auction and listed it here.


Unless of course he/she used to live in America . Nah....


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Old 23-01-07, 12:01 AM   #5
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Well he has another bike for auction, a 2003 CBR, and if you look at the picture of the helmet, its clearly sitting on an american laundry machine, plugged into an american power outlet.
explain that.
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Old 23-01-07, 12:03 AM   #6
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Supersports? I don't think so .


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Old 23-01-07, 12:17 AM   #7
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And ABS, and a custom fehring - whatever that is.

Fifteen hundred sheets? Little bargain.
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Old 23-01-07, 12:23 AM   #8
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oh look, here's another..
even the millage is out on this ad from the description..
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Old 23-01-07, 12:54 AM   #9
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A distinct aroma of fish around the whole thing.
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I think you're all nasty, suspicious people.

Show a little trust cynics.
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