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I have a feeling that a lot of these high end bikes are stolen to order, and then shipped off to europe, in much the same way that high end motorbikes and cars are.
I had one of 10 Husquavarna SMR's in the country stolen back in 03, turned out that i had been stalked for 2 weeks by the thieves to see were i kept it etc - they even took pics, by my reckoning to se if they could find a buyer befroe stealing it, who then used liquid nitrogen to freeze through 3 locks, and then shipped the bike off to eastern europe, never to be seen again - i later discovered that the gang who did it were based out a dodgy repair shop, and when they were busted the police also found several high end MTB's in the garage, all ready to be shipped off with the motorbikes