TK4
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Someone's on bad drugs.
Stupidly overpriced motorcycle for sale thread
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Dirty Frank
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Could be tasty if that's your thing.
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Relax
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Not surprising. I haven't put any of the RIV stickers on my bikes that I personally imported.
If your bike was originally imported into the US it will have a SOC (statement of compliance)sticker, from the US DOT, which is their RIV equivalent.
A SOC looks much like a RIV sticker, but no maple leaf. Your car probably has a SOC on the door jamb.
Where would a SOC be stuck? I don't recall many decals on this thing.
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2004 Yamaha R1 $9500
"The main components is that it has carbon fibre parts, brand new wheel+brakes fluid are good, has 0 issues. Price is listed for trade value of R1
I can add in another motorcycle I have a fireblade and a sportster. For the right trade can give 2–3 bikes or 1 for something as well"
TK4
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Dear seller: pump the tires up, drag it out of the garage and wash it.Log into Facebook
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2004 Yamaha R1 $9500
"The main components is that it has carbon fibre parts, brand new wheel+brakes fluid are good, has 0 issues. Price is listed for trade value of R1
I can add in another motorcycle I have a fireblade and a sportster. For the right trade can give 2–3 bikes or 1 for something as well"
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2004 Yamaha R1 $9500
"The main components is that it has carbon fibre parts, brand new wheel+brakes fluid are good, has 0 issues. Price is listed for trade value of R1
I can add in another motorcycle I have a fireblade and a sportster. For the right trade can give 2–3 bikes or 1 for something as well"
Delusional.
TK4
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Maybe it's time to start a Stupidly overpriced motorcycle accessory page ?
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Priller
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Maybe it's time to start a Stupidly overpriced motorcycle accessory page ?
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Do not get me started on how Supreme exposes the insanity of false scarcity and the psychology attached. The fact that both Arai and Ducati participated in the scam tells me a lot bad about those brands.
It is enough to make you a heavy-duty nihilist:
Follow the money. Even breast cancer ribbons are just about money. You pay the foundation $x and you can put the ribbon on your product. Arai already made the helmet, it they can sell it for more or sell more helmets with supreme branding, minimal downside. Ducati probably gets a cut of every helmet made too. They needed to do nothing (other than maybe review the design to make sure it wasn't offensive) so no downside to them either.
Priller
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Their brand, they're free to whore it as they like. But if I see an Arai with a Supreme logo, it makes me not want any Arais. Granted, they only ripped off the consumer by 40% by slapping on a Supreme logo from new ($999 USD to $1398 USD when new), it's the folks paying more after the fact on the used market that really bends my brain.
Priller
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While we're on the topic of dodgy accessories, I'll add parts. Have had my eyes peeled for some Brembo radial brake and clutch masters, and the majority of stuff for sale is fake. Like this:
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There are a few tells besides the sloppy casting, but the biggest one I can see for the RCS19's is that Brembo casts their logo into the recessed bit above where it says RCS on the main body, while the fakes have it stamped in white.
I couldn't figure out why I got a hologram authenticity card with the Brembo stuff I bought from CarpiMoto a couple years ago, but I know now...
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There are a few tells besides the sloppy casting, but the biggest one I can see for the RCS19's is that Brembo casts their logo into the recessed bit above where it says RCS on the main body, while the fakes have it stamped in white.
I couldn't figure out why I got a hologram authenticity card with the Brembo stuff I bought from CarpiMoto a couple years ago, but I know now...
TK4
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There's Brembo and there's BREMBO. I don't know if it's still true but at one point Suzuki was using the $1.98 Brembo front brake master cylinders on Gixxers instead of spending the extra dough for the good stuff. Yes, there is a difference. At least brand it ByBre or J-Juan.
Priller
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Ohlins does the same with the OEM Ohlins that comes on the R versions of bikes compared to the $1500+ shocks you buy. The OEM ones are often similar quality to the budget items, just with yellow springs and a bit of gold anodising.
But these so-called Brembo master cylinders on Bookface and Kijiji are straight Alibaba copies, the Rolax watches of the motorcycle world. It seems fairly obvious when you compare them side by side, but if you look at the fakes without knowing what a legit one looks like, they can be convincing.
I wouldn't want to trust my life to Alibaba junk, personally.
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Interestingly, there were a few fakes for sale that admitted they were fakes and are no longer up. Wondering if they took down the admitted fakes but left the fakes claiming to be real...
Who is supposed to be the arbiter of realness? That's important but a very very tough line. In practice, that's probably how some entire categories just get a blanket ban. Policing it is too hard so they just say no more at all. A couple pics from a potato and it's hard for most people to be able to conclusively identify a Rolax or Brenbo. Even in hand good copies survive some scrutiny.
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I'm definitely not expecting Facebook to scrutinise every Marketplace listing for authenticity! But I also don't think they should punish folks for being honest about something being a fake be deleting their ads while allowing those who are truly shady to stick around. I'd prefer they just left all the ads up, especially as seeing the ones marked as fake helps people identify the legit ones...
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2018 Ducati b2 $4000.
What’s a possibility usable motor and rear end worth ?
