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I've finally decided to sell the Tiger.

Tiger 955i, in black. Located in Swindon, Wilts.

2002 model, 1800 miles on the clock. Serviced regularly (apart from
this year but I did an oil-change). Pretty much perfect condition (it
lives in a garage) and recently MOT'd (so has about 11 months MOT).

Extras:

Heated grips
Touring screen
Ventura luggage rack (I still have the original handgrips that came
with the bike that the buyer can take away with them)
Scottoiler with touring reservoir
Centre Stand

I also have an Optimate that I might be willing to throw in - depending
on whether I buy myself a small bike for playing around on.

Looking around the various prices I was thinking of putting it out
there for £4900

Does that sound about right?

Phil.

 

Miles out imo. Mine was £4k from a dealer, with full factory luggage,
8k miles, FSH & less than 2.5 years old when I bought it. OK it was a
bit of a bargain due to the colour, but even so - £4900 for a 5(ish)
year old private sale with no hard luggage? Way over the top.


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'02 MV Senna '03 Tigtona 955i '96 Tiger '79 Fantic Hiro 250

 

Jeez, I hope that's a mis-type!

Have a look on Autotrader, for starters.

 

Does that take into account the mileage?

I did think it was a tad high but was going by the prices that I'd seen
on other auctions. I wasn't intending to use Ebay but various other
bike selling websites.

Phil

 

I'm sensing a theme here.

<Cancels Caribbean holiday>

Phil.

 

There is one on Autotrader (53 reg, 2,200 miles etc etc) for £4595.

On that basis I guess I'd amend it to £4100 - mine is a year older but
less miles and more goodies..

Phil.

 

Nope. Triumph dealers are still doing brand new 2006 ones with full
luggage, heated grips and centre stands for £6500 otr. Hate to say it,
but I'd suggest £3k.

And having gone through the financial pain of over-estimating Triumph
residuals myself (the Sprint ST went for £1700 in the end, so I
dropped £300 there: win some, lose some), I'd suggest to asembled ukrm
that right now, a used Trumf (just about any model) is probably the
best VFM out there.

 

£3K?

Ouch.

Still - I suppose I only paid £5.2K for it 5(ish) years ago..

Phil

 

Ah, Bransons. I believe they're the people that had Rich's old one in
for over 3 years before they sold it.

Look at how many low mileage 03 & 04 bikes there are, rather than
basing your price on the absurd levels asked by some dealers.


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'02 MV Senna '03 Tigtona 955i '96 Tiger '79 Fantic Hiro 250

 

And a £3k reserve? Or are reserves frowned upon nowadays? I have yet to
test the Ebay selling waters..

Well - there are some things I'd like to buy and having a bike sit
unused in the garage is irking my parsimonius soul[1]

I do want to have a bike - just not a big, heavy mega-trailie that is
too heavy for me to move around by myself. A nice small 500 trailie or
other tall bike (something that doesn't put pressure on arthritic
wrists) would be ideal. If I sell the Tiger for £3K then I'd have about
£1K so spend on a small bike.

Phil.

[1] ie Cheryl..

 

Ah OK. Although if it goes for too low a sum it won't only be the
market thats depressed.

Phil

 

Oi!

<Reconsiders>

<Withdraws Oi>

Phil

 

i think it's unlikely you'd find a runner for 1k.

you could get a turn-of-the-millenium transalp in decent shape for about 2k.
these are basically bulletproof and very comfy.

 

Phil Launchbury was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever:

Na, you'd want a VFR750 for that kinda dosh.

 

How heavy are they? One of the problems I have with the Tiger is
turning it round in the garage (I have a small teflon turntable that I
put the centrestand onto and then I walk it round - but getting it onto
the centrestand now needs Cheryl to help me because my wrists can't
take the strain needed) as my drive is builder-gravel (ie leftover
hardcore) and slopes upward away from the garage.

Phil

 

A run of mill bike isn't going to depreciate much less the 20% a year down
to the LCD market price for that kind of machine. In the current market LCD
is around £2.5k if you actually want to move it.

 

If someone offered me a VFR750 for £1K that was a) rideable and b) not
likely to fall apart after 5 minutes I'd bite their hand off.

It was my all-time favourite bike. I still mourn mine that got nicked
in France.

Phil.

 

That'd get you an Aprilia Pegaso, which would fit the bill nicely.


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'02 MV Senna '03 Tigtona 955i '96 Tiger '79 Fantic Hiro 250

 

Would it break down repeatedly? And do you just happen to have one for
sale?

Phil