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Evening folks,
Thanks for the replies so far.
John D - I've contacted the guy in Holland and hope to hear back from him soon. My Dad has brought several classic bikes back from the Continent over the years (most recently a BMW R5 - 1933 I think, one of 2 in the UK) so that might be a winner.
Prainer, thanks for the Cheshire Salvage one. I intend to head over in their direction next Saturday so see what the damage is really like. I don't particularly want to buy something that's been stuffed though. Who knows what might be wrong with that bike. But I'll certainly give it a look as it's not far away.
Hinkley, no you didn't put me off at all, I realise your bike was heavily modded. In fact I'd spoken to On Yer Triumph and Eddy Wright Leeds about Super IIIs and both they said a serviced engine is good for 90-100K miles. I did very carefully read the posts of Dave94Super3 though, and it seems his bike, for sale for over 6 months now, hasn't been looked after and has been in need of engine work for some time now. Tht may be an unfair assumption, but I can only go off what I read.
Threepot, I think it was one of your posts that told me that fuel economy was at least half decent with these 900s. I'd read that a good day on 1200 would give you 35mpg. From 2 wheels, that hurts!
I have read several times and been told that old Triumphs can be hard to sell - that's not going to be a concern of mine as I don't plan on selling. I'm after a distinctive, British, limited-run bike and I've long-wanted a Triumph and the Super III will fit my bill nicely.
Cheers for now fellas.
Nathan.
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