looks like he wanted 2k+ and sh@ himself at such a loss. bikes don't sell so easy second handposh ones specially, now if he'd broke it maybe stood a chance i dunno. a reserve or even BIN would have been better, though i do believe the bidding gets punters excited.
As a seller i made a boo boo last year, ebay auctioned a rare kit car, naturally hardly anyone bidded and it sold for less than the price of the carbs it had on it. bums, even though the buyer was a scroatbag who stripped it, and ebay mugged me a quarter of my money in fees. I did still honour the 'deal'
Bums, i was in a sour mood for a few weeks about that.