Anyone know of a stolen 1098S?

Looks stolen as hell.
Dude just dropped off as its been sitting "For a Minute"

Has:
BST carbon wheels
frame painted black
body is now white
ohlins "S" forks
ride height rear
rearsets
engine covers with red anodozing
I will get engine number

VIN has been ground off completely

I dont wanna be that guy, but I have had shit stolen and hated it.

 

I bawt this mofuggah right here cash mo fukkin monaaaay

 

Also has:
Ducati Performance seat
Ducati performance keyless cap
lots of misc carbon like the key spot around the tank and by the gauges.

If I had to guess, since its been "sitting" my thought is that it was stolen a while ago and dude either went to jail, or they kept it hidden till it cooled off.

 

Check the fuel and you'll know if it's been sitting hot for a long time.

Ground vin = not the owner

 

VIN wasn’t ground off, man. That’s crash damage from when I had to crash it so I wouldn’t have to lay it down.

 

But serially, with no legible VIN stamp on the steering head, I’d be making a phone call to the Pencil Cola Po-leeze to get this shit documented.

 

thieves are the lowest of the low...

 

text me the VIN

 

Call the police. Its more than likely stolen.

 

Guys, obviously I’m calling police, I’m also going to hook it to the computer and pull up the VIN hopefully.

but if I can’t get the vin then it’ll probably sit at an impound so I’m seeing if anyone remembers any street 1098 being stolen.

also it has open dry clutch that the actual case has been ground as well.
Like, it’s an open clutch cover but the inner larger clutch cover has also been opened up.

 

There may be a few hidden VIN's on it, somewhere. Maybe @KMC can help out. Potentially one on the ECM. Or if hooked up to a code reader, you might be able to find one from the ECM.

Cars have hidden VINs all over, by law. Don't know if motorcycles do.

 

Perhaps the customer is spiffing the 1098 up so he can return it to its original rightful owner.

 

Anybody who says "for a minute" should be referred to the authorities in any case.

 

Maybe the VIN just isn't visible because the frame was powdercoated? The only other place the VIN was shown was the sticker on the frame which obviously isn't there now.

Why do you make it seem like you never heard of a corse style vented clutch housing. They were available from Ducati in magnesium and lots of places machine the stock covers.

 

Well if you somehow end up getting it and are looking to part it out, I'd be interested in some items

 

relax, I was a Ducati dealer for over 20 years as well as a technician.

I can tell you that this is the first street bike 1098 I’ve had come through with that clutch cover.

for a street bike I’d say it’s very distinguishing.
The frame has definitely been scraped the Ducati Vin has no powdercoat. It was legit ground off and where the frame has been repainted black, the vin is still gonez

 

Did he bring keys with it or give you the maintenance code? The 848/1X98's all had the immobilizer function built in and if it's stolen, it shouldn't work. You should ask two questions:

If he doesn't have either of those, given the other info, its either hot, or he bought it from a crackhead.

 

Engine number can lead you to the VIN. DMV enforcement officer or auto theft detective can access NICB data base and search using the engine number.. I know dealers for the Japanese bikes can get vin from engine number, not sure about Duca.

 

No VIN no work, don't receive stolen property.

 

Yeah I want something like that to frame and hang it on my living room wall.