1988 Honda VF750c Super Magna V4 cruiser

[nzspokes]

These can easily be fitted with forward controls.

Brian, does it not have forward controls? If your only selling due to it not fitting then get some forward controls. Looks like a nice bike so just make it suit you.

[ducatilover]

Glad to be wrong on this score.

As you all were.

You can learn a lot about Hondas hanging around in "those" bars eh?

[Tigadee]

Brian, does it not have forward controls? If your only selling due to it not fitting then get some forward controls. Looks like a nice bike so just make it suit you.

Forward controls? No, unless I fit MX bars... It's more chopper style bars than regular bars [if only it was like the Venox].

Well, I'm selling also because I've bought another bike... Call me crazy but I couldn't resist it...

So the garage is gonna be overcrowded soon.

[ducatilover]

Good score, FZ750s are coooooooooooool

[nzspokes]

Forward controls? No, unless I fit MX bars... It's more chopper style bars than regular bars [if only it was like the Venox].

Well, I'm selling also because I've bought another bike... Call me crazy but I couldn't resist it...

So the garage is gonna be overcrowded soon.

Forward controls as in forward pegs with long rods for brake and gear lever.

But never mind.

[nzspokes]

Will you have it for Sunday so you can come out for a ride?

Which bikes are you keeping?

[Tigadee]

Forward controls as in forward pegs with long rods for brake and gear lever.
But never mind.

Oh...

Will you have it for Sunday so you can come out for a ride?
Which bikes are you keeping?

No, the FZX will arrive Tuesday. In time for SASS!

Which bikes? So hard to decide... But definitely one has to go.

DL - Yeah, it's a beauty! And they're not called Baby V-Maxs for nothing!

[Tigadee]

I've received a couple of text messages asking about this bike, where instead of a phone number, it is a name such as to48jules or disaacs7. They ask if the bike is still for sale and then give a Hotmail account to reply to by email.

Question: Are they legit?

I know there have been emails with offers to buy an item for sale, and it turns out to be an overseas scammer from Nigeria, Italy or Romania and some use of Western Union. But have not heard about a scam initiated by first contact via text messages.

[Drew]

I've received a couple of text messages asking about this bike, where instead of a phone number, it is a name such as to48jules or disaacs7. They ask if the bike is still for sale and then give a Hotmail account to reply to by email.

Question: Are they legit?

I know there have been emails with offers to buy an item for sale, and it turns out to be an overseas scammer from Nigeria, Italy or Romania and some use of Western Union. But have not heard about a scam initiated by first contact via text messages.

They look like trademe log in names. But, unless trademe has a function to send the text from their site, I'd say it's dodgy.

[HenryDorsetCase]

I've received a couple of text messages asking about this bike, where instead of a phone number, it is a name such as to48jules or disaacs7. They ask if the bike is still for sale and then give a Hotmail account to reply to by email.

Question: Are they legit?

I know there have been emails with offers to buy an item for sale, and it turns out to be an overseas scammer from Nigeria, Italy or Romania and some use of Western Union. But have not heard about a scam initiated by first contact via text messages.

gotta ask how serious they are if they wont spend two bucks for a phone call.

I really like your bike and wish you well with the sale. I'd like it, but realistically its not going to happen. Those motors (I had a VF750F) are fantastic

[Tigadee]

They look like trademe log in names. But, unless trademe has a function to send the text from their site, I'd say it's dodgy.

Does Hotmail have such a function, for example?

I thought it seemed dodgy too. Never had a text message that came in as a name before until after I'd added them into my contact list...

I really like your bike and wish you well with the sale. I'd like it, but realistically its not going to happen. Those motors (I had a VF750F) are fantastic

Thank you, sir!

[Drew]

Does Hotmail have such a function, for example?

I thought it seemed dodgy too. Never had a text message that came in as a name before until after I'd added them into my contact list...

You can text from a computer, I remember I had a program that would do it years ago. WAAAAY back when phones were analogue too. Those mesages used to come up with an IP addy.


I'm no geek though, I couldn't say weather or not what we're talking about is practiced, but I would bet it's possible.

Still seems sus that you would get two inquiries such though. Report it and see what tardme say.

[Glowerss]

I've received a couple of text messages asking about this bike, where instead of a phone number, it is a name such as to48jules or disaacs7. They ask if the bike is still for sale and then give a Hotmail account to reply to by email.

Question: Are they legit?

I know there have been emails with offers to buy an item for sale, and it turns out to be an overseas scammer from Nigeria, Italy or Romania and some use of Western Union. But have not heard about a scam initiated by first contact via text messages.

If it helps you any, I've never once had a legit inquiry start out with "is it still for sale" with no other information. Anything that starts with "is it still for sale" and then asks for contact to an email with no other information gets binned straight away.

If they're serious, they'll get back to you.

[Tigadee]

Thanks, Glowerss and Drew.

[brianblaze]

There's a massive amount of that back home in Ireland! Whenever I stuck something up for sale online, especially my bikes, there'd be magical text messages with broken english asking about the bike, but instead of a number, there's a name... It's a Nigerian Western Union scam, very common in Europe at the moment!

That or some idiot wanted to ship my old BROS to Nigeria for £12,000....