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FREE 2007 BMW BIKES!!!!!!!!!

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I don't know whether anybody heard the news about the stricken ship, 'Napoli', which has been beached off the Devon (UK) coast...

"According to the MCA, 50 coastguards are out looking for the missing 40ft long containers, which include one containing hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of BMW motorbikes"

Hey guys, I might be away for a few days........ :lol:

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I heard about that, incredible isn't it.

The joke is that being BMW's, I bet they'd just need a bit of drying out and they'll work fine :lol: Someone's gonna have a nice belated christmas present!
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LOL... read that wrong at first... I was wondering why they were noting that 'thousands of pounds' of bike were lost... why not just say 'several tons'? :smt017
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According to the news it's one BMW bike, worth 29,000 lbs.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/6287457.stm

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sjbmw wrote:According to the news it's one BMW bike, worth 29,000 lbs.
Is that because BMW always quote the wet weight ?

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Was this a ship-wreck? Was it due to those wind storms?
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I didn't realise they got a picture of me....

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Whisky galore eh? 50 bikes..no wonder the press were laying it on thick about the 'toxic' waste to keep people away. :lol:
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iowabeakster wrote:Was this a ship-wreck? Was it due to those wind storms?
Not a wreck but yes due to the storms we've had recently.
They deliberately beached the ship as it was listing.
Weather here has made riding interesting to say the least over the last week... :?
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Need RT parts? Check eBay.
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For sale: late model BMW motorcycle. May require some barnacle scraping and a bit of Fabreeze...
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I read in the local paper today that the local's had pulled 7 BMW"S from the beaches. They can keep them, but have to report them to the government. Is this the real deal? :roll:
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OU812 wrote:I read in the local paper today that the local's had pulled 7 BMW"S from the beaches. They can keep them, but have to report them to the government. Is this the real deal? :roll:
This is the real deal. Shipwrecked goods washed ashore that are retreived must be reported to the authorities. Once this is done, if the owner doesn''t claim them they can be kept.

However, if the goods aren't reported then it is theft.
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OU812 wrote:I read in the local paper today that the local's had pulled 7 BMW"S from the beaches. They can keep them, but have to report them to the government. Is this the real deal? :roll:
Local police said 50 were taken off the beach...talk about wrong place wrong time eh..
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:smt097 :smt097 HAD TO STAY IN YORKSHIER TO PUT THE ROOFS BACK ON SOME HOUSES :( :(

:smt013 missed out on all the fun on the beach :smt013
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