Triumph Legend 900

What's to be said about this bike? Doesn't Gower have one? or similar?
Guy here want's $2500 for a 1999 model. In the ad he claims:


"1999 Triumph Legend 900. Has About 19,000 miles. Runs decent. Has some
scratches on the front fender, side cover, and right exhaust pipe.
Couple of small dents in the tank. Needs a new ignition switch. I have
a key that works (not the original). Needs Instrument parts. Gets 35-40
MPG. I was driving it daily but I like my Harley more. To many toys
need to sell."

The broken ignition makes me wonder if it's nicked. How would one find
out here?

 

Get the VIN and call the local plod.

 

muddy proposed

Good idea. Will do that. Although the price sounds pretty good, the
rest appears a bit odd. The damage to it, even if only little, raises a
question too I suppose.

 

muddy proposed

In addition to our chat earlier. What does a salvaged title mean? I've
seen a bike I think could be interesting too.

http://adcache.cycletrader.com/5/3/8/81228738.htm

 

California DMV explains it all...

http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/brochures/fast_facts/ffvr33.htm

 

Zoonosis proposed

Ta, just had a browse through it. Looks potentially worriesome. Why do
I tend to find bikes which at closer inspection have some issues of
concern?

 

It means it's been crashed and written off as totaled by the insco.

 

Don't be in too much of a hurry to buy something -- unless you're totally
desperate for transportation, which you might well be, having just arrived
in town. Check out some of the bike shops. There's a few of them in
Oceanside (about 35 miles north of La Jolla), with a good selection of used
bikes.

 

PeterT@Home scribbled on the back of a napkin:

As muddy says, it's been crashed, plus the "runs decent" part would
definitely put me off.

Not to mention the "needs instrument parts" which probably needs means
it needs replacement clocks.

So it's a crashed bike that is marked as the equivalent of a cat C or
cat D write-off that still needs at least some of the rebuild work
doing. It's also six years old and the bloke wants 2.5k.

He's having a giraffe.