That's funny how it's supposed to be shipped via Airborne/DHL. I NEVER saw anything that big come through any of the distribution centers when I was working there......LOL

 

The first thing to notice, well, it's not a 2002.

 

It's not even a 2002 model. Gawd I'm sick and tired of seeing scams on eBay and CycleTrader.:rant

 

But it IS one of the rare "Jellow" colored bikes, they're faster.

 

it's not even a 2000-2001.... hmmmmmmmmm stupid people...... you said he said it was out of the country... it saw CA on the AD........ i think that should be looked into.....

 

I wonder how many of these guys get away with this.

 

He types in "broken" english in the email but perfect english in the ad. weird

 

I wonder how many of these guys get away with this.

i don't know but some guy tried to scam me last summer...... a 2000 R6 for $3500 with like 4000 miles on it..... found out it was a scam when the back he told me to send the money order too didn't exsite in the Western Union files..... so i said screw it.... found my busted R1 and here i am happy and slightly broken.... HA HA HA ok so that only had half a happy ending LOL

but anyways people do this all the time.... it's harder on E-bay cause e-bay looks for that stuff..... so they try to get you through e-mails outside of e-bay............. my thoughts.... don't trust Erupoeans with cheap bikes.... i think it was Motorcyclest that just came out this month.... they did a section on stuff like this.... talking about how not to get scamed and how to see if it is a scam

 

This is clearly a scam, in addition the term "reserve" is utilized; more than likely a migration from eBay.

 

I saw this ad on CycleTrader (http://adcache.cycletrader.com/5/0/6/65846206.htm) and red flashing lights went off in my head when the text referred to the pictured bike as "stock" and that the price was so low on a bike that had full Ohlins forks. It occurred to me that this bike may belong to someone on this forum, so I thought I'd ask.

I emailed the guy and got this response:

"Hello ,
Dear sir
i buy this bike when i was in us . now i"m in europe again ... i sell
because i have problems with she . i can"t register here .. so thats way i
want sell on US . the bike its register in IN and have clean title . payment
will be done via Money Oder wire transfer (via Western Union on my full name and
address ) . Delivery will be done via DHL air express come at your home and
takes 3 days . The delivery will be done after i have the confirmation off
payment . you can send me 50% off money . shipping cost its about 760$-850$ .
So if you are interested to buy this bike at this low price please let me know
Thanks"

Smells like yet another CT/eBay wire-transfer scam. I've reported this fugger to the abuse departments at both CycleTrader folks and Yahoo!, which is where his email addy is from.

Scam!! And BTW, WELCOME!!:beer

 

I think Motocyclist echo'd the old "If it's too good to be true, it probably is". Perfect advice, IMO. I wouldn't ever pay for a bike that I couldn't see and touch. It's a shame there's scumbags out there that don't have the integrity to actually work for a living.

 

what an a**hole. You would think the guy would know at least something about the bike he trying to scam. What F moron. Good catch.

 

That's funny how it's supposed to be shipped via Airborne/DHL. I NEVER saw anything that big come through any of the distribution centers when I was working there......LOL

Ha ha ... Maybe they drop it out with a parachute like the military!

 

You wire him that money order and he's in the WIND!! Never to be seen again.

Looks like a 1998. The bike is real and in CA. The guy don't even have it I bet.

Tarl

 

I have had those same pictures saved on my computer for over a year now. I found them on some custom paint shop's website. Nice Bike, but no doubt is a Scam. This pisses me off just reading about it!