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FREE 2007 BMW BIKES!!!!!!!!!
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:31 am
by Rog(UK) - Yorkshire Dales
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........
Ride safely,
Rog
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:10 am
by Jonny_L
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
Someone's gonna have a nice belated christmas present!
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:53 am
by Spookymonster
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'?
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 10:54 am
by sjbmw
According to the news it's one BMW bike, worth 29,000 lbs.
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 12:47 pm
by hirsty
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 12:48 pm
by hirsty
sjbmw wrote:According to the news it's one BMW bike, worth 29,000 lbs.
Is that because BMW always quote the
wet weight ?
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 1:31 pm
by iowabeakster
Was this a ship-wreck? Was it due to those wind storms?
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 1:48 pm
by Rog(UK) - Yorkshire Dales
I didn't realise they got a picture of me....
Rog
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 4:30 pm
by chris
Whisky galore eh? 50 bikes..no wonder the press were laying it on thick about the 'toxic' waste to keep people away.
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 4:37 pm
by chris
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...
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 1:43 pm
by GeoffJ
Need RT parts? Check eBay.
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 3:35 pm
by Spookymonster
For sale: late model BMW motorcycle. May require some barnacle scraping and a bit of Fabreeze...
Free?
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 5:46 pm
by OU812
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?
Re: Free?
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 3:02 am
by joe bar
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?
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.
Re: Free?
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 6:59 am
by chris
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?
Local police said 50 were taken off the beach...talk about wrong place wrong time eh..
Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 7:51 am
by REDSTAN
missed out on all the fun on the beach