"Hi there. A quick question about the bike, the 999R doesnt have multiple holes on the bottom footpeg mount like your picture shows. A genuine R frame has just two for homologation purposes. So is the frame 999R or is it from another bike?"

HI, THANKS FOR THE EMAIL, I THINK YOU MAY BE SLIGHTLY WRONG THERE, THE LOGBOOK / FRAME NUMBERS ALL MATCH UP AND IT SAYS 999R, PERHAPS THERE IS MORE THAN ONE STYLE OF FRAME, I DON'T KNOW ? CHEERS

To be fair, from your close up piccie I can only see two positions on his frame - the hangers are on the upper setting at the mo.

Still appears dodgy tho...

heres what he said

Hi there could you please provide the engine and frame number so i can veryfy this is an "R" model. Thanks alot !

Cooperlargo
HI, THANKS FOR THE EMAIL, I CANNOT GIVE YOU THE ENGINE NUMBER AS ALREADY SAID IN ADVERT THAT ALL " R " PARTS WERE REMOVED THE ONLY PART LEFT WAS THE FRAME AND SPEEDO / ELECTRICS ETC, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT I AM VERY WARY ABOUT GIVING CHASSIS / FRAME NUMBERS TO ANYBODY FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, BUT YOU ARE MOST WELCOME TO COME AND VIEW THE BIKE, BRING WHOEVER YOU LIKE GIVE IT A GOOD GOING OVER RUN ANY CHECKS YOU LIKE ETC, THIS IS A GENUINE SALE I'D LIKE TO THINK I'AM A GOOD GUY, PLEASE CHECK MY FEEDBACK IT SHOULD GIVE YOU A BIT OF AN IDEA OF HOW I AM, CHEERS

/ian

I have just sent him the following question and await his reply

Hi I am quite interested in your bike however I am a bit puzzled as some of the frame details do not appear to tally with your statement that this is in fact an R model albeit with most of the R bits removed.Is it possible that you could give me the engine number so that I can assure myself that it is an R before bidding

If you look at the ebay page he has amended the description of the ad twice last night.

I got the same reply to my question so asked him for the reg number so that I could carry out a HPI check.
This was his reply
HI, NO PROBLEM THE REG NUMBER IS WM03EKB HOPE THIS HELPS , CHEERS

I put in a similar question to the rest of you this is the answer I got,

HI , THANKS FOR THE EMAIL, I HAVE THE AUTHENTIC DUCATI 999R PLAQUE IT IS IN A RED LEATHER BOUND CASE THE FRAME NUMBER ON THE PLAQUE MATCHES THE NUMBER ON THE FRAME ITSELF, AS STATED ALL THE " R " PARTS WERE REMOVED FOR RACING EXCEPT THE FRAME , CLOCKS , ELECTRICS ETC AND REPLACED WITH STANDARD 999 PARTS THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE " R " ENGINE, YOU ARE MOST WELCOME TO COME AND VIEW THE BIKE BRING WHOEVER YOU LIKE GIVE IT A GOOD GOING OVER AND DO ANY CHECKS YOU LIKE, PLEASE HAVE A LOOK AT MY FEEDBACK I'D LIKE TO THINK IT GIVES YOU AN IDEA WHO YOU ARE DEALING WITH, CHEERS

:puzzled:

The 999R never came with anything other than a red frame. Why would you re-spray it grey and fit standard everything else? It just doesn't ad up! Someone should go and see it. Is anyone local?

WOOOOOOOOOoo, easy tiger, the ORIGINAL 999r did indeeed come with a grey frame!;)

Did it? I stand corrected! It's not exactly an R if all that's left is the frame though, is it?? And why use the full carbon fairing for racing?

[Edited on 22-2-2005 by Twinfan]