Hi All, Got my hands on an 1150GS from 2000 with 93,000km on it last Saturday
It's in pretty good nick but is currently being tidied up a bit and having a few bits replaced to avoid being left cursing on the roadside!
I've had previous experience of BMW, with an 1100RT which got sold when the bloody FD bearing ate itself and found me 'enjoying' Loon Plage near Calais for longer than I'd care for
Anyway after a few years on a Varadero, I bought a KTM 1190S Adventure last year but didn't really 'bond' with it despite it being a cracking bike. I also have a 2000 RD07A Africa Twin in Asia along with an Enfield 350!
Covid has meant I'm stuck at home currently jobless(Self-employed) so the KTM went on the market at the end of march, but despite lots of 'views' and interest it didn't sell as the market here is dead; everyone buying is also trying to sell and meanwhile dealers are selling stuff at less than private prices to get some cash moving. It's a good time to buy if you're not in the 'chain'...
A couple of weeks ago a very nice chap called and asked if he could have a look at it...No problem says I, and 20 minutes later there's a 28m long logging truck on our doorstep!
He liked the bike but again was trying to sell his, so I asked what it was- 1150GS! Anyway, long story short, we did a swap with a large chunk of cash in my favour too...
Covid has also meant that the normally straightforward process of registering a bike is bloody chaos and I've had to wait a week to register it, which will hopefully get done tomorrow morning.
In the meantime I've been sorting a million and one little jobs I may well do a separate post with pics on the work I've done.
It's in pretty good nick but is currently being tidied up a bit and having a few bits replaced to avoid being left cursing on the roadside!
I've had previous experience of BMW, with an 1100RT which got sold when the bloody FD bearing ate itself and found me 'enjoying' Loon Plage near Calais for longer than I'd care for
Anyway after a few years on a Varadero, I bought a KTM 1190S Adventure last year but didn't really 'bond' with it despite it being a cracking bike. I also have a 2000 RD07A Africa Twin in Asia along with an Enfield 350!
Covid has meant I'm stuck at home currently jobless(Self-employed) so the KTM went on the market at the end of march, but despite lots of 'views' and interest it didn't sell as the market here is dead; everyone buying is also trying to sell and meanwhile dealers are selling stuff at less than private prices to get some cash moving. It's a good time to buy if you're not in the 'chain'...
A couple of weeks ago a very nice chap called and asked if he could have a look at it...No problem says I, and 20 minutes later there's a 28m long logging truck on our doorstep!
He liked the bike but again was trying to sell his, so I asked what it was- 1150GS! Anyway, long story short, we did a swap with a large chunk of cash in my favour too...
Covid has also meant that the normally straightforward process of registering a bike is bloody chaos and I've had to wait a week to register it, which will hopefully get done tomorrow morning.
In the meantime I've been sorting a million and one little jobs
I may well do a separate post with pics on the work I've done.
