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99/S Pan Euro, 1 owner, FSH, ABS/TCS model. Only downside is - 70k on
the clock.

Bloke wants 3k for it, I was thinking of paying 2.7k-2.8k. Good? Bad?
Overpriced? Cheap?

 

Not an expert, but my RS has 70K miles on it and was running well
before the accident. IMO that mileage on that sort of bike shouldn't
be a problem.

 

petrolcan was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever:

I know that your RS didn't have a problem when it had done 65k
. Seriously, I'm not too worried about the mileage as the current
owner has used it for long-distance commuting. Oh, and I've tried a
rather clucked Pan with 120k on the clock (which hadn't been service
properly IMHO) and that was still running OKish.

It's more that I might be going back to Germany end of next year and
I might have to sell the Pan, so I want to avoid overpaying for one
now, seeing that I probably wouldn't take it with me. Of course, I
could always drop the Italian beauties off at my mum's (especially
because it'd a nightmare to try and register the Bimota in Germany)
and just keep the Pan.

I *think* the price is OK, especially if I can get a couple of hundred
knocked off the price, but I'd like our market expert to comment .

 

It had to happen eventually. Timo finds a cheap bike that *might* just
turn out to be OK.

That's a fair price he's asking, but I'd wave ukp2500 under his nose
anyway, just to see what happens.

The good thing is that it's a one-owner bike. Someone who's kept a Pan
for that sort of mileage will almost certainly have cared for it, in
which case the mileage is irrelevant. I'd definitely take a look. Have a
good long look through the service history, too.

It just says: "One very loving anorakky owner" to me, somehow.

 

The Older Gentleman was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever:

Would sir like ketchup with his words?

Aye, that was the plan.

I'll go through it with a microscope, as usual. With the other ones
there wasn't much to go through but this one should at least have the
oil changed on a regular basis.

I'd like to be positively surprised about it, so far it mainly says
'long-distance commuter' - according to what he said on the phone he's
got an 80-mile roundtrip into London every day and he wasn't doing a
lot of touring on the side...

Nevertheless, he could afford buying a new one and have it service by
a mechanic he trusts.

 

My first Pan had over 90k when I bought her and she ran like a dream.

With 1 owner and FSH, it's definitely worth a ride. On the downside,
the cam belt will need replacing at 90k, which I presume is an
expensive job.

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Stritchy was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever:

Doesn't worry me too much, TBH. Triumph servicing prices are rather
high anyway and given the mileage I do, 90k is about a year in the
future...

 

The bikes not in Reading is it?

Sounds like the bloke I bought my first Pan off

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Stritchy
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Stritchy was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever:

Nah, Dunstable. Just up the road from me.

 

The Fatherland's recovery services will all be placed on Red Alert, one
presumes.

 

The Older Gentleman was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever:

Could be worse. I could be going to Japan, and lots of recovery
drivers could honorably disembowl themselves...

 

Stritchy said:

I've just changed the belt on mine - took a couple of hours (including
fag breaks and standing around pondering) and cost 40 quid for the belt.
Shouldn't be too dear even at a dealers.

 

The Older Gentleman said:

Are Pans generally owned by people like that then?

 

Simon Atkinson was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever:

Shouldn't you know?

 

Simon Atkinson was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever:

Cool, even more goodish news.

 

Timo Geusch said:

Most of the owners I know spend less time looking after the bike than I
do - but I don't trust most dealers to do the job right and would rather
over-service it myself than let it go to them these days.

I am surprised you've seen so many shagged out Pans - most of the ones
I've seen have been mint - regardless of age. Although, just after I
bought mine, I saw a really crap looking one, about 2 years old with
over 120,000 miles on the clock. I suspect 'long-distance' courier - it
was filthy (really ingrained dirt) and sounded like a bag of nails.

 

Timo Geusch said:

The only awkward jobs (that I'm aware of) are anything to do with the
alternator (difficult, but not impossible, to access with the engine in
the frame) and carb balancing - you just need a 20 foot long
screwdriver.

Make sure you get a post '94 model if you can, you get the uprated
alternator post '94. Plenty of power for heated grips and jackets etc.

 

Simon Atkinson was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever:

Given that most owners probably wouldn't notice if the dealer filled
the sump with jelly, I can only agree...

Just cue the TOG/Niall Triumph valve clearance saga - the dealer
involved made it into the top 20 in Rider Power...

That might just have been me . I'm on a fairly limited budget after
finding out belatedly that my CN policy only covers bikes up to 4k, so
I have to look at the cheaper end of the market. And there are some
real mingers available - heated grips "fixed" by winding 'leccy tape
around them and all that.

 

Simon Atkinson was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever:

Oh, ta. You wouldn't own such an implement, would you?

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The one I'll be looking at in a few moments is a '99. TBH I'm not too
bothered about heated jackets or other accessories, but heated grips
would be rather nice and useful.

 

Timo Geusch said:

Aye - I have sympathy for some dealers - they are competing with the
'Riossi' style of dealership still who offer fixed low price services
and the mug punters don't seem to understand that doing a service very
cheap often means missing some of it out (or doing it the quickest way
possible). As long as they see a clean looking dipstick and a branded
oil filter, most people will believe they have had a proper service
done.

Shows how clueless most bike owners are. Dealers hate me - I check
/everything/. That's one of the reasons I DIY now - it's as quick to do
the job as it is to check it.

Hmmmm... It's silly of people to do stuff like that (and leave it like
that) on a bike they are selling. A new set of heated grips from HG as
only a few quid and a nice looking bike adds 500 quid to the value.

I usually put new grips on (if not heated or if at all worn) and footpeg
rubbers if I'm selling. Bit like really cleaning the windows well on a
car - makes the vehicle look a lot nicer without really sticking out as
something you've done to tart it up.