*Wanted RSV Factory

It has an Ohlins steering Damper Ohlins suspension and Bembo calipers. Just heavier wheels and not carbon, well this does have carbom front light cheeks.  But there seems to be a decent supply of stuff on Ebay anyhow.

Result then.

Guys, I'm trying to temp my good mate Mark out of the woodwork, do you know him?  The bugger won't let me have his user name lol  and I know he's on here. He has a Factory RSV4 and a Factory Millie.

fusebox wrote: Sweet bike the Bol dor dude,

Spoonz wrote: Is this Mark shy, we don't bite.

Be aware guys the Black Nose Bol D'or at 'Regal superbikes' has accident damage!!!  The dealer had it back and has re-listed on ebay with no mention of this!  Plus they now want £6,500!!!  Dreaming robbing buggers!

the dealer text me after taking the bike back to apologize, They had taken it apart and found far worse damage behind the clocks etc..  despite them trying to make me feel I was a winging old granny and that my claims were unfounded! Spent days talking to him and putting up with him trying to get out of sorting the issues!

If you want a damaged repaired RSV Bol D'or with a super thin black paint job on the nose then this is your bike, the tank has been painted very well almost factory quality but the fairing was shown the paint! and they just flashed over the original Lilac underneath  lol

http://s1319.photobucket.com/user/gremlyng1/library/Aprilia%20damage

Its been pointed out to me by the dealer and other people that it's not unreasonable to have a bike thats seen paint and repairs when it's 6 year old, which is fair comment but to me if I'm investing £6300 into a bike I want to know that it is exactly as it was described! I'm sure there are far more anal buyers out there than me.  But as you have seen they have it listed for £6500 now and no mention of the accident damage etc... 

To me that's wrong on so many levels, I'm sure they will get they're payback soon.

I was feeling bad when the guy at Consumer Advice told me that he was going to speak to Trading Standards, but given the dealers front in re-listing it and not disclosing the damage I hope they get walloped big time by Trading Standards.

The sad thing is someone is possibly going to pay over the odds on that bike and may join here and then be told the sad truth behind this thread, hope trading standards get wind before it comes to any of us having to tell a 'new to the site' owner he had bought a lemon!!

At least you managed to get you £ back mate, hope you find a good one, and hopefully whoever looks at it comes on here to ask advice first like you did, would be interesting to ask via eBay if it's had damage? False advertising and all that !!

I must admit I do like the 1098, but fancy a rc8r, but would keep my gen 1 !! Glad to hear you got a good ride in the end!!

I wouldn't say I dislike the RC8, in fact I came close to looking for one myself as overall they are wicked bikes. I guess it's the same with every make / model of bike there's always area's or bits that we like more than others.

Same here dash is secondary really but it's nice to look at when the bike is parked up I suppose lol