Do They Really Think We're Stupid?

[desmoquattro]

Got a laugh out of this:
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/mcy/1528501868.html


DUCATI 1198S FOR SALE THE BIKE HAS ONLY COSMETIC DAMAGE ,RUNS EXCELENT only 932 miles, PERFEC TO MAKE THIS BIKE FOR TRACKS DAY $12000

Then you see the pics:


Yeah...that big dent in the sidewall of the rim is only cosmetic

[mostrobelle]

Well, if his spelling is any indication...perhaps he meant to type "catastrophic" damage?  

Personally I don't give two poops about his cosmetic damage--what I would pay money for is to know how it got there.  

[ghostrider]

How do you do that the back rim but still have what looks like a perfectly good front rim.

[mostrobelle]

How do you do that the back rim but still have what looks like a perfectly good front rim.

You hit a curb doing a wheelie at high speed?

[Michael Moore]

The Mother Of All Potholes?

[Spidey]

How do you do that the back rim but still have what looks like a perfectly good front rim.

A lowside where the rear wheel hits a post or a curb or a tree or sumptin.

[desmoquattro]

A lowside where the rear wheel hits a post or a curb or a tree or sumptin.

...or gets hit by a Buell.

[Desmostro]

Oh no.  No windscreen + impossibly shattered rear wheel can only mean it went down the road, end over end until the rear wheel whipped into something squarely and stopped.   

You don't get a wheel looking like that rolling over a curb. Is it just me or does the front shocks look completely flat?

I'm with 'Bell on this one. I'd pay money to see that on video. 

[Speeddog]

The other picture tells more of the story, all left side bodywork is gone.

Location is Sunland, not far from Angeles Crest.

I'm bettin' pretty much what Spidey said; lowside, guardrail post boinks rear rim, bike spins, next post wipes out front/upper fairing.

[ghostrider]

Ah I see.
Do you think I could shoe horn that motor into a 97 SS frame.

[johnc]

Ah I see.
Do you think I could shoe horn that motor into a 97 SS frame.

no problem 

but really ... i am pretty sure all that "COSMETIC" damage will buff right out 

[MendoDave]

He cased it over a jump?

It looks like the same thing that happened to that log truck on the north end of Hwy 1. Bent rim and bent tow bar. I wish I had pictures.