View Full Version : e bay winner of the day
partsbara
12-07-2004, 01:35 PM
i bet this clown wears his helmet backwards as well :)
hahahahahahhahaaa
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=7297&item=7119520188&rd=1
partsbara
Acadian
12-07-2004, 01:38 PM
hahahaahaha....good find P!! :thumb:
BigMike
12-07-2004, 01:39 PM
I want one!
People on E-Bay never cease to amaze me...
Brian HCM#1
12-07-2004, 01:46 PM
He wanted a shorter wheelbase:thumb:
Mattoid
12-07-2004, 01:46 PM
Hahaha... amazing :thumb:
Mustang85
12-07-2004, 01:54 PM
It's the new trend in stability...85degree HA
binary visions
12-07-2004, 02:11 PM
Wow, it took me about six times looking through that page to realize what exactly was wrong with it. Hah, that's great. I wonder what Manitou's warrenty department would have to say about it? :p
Jay Gatz
12-07-2004, 02:13 PM
think he wonders why the front brake cable has so little slack?
OGRipper
12-07-2004, 02:48 PM
That's the new Manitou "RRA" or "Reverse Reverse Arch" technology.
It's the hot new thing from the DRD, the Deparment of Redundancy Department.
Broken_Spoke
12-07-2004, 03:00 PM
ewww whats that green stuff on the lever and shifter
Brian HCM#1
12-07-2004, 03:02 PM
ewww whats that green stuff on the lever and shifter
Looks like someone was shearing in the excitement :eek:
Broken_Spoke
12-07-2004, 03:03 PM
Looks like someone was shearing in the excitement :eek:
Like what a green smurf?
Brian HCM#1
12-07-2004, 03:05 PM
Like what a green smurf?
I don't know, maybe its Canadian :think: ;)
Broken_Spoke
12-07-2004, 03:06 PM
I don't know, maybe its Canadian :think: ;)
Maybe they use green smurfs in those new minute forks?
spincrazy
12-07-2004, 03:12 PM
Let's all call his cell phone and ask him why he's such an asshat.
Smelly
12-07-2004, 04:05 PM
he managed to get his shifter on upside down too :p
Evel Monkey
12-07-2004, 04:09 PM
OMG, this is funny. I put it on my watchlist, I gotta see the outcome. What a stooge :nuts:
Evel Monkey
12-07-2004, 04:12 PM
I just did the "ask the seller a question", I got to know his response to the backwards fork. :sneaky:
willyboy8576
12-07-2004, 05:38 PM
i called the guy and he told me that he works for jeep and tomac is one of thier sponsers for thier bike comanpy i geuss??? he also told me that he hasnt seen the bike but yet on the add it says he took a lot of pictures. then on top of everything else he told me that it was on the right way and was mistaken. i kinda feel sorry for the guy he sounds like a total dusche bag
zedro
12-07-2004, 05:44 PM
not the first one i've seen like that. Manitous are sooo confusing....
TheInedibleHulk
12-07-2004, 06:04 PM
Seems stolen to me, backwards fork, riser bar all jacked forward, shifter on the wrong side.... :think:
buildyourown
12-07-2004, 06:44 PM
It's not just the shifters, the levers are on upside down too. I think the bars might be also.
I bet he jacked a boxed bike and this is his best attempt at assembly
That's the new Manitou "RRA" or "Reverse Reverse Arch" technology.
It's the hot new thing from the DRD, the Deparment of Redundancy Department.
DRD, good one man.
Also said that there is a little dirt on it from moving it around the garage. Must have a dirt floor in his garage, because there is quite a bit of dirt on those tires.
The Kadvang
12-07-2004, 09:23 PM
What a farkin' n00b.
JoeRay
12-07-2004, 09:24 PM
If he only rode it round the block, its either a very long block or a very dirty block. Check out the shifter cover and the stanchions. :think:
Maybe the tyres did get dirty from the ride, if he assembled that poorly he probably didn't inflate them properly.
Either way the bloke needs a :nuts:
Is this bike hot? Is George W. moron? Is the Pope catholic? Is the sky blue?
Who lives nearby? Can they ask to see it before they bid? :sneaky:
ioscope
12-07-2004, 09:29 PM
Why is that funny the fork arch goes in front right???
Btw, those manitou 74mm PM may be messed up now, they are not designed to be pulled on by a 6'6" man.
Incubus
12-07-2004, 11:21 PM
No doubt that thing is stolen.
erikkellison
12-08-2004, 01:38 AM
So after a bit of spacial thinking, I think I've come to the conclusion as to why the bike is like that. I think he had the bar/stem assembly detatched from the fork. He probably rotated the fork 180 degrees, and installed the bar/stem combo upside down, and rotated the levers. That would explain the upside down shifter on the wrong side, the tight brake cable being wrapped around the fork, but not the lever angle or the bar angle. I am guessing he figured out how to adjust those, but never touched the shifter (that would require removal of non-lock on grips, which with his mechanical skill, would be quite difficult).
-dustin
12-08-2004, 02:13 AM
Wow, it took me about six times looking through that page to realize what exactly was wrong with it.
ditto. i thought the headtube was trashed or something.
what the hell is up with the bars? :dead:
bizutch
12-08-2004, 07:45 AM
seriously...this bike is Stolen. Can somebody notify the bike shops there for God's sake?
This line says it all not for sale locally The guy doesn't want to sell it local cause he'll get busted!!!
partsbara
12-08-2004, 04:16 PM
seriously...this bike is Stolen. Can somebody notify the bike shops there for God's sake?
This line says it all not for sale locally The guy doesn't want to sell it local cause he'll get busted!!!
yeah, no doubt... this guy deserves a fvckin axe in the scone...
bizutch
12-08-2004, 05:00 PM
actually I asked him about it and he gave me the serial # to prove it was not stolen...bad mechanic...yeah...thief...no!
leprechaun
12-08-2004, 05:02 PM
So funny that Mani put the arch on the back so the V brake bosses could be closer to the tubes to stiffen brake action,like what 5 years ago?So tell me,where are the V brake bosses on a sherman?? :confused:
They could put it back on the front and use probably 30% less material AND make it stiffer.
Rant over.
Well it's marketing,and i have one and it's plenty stiff anyway.I LOVE MARKETING!! :thumb:
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