an honest opinion please?

delighted to find my long awaited used frame on the porch this evening that i've purchased. it's from an '04 and that really is all i know. got it from the importer here in the UK. i'd told him and my dealer that i was looking for the new quicker stearing head angle.

i said no more than that. i paid good money for it - £250 which is $450.

it's got no chassis number plate on it, plus the farme number infront of the steering head, "HB04" stamped at the base of the spine frame but the VIN plate on the left side of the steering head has been removed.

thing is my bike's going to look really good on the road with no chassis number and what about the annual MOT when they look for one on it? not to mention the motorcycle racing clubs that request a chassis number in order to help stanp out theft.

what benefit does he get from denying me the chassis plate?

is it me or is it him?

regards

Taffy

gruntenberg i have updated that opening post.

more anon.

well maybe i owe some sort of an apology here as i don't wanna 'dis' them for nowt. yes i do have a frame number and the tenth digit is a number and the number is '4'. won't give the whole chassis number here but it goes:

UBKHUA40X4M7716#

just thought it was a bit off to take off the plate that's all.

yes there are several bits of paintwork and i take it that these are just to show he cares... so i think i'll shut up. the frame is in good nick and it has the reinforced webbing around the SA pivot also.

i look forward to testing it someday but may need to rebuild this engine in my old chassis for now. not sure....

regards

Taffy

hope he stung the phu.... that's how a poor waif likes me fingers cans afford it me ol mucker. yer got to pick a pocket or two boys ..... yer got to pick a pocket or two!

regards

Taffy

UBKHUA40X4M7716#

what can we learn from this code BTW?

UBKHUA
40 means that it's a 400/450 in this case
X
4 = 2004 manufacture
M
7716#

just interested...

taffy