The cost of crashing a gixxer in France

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La peau des fesses, peut etre?

 

I *don't* assume everything is stolen or everyone is trying to give me
bent cheques and so far haven't had a problem.

Although, I do recall a story (apocryphal?) of the police doing a spot of
scruiteneering at a race meet and found 17 of the 20 RDs on the grid to
be nicked or contain stolen parts.

 

That's not what you said, or certainly inferred, originally and you're
response is beginning to smack of wriggling.

 

Of course I don't think that but my point was similar to the one you
agreed with up there ^^^ somewhere. Not everyone's a thief and imo
the chances of being lumbered with nicked gear from a *brand new bike*
is unlikely as more people nowadays build straight from the crate.

 

....and my English is getting worse.

 

On 15 Sep 2005 23:57:15 -0700, "Domenec" <>
wrote:

Elbow maybe.

 

Didn't throw the lid though, nice timing with the smoke )

<snip>

 

Naïve or honest. Take your pick )

 

Mine. And now I'm not going to be able to ride it for fear of
dropping it.

 

Oh indeed. For the first time all weekend, ogden was speechless.


Kiran

 

Which was an event in itself.

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I always wrote the numbers on my scrute card but they were never
checked against the bike. I'm pretty sure all clubs now have a
datatag scanner too but I've never seen one used, although that's not
to say they don't.

I'll shut up now before TOG pipes up with a "told you so".

<snip>

 

<fx: canned laughter>

 

Well, I will acknowledge your basic point, which is that the race
scene is something which creates a demand for up to date parts and
bikes. Some clubs insist that you put frame and engine numbers on
entries now - I assume this info is passed on to the dibbles. And, of
course, there are unscrupulous people in all walks of lfe. For what
it's worth, I think the "loads of nicked bikes end up on the track"
think is overstated.
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OK, I'll agree with that, and point out that that inverted commas bit
is *not* what I said.

This is a problem. I've never knowingly bought stolen kit of any type,
and I *have* reported people who've tried to flog it to me to the
police, when I've been convinced they knew it was dodgy, as opposed to
people who innocently bought something hooky.

I recall a magazine's project bike in the 1990s which was furnished
with all sorts of goodies from a breaker, who subsequently got nicked
for receiving. That was a hoot, although the sordid details didn't make
it into print. I remember contemplating the bike with the then editor,
and the two of us wondering just how much of it was stolen.

Like sweller, I tend to assume a basic degree of honesty on the part of
most sellers, but I still ain't at all sure about chunks of the racing
fraternity. I don't think they've got richer overnight. Can you still
get those T-shirts which say: "I race motorcycles and I'm broke to
prove it"?

 

It's shortly to be semi-laid up for the winter anyway once I've had
the 11k service done.

 

I was thinking more of components from nicked machines, though I'm sure
(as I said later) the same also applies. Anyway, wtf. See you at EOSM
for a pint.

 

"Hello, is that the AA? I'd like to arrange some transport for a
bike..."

 

Enjoy, everybody! I'll not be attending, but will raise a glass or
three in honour, as it were.

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\`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3
`\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2
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sweller says...

MAG turned up at a couple of club meets in the early 90s and went round
with scrutineers writing down frame and engine numbers, with a view to
having the Police check them against stolen vehicle records. They only
got part way down the line before word spread what they were doing and
most of the entrant's bikes disappeared back into their vans. IIRC the
ACU asked them not to turn up again because there were hardly any bikes
out on track at those couple of meetings.

 

I remember reading that at the height of its popularity, Yamaha's RD350
was the most nicked vehicle type in Britain.

No idea if it's true....