New member and Clocked early bike/ abs

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  1. Rohrsy

    Rohrsy New Member

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    Hi everyone, just joined this great forum. Had a few blades in the past and just got a 2012 version and heading the the TT next week. Two things I want to discuss , 1 the c-abs issue as mine is fitted with it and I recently saw a 1992 blade for sale on eBay by S dealer in Sufolk and he was advertising it as 20,000 miles .He said he sold it the same day he advertised it, I'm looking for an early low mileage example so did some research and Reg no. K294TFJ had done 98,000 in 2009 so I'm trying to find out who bought it and if they realise it's been round the clock ?
    Peter
     
  2. Billalrebhan

    Billalrebhan New Member

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    Welcome mate, that's shocking if a dealer has done that,didn't think it was possible nowadays given that it's noted on all MOTS :(
     
  3. Rohrsy

    Rohrsy New Member

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  4. Billalrebhan

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    Can you not contact local trading standards and give them the details,I'm sure they would be interested, do you have proof of the true mileage?
     
  5. Rohrsy

    Rohrsy New Member

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    Ye mate thats what I intend to do on Monday.
     
  6. Billalrebhan

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    Nice one mate these sharks need to be done in:mad:
     
  7. Jandy

    Jandy Active Member

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    Hi and welcome, all sounds very dodgy !!!!
     
  8. Slipps

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    October 2005 was 98684 and 6020 the following year, possibly had a new set of clocks put in
     
  9. bradt

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    Welcome mate that's an interesting introduction.
     
  10. Alblade

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    Or did clocks reset to zero at 100k
     
  11. Cbrjay

    Cbrjay Well-Known Member

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    The dealer may not know
     
  12. dessp2

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    It looks in pretty good nick to be fair.
     
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    Hi and welcome Peter !
     
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    Hi & welcome :)
     

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