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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-DAYTON...item336222e1e4

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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.

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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 !

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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

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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. :(

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

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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.

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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/a1...e/IMG_2543.jpg

and here's the bike, same day:

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...e/IMG_2555.jpg

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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 :(

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