Well as the title says I've bought back my own stolen pannier frames!!!!!.

The story goes like this, Crusty saw some Metal Mule pannier frames on ebay at 90 miles from his place and called me up to have a look.

I duly did this and saw that they were advertised from Halifax which isn't far from where I live. Crusty contacted the guy and as he had won the articles for me, said that I'd come and get the frames from him directly, a meet was arranged.
I met up with the guy and paid cash for the frames, had a chat with him and mentioned that I'd had a bike with MM frames stolen last year, stupidly not thinking to keep my mouth shut.
I set off back home but just had to check on a feature that my frames had, in particular a small weld that was missing, ...............and yes the same feature was there! (or not in this case!)
I got home and called the police to explain what my concern was. The officer brought my case up and we discussed my concern and I gave as much info as possible to him.
I managed to get printouts of the ad before it came off the ebay and also some other information.
Then the local bobby contacted me and said that they were going to get CID involved as he felt that it would be too big a task for him.

The latest update is that this bloke has been hauled in for questioning, but appears to have a chequered past and didn't give anything away.
It appears that he is just a middle man that gets bits off the real thief and drip feeds them onto the second hand market.

Well this time he's been caught out as he also had a headlight for the Tenere on ebay which mysteriously disappeared as soon as I got home from getting the frames. (Me and my big gob!)

Irrespectively this bloke knows the thief and by now will have informed him that there are many people out there looking for Tenere parts and the police will be monitoring the Halifax / Kieghley area of Yorkshire for stolen motorbike bits.

My feeling is that these guys have brought a world of trouble on themselves and have some red hot bikes that they will not be able to get rid of, I hope its just a matter of time before that do get caught red handed.

I for one will do my best to keep an eye out for these scumbags in order to stop them giving grief and distress to others.

On the bright side I now have a set of MM frames for my MM panniers therefore I am now in a position to sell the original Yamaha panniers and mounting frames, complete with all keys but a few stickers.

ALL MONIES FROM THE SALE OF THE PANNIERS TO GO TO SPOTTYPLAYERS' CHARITY, ANY OFFERS?

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