heads up on a stolen 2006 R1 now being sold as a track bike

[555 Paul]

One of my friends agreed to buy this last night but upon checking the frame number on HPI it's come back as an outstanding stolen bike http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/321818711428 I am afraid that I don't know the original registration number yet.

Apparently it was reported as stolen last September and he has reported it to the Police.

[555 Paul]

cat with a hat said:

Accepted an offer of 2k... Obviously desperate to shift

He accepted an offer of less which is why the alarm bells were ringing.

[555 Paul]

LoonR1 said:

Then more fool him,as he has no legal ownership and no lawful right to sell it.

EDIT: why does it have to be a "heads up" can't you just "reach out" or some other management speak bks

Edited by LoonR1 on Thursday 30th July 18:30

I'm not in management

[555 Paul]

Baryonyx said:

Alarm bells ring...

I hope the owner will be reunited with this one. Has your friend made a report to the police? If not, make sure he does so. I'd be happy to pass on whatever details I can direct to Avon and Somerset, but ideally it's best coming firsthand. Does he have a copy of the VIN or the HPI report flagging it as stolen? If the police are alerted in time, they can get on the trail whilst it's still hot.

It's been reported to the Police as I said in the first post, the seller got a bit shtty with my mate so my mate called the Police.

[555 Paul]

• Update** The seller has been visited by the police and the bike seized. I forgot to mention that when my mate told him it was stolen he said he was going to sell it anyway and had someone else interested, that's why my mate left the feedback to try and warn people off. Still trying to get the reg.