Thanks fer that
My local dealer's website states that the list price of £9595 assumes a part exchange, which suggests (to me anyway) if there's no part exchange there's a deal to be done
I made an enquiry to our "local dealer" on 4th. February, here's the reply:
hi yes in march if you deposit to day the price is £8645 if not the price is £9550 many thanks .wayne
Kind Regards,
W. Mounter Motorcycles.
I fell in love with this bike as soon as I saw it, but sorry, I don't think this is worth the money. I may have gone for it at £8645, but not at £9550
I've heard tank ranges of 120 miles quoted too!!! That is crap for what the bike is trying to be!
but if that's typical consumption for day to day use at around 30 to the gallon it's scary! I would have thought (hoped 
) 40 to the gallon would be achievable at a brisk but not manic pace,giving a theoretical range nearer 160 miles or am I hoping for too much 
Bit expensive perhaps but no doubt a bit of haggling will get the price down.
You'll appreciate that KTM just stole my idea....
Yes but they improved it by fitting the LC8 motor
Keep the SE for the dirty stuff and the SMT for every thing else for me I don't really get the whole Fuel range bollocks if the bike is good for 150 mile then thats plenty for that type of bike there are plenty of places to fill up 24/7 in the UK and all across Europe
I hear what you're saying,his prices are inline with KTM's national price increase (did I read 14% ?) due in part to the weak pound against the Euro.
I'll start negotiations based on the test ride experience,I'll be looking for a good deal and 1st service thrown in-if I like the bike enough to want to change,if not-I'll walk
Don't know where you've got the quoted tank range from,at 19 litres the SMT has a bigger tank than the the SM,having said that I don't doubt you could get as little as 120miles from a 19 litre tank if you were trying hard enough
The 950SM is I feel now in retrospect a purer SM/All rounder
Don't know where you've got the quoted tank range from,at 19 litres the SMT has a bigger tank than the the SM,having said that I don't doubt you could get as little as 120miles from a 19 litre tank if you were trying hard enough
Don't be so effete. It's a motorcycle, not a pin-up.....
Ugly motorcycles (pick a GS) are fine if they serve a purpose.
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MCN have totally flipped about this bike,
" best tourer in the world"
Half of the staff are changing from sports bikes to a SMT!!!
Ugly motorcycles (pick a GS) are fine if they serve a purpose.
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MCN have totally flipped about this bike,
" best tourer in the world"
Half of the staff are changing from sports bikes to a SMT!!!
MCN like it-that's a worry
I read MCN today too (well...what's 5 minutes out of a lifetime) and I thought they said it was the best "all rounder" in the world and that some of them "might" consider changing when their sports bike days were behind them
I want to like this bike but when I read it will appeal to sports bike riders my expectations slipped a little.......but hey a test ride on Saturday should help to decide whether it's a contender-for me anyway.
What it will have is (some) exclusivity,I read that only 150 SMT's are UK bound this year
