Hope you didn't have a new BMW on order...

[Karaya One]

It's gonna be late.

[highsider]

I'm going fishing for a new K1200.....

[Karaya One]

Read the whole thread...

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=198149

50 bikes gone overnite.... eBay.uk is gonna be busy!

[Awesome]

correct me if I'm wrong but wouldn't those containters be claimable by anyone that finds them? Just like abandoned ships, shipwrecks, and anything else of the sort?

[mikeb]

"Around 50 BMW motorbikes were carried off the beach last night," he added.

Gareth Topping told BBC News he had pulled one of the motorbikes out of a container.

"It took about eight to 10 of us to lift each one out. As each one came out the front wheels were put on, then they were taken down to the beach and over the cliffs," he said.


beats the hell out of looking for seashells and driftwood at the beach!

[union]

Time for a trip to England to find some free bikes

[Paul_E_D]

I bet there were a bunch of those cool new 650 scrambler type bikes (CityX) that I'm looking at on there... That's one way to get a free bike. Anyone have any other ideas (more local)???

[Punjistick]

Originally posted by hessogood
correct me if I'm wrong but wouldn't those containters be claimable by anyone that finds them? Just like abandoned ships, shipwrecks, and anything else of the sort?

I think you have to try and find the owner and if no one claims it then it's yours. And there are all kind of laws depending on where it was found, like open ocean, territorial water, etc.

[tonyd]

video on CNN says that legally they have to turn in anything found.

[richw]

Unfortunately the weenie lawyers and insurance and even the governments (redundant) got over the old salvage laws

finders keepers no good no more

[benVFR]

Question is how difficult is it to repair/salvage a bike which has been dumped in the sea?

Salt water inside the crankcase, etc.. ?

[breakdirt916]

good job...this makes gone in 60 seconds look like stealing pens from the office

[ssg]

Originally posted by mikeb
"Around 50 BMW motorbikes were carried off the beach last night," he added.

Gareth Topping told BBC News he had pulled one of the motorbikes out of a container.

"It took about eight to 10 of us to lift each one out. As each one came out the front wheels were put on, then they were taken down to the beach and over the cliffs," he said.


beats the hell out of looking for seashells and driftwood at the beach!

If they had a deck it would have been easier, or a crane.

[FNG]

Here is one.
Lee

[rebelpacket]

Man, thats a waste of some really nice looking machines.

I can't begin to imagine how much work you'd have to do to get one of those road worthy again.

Probrobly just good for parts. Plastic and the like, maybe a wheel or two here. But the salt water has to kill any and all exposed bearings.

[joeswamp]

Originally posted by rebelpacket
Man, thats a waste of some really nice looking machines.

I can't begin to imagine how much work you'd have to do to get one of those road worthy again.

Probrobly just good for parts. Plastic and the like, maybe a wheel or two here. But the salt water has to kill any and all exposed bearings.

Think something similar happened a couple years back with a boatload of BMW cars. Believe they all had to go to the crusher because BMW didn't want the liability of selling parts that had been submerged in salt water.

Gotta figure that somehow, some way, a few of these bikes will end up at Argo.