Looking to order, question on current discounts
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Oil trap
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To answer JohnnyBoxer, the bike is good in fact its very good it handles brakes and goes way better than a bike of its size should, but its not sparking me up. I'm not doing the mileage its been designed to do so consequently
I'm only using it to get a quick hit, while it can do this I feel I'm wasting this bike's talents. It's hard to explain.
SiRich you have a valid point, I have the standard can in the garage.
I'm only using it to get a quick hit, while it can do this I feel I'm wasting this bike's talents. It's hard to explain.
SiRich you have a valid point, I have the standard can in the garage.
david a hall
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There was a biding war, but I've decided to keep mine for a bit longer.......
Not sure what people expect, if you change a new bike after 11 months you'll get burnt no matter what you do. I tend to change every 4-6 years at least I can digest the pain over more time...
Last time I was at a dealer I asked to value my '60 plate fully loaded GSA with 20k miles, you don't want to know
Last time I was at a dealer I asked to value my '60 plate fully loaded GSA with 20k miles, you don't want to know
Typically traders will say the 20% VAT is lost as soon as you leave the showroom so that is the best part of £3000 on a TE with some extras........makes a 5000 mile or so bike seem a bargain!
The dealers need £700 to £1000 to make a profit after tyres, cleaning and maybe a service. So buying in a TE at £10500 is a commercial reality in a dealers eyes.
The dealers need £700 to £1000 to make a profit after tyres, cleaning and maybe a service. So buying in a TE at £10500 is a commercial reality in a dealers eyes.
Oil trap
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Nico not sure what I expected either and of course its always the best way to keep a bike long term (I lost £3000 over a 6 year period with my old V2 tuono factory, and around £3000 over the same amount of time on a 1200 bandit) but to potentially lose £5000 (around 36%) over a 11 month period is a bit of a shock. But then again I may just be delusional. Premium product and all that.
You can't see the guide and the dealer will not show you a Glass's guide or a CAP book which is the same thing. They are for trade only, it's quite expensive to subscribe and dealers keep them very close to their chests.
How they work is dealers submit all their new and used sales prices to Glass's or CAP and then they put value's on the bikes based on these values.
The books will have just about every bike variant and will have 4 values. There will be one retail price which they and finance companies use and then there will be 3 trade prices based on the condition and mileage of your bike and they base the p/x price on this.
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