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Triumph Motorbikes

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  • #62
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,784 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    ninja900 wrote: »
    In fairness, who's going to go to a Triumph dealer to buy a BMW or a Goldwing?

    They shouldn't dick you around though, should just say that they won't take certain makes/models as trade-ins.

    Trading in is a mug's game anyway as you will always get a better price selling privately and as a cash buyer of the new bike you are well placed to do a deal.

    ...a friend of mine, wanting to change to a BMW from a Harley, went to Joe Duffy on the M50 and saw the bike he liked. Duffy's rang H-D in Ballymount and asked them if they'd take it in a trade-sale, and for what price. With that number sales guy turns to my friend and puts the numbers on the table.

    Friend rode K1200GT home that day. The Harley went up the M50 within hours.

    So it's common practice it would seem.

    Trade-ins have an advantage: you can trade now, you have a 'buyer' for your bike, and you get a warranty on the one you ride away on.

    Private sales are slower, you have to find the 'buyer' and if you buy used it is caveat emptor. Not everyone wants that. We want the New One. Now ! We motorcyclists are a fickle lot. :) :pac:

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #63
    Wonda-Boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,013 ✭✭✭✭Wonda-Boy


    Your friend must have money to burn lol, by trading in to one company that in turn is trading on to another will always higher the price as he would have got a better deal if they took it in straight and sold it themselves.

    Glad he got sorted in the end and was happy with the price.


  • #64
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,784 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    Wonda-Boy wrote: »
    Your friend must have money to burn lol, by trading in to one company that in turn is trading on to another will always higher the price as he would have got a better deal if they took it in straight and sold it themselves.

    Glad he got sorted in the end and was happy with the price.

    He doesn't, he wants what he wants.

    Didn't have as much luck shifting the K-GT. No-one would trade it at all. Lost his shirt on it. And broke his heart and wallet in the interim. ...

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #65
    Crawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27 ✭Crawn


    As a Tripumph owner(07 Sprint ST) myself, I can't criticise the build quaility, it is as good as the Japs...reliabillty, I've no issues. Holding there value....mmm, thats a tough one, I think in general, IMHO, the Irish bike buyer prefers Jap bikes. Or maybe it's down to the style of bike...in my own case, a comparable JAP sports tourer commands a higher value....


  • #66
    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,746 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    Triumph was the first motorbike mentioned in the bible. They must be good.


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  • #67
    LordSutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,078 ✭✭✭✭LordSutch


    Just added this Triumph "Scrambler" 900 to my wish list!

    Scrambler004-6.jpg


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