http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=36093&item=4519967549&rd=1 Trophy for rebuild.......What do you reckon ? -- -- Robbo Trophy 1200 1998 BotaFOF #19. E.O.S.M 2001/2002/2003/2004. B.O.S.M 2003, 2004 FURSWB#1 KotL..YTC449 PM#7 ..
OK..... 2001 model, registered 24/10/2001 on a '51 plate. 2 owners from new, has done 15,000 miles and has a full Triumph service history. OK <snip> Light damage is as follows: Front fairing - got replacement part (needs painting) That'll be a ton, then. Screen - got replacement part Headlight - got replacement part Pannier - got replacement part (blue - needs painting). And again. The replacements are a pair, the one you do not need it scratched and could be sold. Side fairing is scraped - Easy repair and needs painting. Another ton. Right front indicator. 40 quid. I know. I've bought one. Mirror (right) - got replacement part Headlight & fairing support frame. This is a steel frame that I am sure could be straightened, with a little patience, or buy a new one. Right - this is the kicker. These component is over ukp300, IIRC. It's a really expensive bit. *Forget* trying to straighten it. You will *never* know whether it's straight until you try and replace all the body panels. There are well over 60 fasteners holding on a Trophy's bodywork - I counted over 50 when I checked the shims on mine, and that didn't involve removing the centre fairing section and headlight. And if even one, never mind half a dozen doesn't line up, it's a PITA. So this component will have to be replaced. In total, I think this needs ukp750 spent on it, minimum. We're up to ukp2650 already. Add 50% because of Tog's Law[1]. The bike's worth, in decent nick, 3500 tops. Yes, it can be repaired for less than it would cost you to buy one. No, it's not worth the hassle. [1] Any restoration job will cost you half as much again as you first thought.
OK..... 2001 model, registered 24/10/2001 on a '51 plate. 2 owners from new, has done 15,000 miles and has a full Triumph service history. OK <snip> Light damage is as follows: Front fairing - got replacement part (needs painting) That'll be a ton, then. Screen - got replacement part Headlight - got replacement part Pannier - got replacement part (blue - needs painting). And again. The replacements are a pair, the one you do not need it scratched and could be sold. Side fairing is scraped - Easy repair and needs painting. Another ton. Right front indicator. 40 quid. I know. I've bought one. Mirror (right) - got replacement part Headlight & fairing support frame. This is a steel frame that I am sure could be straightened, with a little patience, or buy a new one. Right - this is the kicker. These component is over ukp300, IIRC. It's a really expensive bit. *Forget* trying to straighten it. You will *never* know whether it's straight until you try and replace all the body panels. There are well over 60 fasteners holding on a Trophy's bodywork - I counted over 50 when I checked the shims on mine, and that didn't involve removing the centre fairing section and headlight. And if even one, never mind half a dozen doesn't line up, it's a PITA. So this component will have to be replaced. In total, I think this needs ukp750 spent on it, minimum. We're up to ukp2650 already. Add 50% because of Tog's Law[1]. The bike's worth, in decent nick, 3500 tops. Yes, it can be repaired for less than it would cost you to buy one. No, it's not worth the hassle. [1] Any restoration job will cost you half as much again as you first thought.
Aye. Apart from the PITA stripping the other bike to obtain a comparator, when you come to tweak the bent one, it will not behave. The only way to do it properly is to make a jig which mounts to all the pick-up points and bolt the twisty little fucker to it, then heat and bend it - and it will still never be right.
