Can anyone help me? I'm in love

[simonp]

I need one of them there special edition speed triples, matt black with all the goodies on. Trouble is I dont live in the US, and they are not doing them anywhere else. For what you pay for them in US$, I can buy it , ship it to New Zealand and pay import duty, all for 10% less than the cost of a standard S3 here. Someone is profiting from our high currency and it isnt me!

I have emailed a couple of US dealers who have sold their allocation of one each. Anyone know of a local dealer who can get hold of one?

Cost of buying one locally and doing all the bits myself would be around 35 to 40% more than my import idea - help

[Martin_R]

Sure they sell the matt edition outside US. At least the Scandinavian main importer has them (most, if not all, already spoken for).

Why not get a S3 of any color and have it locally resprayed with the correct shade of matt black? Much cheaper than hunting a bike down from another side of the globe, just to get 3 pieces of plastic + fuel tank in your preferred color.

Edit. Just noticed you want the Arrow exhaust also. Was there anything else on the special edition that is different from basic model?

[ This message was edited by: Martin_R on 2007-05-29 04:53 ]

[Spooner]

I'm totally with you on that one

If you decide to do what Martin-R says make sure the people know what they're doing.
The finish on this baby is something out of the ordinary



[ This message was edited by: Spooner on 2007-05-29 05:16 ]

[simonp]

You get the matt black paint, arrow can plus a whole bunch of carbon goodies. Check the link and the pictures at

http://www.triumph.co.uk/usa/3603_5009.aspx

The whole idea is to get it how I want it, right colour, no respray, not paying for extra parts, and still for way less than a bog standard S3 costs in my local market without the parts and in the wrong colour. Sure I could but one, spray it and buy the parts but the US import option costs 60% of the total of doing all this.