On the face of it there were 3 main dodgy things - Plaque, Sticker Kit and KPH Clocks. The owner previous to the seller (2004 - 2015) was a bit strange and wanted to change the plaque to 007 P.F. Chilli's number as the sticker kit he starter altering the number then realised he couldn't so had a crappy trophy shop plaque made. The seller is sending the original from Amsterdam as it was packed for his move and I will see if I can have it welded and reconstructed at work. The decals, lacquered in but I have a mate who does a lot of Historic GP Bikes and he can remove without damage to the paint and re lacquer. The biggy for me was the KPH clocks that didn't stack up as the bike was verified by Nelly as an official UK bike. Unbelievably the bike has had it's original clocks on with awful red dial conversion (previous owner again) and they were only removed after the last MOT at the end of last year as the current owner hated tham - so zero miles ago! and replaced with the KPH clocks, which only sat on the bike in his living room on display. So the mileage can be corrected to genuine with an MPH speedo. The plus point once all the work is done - probably the best history for a low mile 996R anywhere. Service book shows 7 Main Dealer entries pre 2008. MOT's show mileage is correct and it has been MOT'd every year but 1 in it's life! Bike had done 6550 by 2007 and has done about 1300 since - yet still had 4 services and MOT's every year to verify mileage I contacted the Main Dealer who the current owner purchased it off and he has 4 further service records which bring it right up to date with a full Main Dealer Service History service history. He will happily stamp the book up to date for me if I send it Recorded Delivery too Brand new Battery, Clutch and New Tyres too. Looking at the bike today with AC we both thought what a genuine bike it was - take away the superficial changes and it will be a corker in both history and appearance. Yes it need a clean but more than happy, didn't think I would get such a good example for that money tbf and wouldn't have paid the current 'going rate' for one! Nelly pointed out the pipes with E3 stamped on them which are not period, obviously the foot-pegs but no big deal. Wheels I'm unsure if they are Forged Alloy or MAG??? but standard wheels will be easy to get. I have a set of new ones belonging to my 998 if needed as they were the same but will try and source another set and sell these. With one offer and circa 50 watchers after a couple of hours or so on Ebay I thought feck it - 'Hit Buy it Now' and ask questions later it took me 30 mins to decide then I remembered it's my Birthday near the end of this month
Stu,,Congratulations,,when i posted it up on here i thought someone would buy it,So you are very Happy Bunny now and once all the bits are completed everything is looking good long term,but keep the wheels as very sort after! not going to post what i paid for mine one but will let you know,,,
Yeh, I missed a 2000 mile one at Bonham's for £12K a few years ago (I was busy buying a YR2000 built 999 for not a lot), but they were down to £6 - £7K at one point Do you know what the wheels are? They don't have any ribs in the hollow of the spoke. I have another set that look similar on my 998 but the have little ribs at the bottom of the spoke recess...
Not sure but they were added back in the day as a period upgrade Alu?,,always wanted a set myself for my 916sps,,,google 916sps and look at images the second picture and you will see
My 2 sets look identical from the outer face I think - probably one set is Mag and one set is Forged Alloy - someone will know. My 998 is stickered as Magnesium and were said to be Mag when I bought the bike, so if correct these could be Forged Ali.
Yip, my mate at Gotham Cycles has a pair of original silver ones for £540 + delivery (and a little import duty) just got my spare 1098R wheels off him
I will probably sell - then regret it as I never sell stuff (although Lozeraptor thieved something off me today)
