Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > Ebay.surely this aint right?

[andyb]

The piccie appears to be a std 999 bip, there is nothing in the piccie to suggest 999r!

The whole suggestion of removing the R parts is so stupid it couldnt realistically be true.

If they were removed for racing, why not just use the whole bike. Whats left of the bike to call it an R?

The scam is so stupid to have drawn attention to themselves with the suggestion within the sale. You just wouldnt or couldnt do it! So why describe it as this? Why not just look to sell it as a std bike? The only answer i can think is for an appeal value, but then why not just stick a piccie up of a 999R ?

[andyb]

The giveaway is when you enlarge the picture. You can see the multiple holes on the bottom footpeg mount. A genuine R frame has just two for homologation.

[jobr]

Originally posted by andyb
The piccie appears to be a std 999 bip, there is nothing in the piccie to suggest 999r!

The whole suggestion of removing the R parts is so stupid it couldnt realistically be true.

If they were removed for racing, why not just use the whole bike. Whats left of the bike to call it an R?

The scam is so stupid to have drawn attention to themselves with the suggestion within the sale. You just wouldnt or couldnt do it! So why describe it as this? Why not just look to sell it as a std bike? The only answer i can think is for an appeal value, but then why not just stick a piccie up of a 999R ?

I suppose he is hoping somebody not clued up falls for it. If he put a picture of an R up the buyer would probably spot the difference on collection???

[Edited on 21-2-2005 by jobr]

[andyb]

Oh and the std grey headlamp. It is of course magnesium even on a lowly 03 bike.....and you dont need that for racing!!

[Iconic944ss]

So why not just say its a standard 999 - whatever the background ????

Have just Emailed the seller asking for more details.

Frank

[Iconic944ss]

Fast reply:

My Email.......

"Hi, I'm very confused by this auction - is it a 999 with the 'R' engine fitted or have ALL the 'R' part been taken off - in which case does it not need to be re-registered in some way? two final questions - do you have the HPI check papers and would it be possible to view at all please?"

The Reply........

"THE FRAME / CHASSIS SPEEDO AND ELECTRICS ARE ALL THAT IS LEFT OF THE 999 R THE REST WAS USED FOR RACING AS SAID, EVERY THING ELSE WAS REPLACED WITH STANDARD PARTS, THE REGISTRATION HAS NOT BEEN CHANGED BECAUSE IT IS STILL THE ORIGINAL ( R ) FRAME , SO THEREFORE IT IS THE SAME REG NUMBER, IT IS H.P.I CLEAR AND YES I DO HAVE THE COPY, YOU ARE WELCOME TO COME AND HAVE A LOOK."

I'm more confused than ever ????????????

Frank

[jobr]

Need somebody from kent to pop round and have a look.

[Glyn]

sounds like a build
from a frame that was never recorded as being wrote off

[andyb]

You can see here the multiple footrest mounts. This shows its not a 999r frame as they only have two!

[andyb]

two mount holes like this............