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6 years old (tomorrow) with 69 miles on the clock, and still takes it in for annual services

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gilera-Fuoco-500-/162126854691?hash=item25bf837a23:g:PycAAOSwvg9Xe384
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Re: Some people must have money to burn!
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6 years old (tomorrow) with 69 miles on the clock, and still takes it in for annual services

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gilera-Fuoco-500-/162126854691?hash=item25bf837a23:g:PycAAOSwvg9Xe384
I call it a "Collector Bike"...
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Imagination could run riot on why that hasn't been used. Whim of a film star, footballer, multi-millionaire, being some of the happier ideas. The purchaser will need to be very careful with all the potential problems of a machine that has stood unused for so long. Unless they just intend to put it in a museum that is!
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Probably a footballer.
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Imagination could run riot on why that hasn't been used. Whim of a film star, footballer, multi-millionaire, being some of the happier ideas. The purchaser will need to be very careful with all the potential problems of a machine that has stood unused for so long. Unless they just intend to put it in a museum that is!
2 Years ago, Jennifer Lopez had a Red MP3/500, and it was sold in California with only a few miles on it. Her Husband at the time, don't remember his name, had a Black MP3/500. So they are bought, and they sit with little use.

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Been in touch with Andrew Hart, the shop that is selling the bike (who is based in Dundee, just up the road from me), and he says that it was bought new from him by an oil worker as an introduction to motorcycling. He felt that the three wheels would be a safer option. However, after buying the bike he found that he did not have the confidence and so the bike sat in a heated garage and was only brought out to go to the shop when it needed an MOT or a service.

I actually quite fancy the bike myself but couldn't justify having three three-wheelers sitting in my garage. 8) Laughing emoticon
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I actually quite fancy the bike myself but couldn't justify having three three-wheelers sitting in my garage. 8) Laughing emoticon
A mate of mine has a Fuoco 500 and an MP3 500 LT, he reckons they're like chalk and cheese, and I must admit, when he gets on the Fugly, he becomes Mr Hyde

(I have 1 3-wheeler and 3 2-wheeler scooters in the garage, so 9 wheels in all...)
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A mate of mine has a Fuoco 500 and an MP3 500 LT, he reckons they're like chalk and cheese, and I must admit, when he gets on the Fugly, he becomes Mr Hyde
He's not the only one
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Been in touch with Andrew Hart, the shop that is selling the bike (who is based in Dundee, just up the road from me), and he says that it was bought new from him by an oil worker as an introduction to motorcycling. He felt that the three wheels would be a safer option. However, after buying the bike he found that he did not have the confidence and so the bike sat in a heated garage and was only brought out to go to the shop when it needed an MOT or a service.

I actually quite fancy the bike myself but couldn't justify having three three-wheelers sitting in my garage. 8) Laughing emoticon
I think i would be put off riding around a oil rig in the north sea Laughing emoticon

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