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Aug 9, 2020 | 05:22 PM

D777

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Has anyone traded in a bike that you've owned forever, and now you want to buy it back?
with driver privacy protection act ( dppa)
how do you contact current owner without violation?

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Aug 9, 2020, 07:49 PM

skratch

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i think if the dealer has contacted the new owner 3 times and they have not responded, that's your answer right there.

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Aug 9, 2020 | 05:30 PM

skratch

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if you traded it in, you can ask the dealer if they will get in contact with the new owner and if they are willing, to contact you. otherwise? nope.

Aug 9, 2020 | 05:35 PM

razorbacksrule

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Originally Posted by skratch

if you traded it in, you can ask the dealer if they will get in contact with the new owner and if they are willing, to contact you. otherwise? nope.

Tried to find a Kawasaki Z1r i sold several years ago never did was harder than I thought it would be .

Aug 9, 2020 | 05:36 PM

D777

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Dealer said they left 3 messages about me wanting to buy it back. They never got a response from the new owner. What if I wrote the new owner a letter asking him to let me know either way?

Aug 9, 2020 | 07:49 PM

skratch

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i think if the dealer has contacted the new owner 3 times and they have not responded, that's your answer right there.

Aug 9, 2020 | 10:24 PM

Neggy ZRXOA 5248

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The only bike I would ever want back would be my 2002 Kawi ZRX. it just changed hands and I was contacted by the new owner who was asking questions about it... the bike was pretty well known in the ZRX community so they found me by posts on a ZRX website. I know where the bike is but I doubt the new owner is going to be willing to part with it.

In my line of work I can search vehicle history by VIN, if it is registered or titled in the US chances are I can find any vehicle it if I wanted to

Aug 9, 2020 | 10:34 PM

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Aug 10, 2020 | 12:18 AM

Prot

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You sold a bike. You did not give a baby up for adoption.

If some SOB shows up at my house about something I bought or sold long ago, it might not end well.

If the damn thing meant that much to you then you should not have sold it.

I have been seeing these types of posts frequently lately both on this forum and other forums I belong to. People trying to track down an old bike, Jeep, or whatever they sold.

I am starting to think that this is some part of a scam, kind of like the harassing phone calls I have been receiving about some real estate company wanting to buy my house.