Buyer Beware: Frank Babuska Sr

Holy shit.

 

This has got to be a joke that's gone on too long. The frame is cracked. I mean fucking really? On a $12K motorcycle, no less?

Id be suing somebody's ass on principle alone.

 

Maybe it is just the bad lighting...opticaldelusion

 

I'd be looking for a full refund. Grossly misrepresented the bike.

 

Can this thread be add to the "best of" threads please?

 

I wonder if there are any well-respected journalists who frequent this board. Maybe someone who doesn't shy away from shining a light on malfeasance, who'd be willing to do a little digging and then run a blurb about this on his website and in his paper mag...

 

I normally keep away from threads like this but is common practice for supposedly well respected engine builders to supply a "cheater motor?"

 

The crack in that weld is massive. First fucking thing I saw.

 

And right down the root too, not at tie in. It does look a touch cold, but that is BAD

 

I would say builders build what they're asked. I don't see the onus being on MJ.

 

Knowingly? Depends on the morals of the builder but at the end of the day if his customer asks for something his job is to deliver it. Not police what someone will do with said motor after it leaves his shop.

Now if Vesrah showed up at the track and were caught with engines that are illegal for the classes in which they are running that would be a completely different situation.

 

You could run such an engine in a couple of classes legally. A builder's job is to build an engine to a customer's spec. It's up to the customer to do the right thing and only run such a motor in classes where it's legal. The builder has no control over that.

 

Why wouldn't they? Their business is building motors. What the motor is used for is none of their concern.

 

Shervin frame. Damn.

 

The fact that the builder apparently described it as a "cheater" motor kind of gave me the impression that they knew what it was going to be used for.

 

I bet that was a fun motor coming off the corners
600cc tq pig!

 

Im new here, and i love this place.

 

That's true but keep in mind it might just have been a expression. Trying to be a devils advocate here....