I apologize for the late reply. I had started a thread on how one of my friend's cbr600 was stolen, and in that threat, a lot of grey market issues were discussed.

I am doubtful of the point you mentioned.."however, the above mentioned model was not found." what does this mean? You mean to say that the bike color/graphics does not belong to the year model of the bike? Its good to check this first.

Nowadays, even the custom papers are forged so that the grey market dealers can easily sell it off to unsuspecting young men. I would advise you not to go for this bike.

the legal hayabusas got sold in India from 2009 from dealers. if you look for a used one, a legal indian invoice bike, you can expect to pay the same price of 7 to 8.5 lakhs, depending on condition.

good luck.

Hi Bking...
Hi Guys,

i am buying the imported/used bike - Busa. so need your help on this. Bike details:
Hayabusa - 08 - new shape - Imported (not TR) - registered in 08
Bill of entry - yes
Duty paid reciept - yes
RC - yes
its a KA 01 registered - how trustworthy it is?
asking price is 8.5

there is a letter from customs in one of the para - it says "Chassis & engine number matching, but however the above mentioned model is not found"

Also it came with chassis & engine only & the plastics came seperately but with the same packet (as its mentioned 3 packets) to save on the duty...
value - 1000 USD
total value after depriciation - 3620 USD

Now i need to know
1> is this bike will be legal?? will i have probs with the the DRI?
2>how do i make sure the documents are real and not fake..

guys please help me on this.. need to finalise this quickly!!!