Looking for a Yamaha R1 and have some questions.

[LonesomeTriZ]

One of my goals before I return home is to purchase a 2006 R1 LE. However, I am facing several challenges. First, I have been out of the sport bike game for a long damn time. The second is I am trying to find one from over here in Iraq. So I have to go by what the advertisement dictates. One big problem I am running into is most of these sellers have no idea what they have. Some advertise their R1 as a limited edition when it is an anniversary edition and some advertise it as an anniversary edition when it is a limited edition. It gets me so frustrated that I stop looking for a while. Anyhoo, my question is when I am looking at these ads, what are some obvious tell tell signs I am looking at a true limited edition 2006 model? I want one of the 500 LE models made, not one of the anniversary models. They are very similar in appearance.

[DamnYank]

Why an 06?  09's are baaaad azz.

[LonesomeTriZ]

Becuase I want the LE model.

[Ride1Rob]

The limited edition model was a 16,000 bike new. Look at the shocks or ask the seller what kind of shocks are on the bike. The shocks on the LE for that year where Ohlins off the showroom floor.

[LonesomeTriZ]

That is one of the many reason I want that bike. I did finally notice the difference in rims. I cannot beleive such an obvious differance escaped me for so long.