Looking for some advice. I've currently got one of the last 955i Daytona's (05 VIN with an 07 Registration) but its starting to get a little long in the tooth and I am thinking of getting a Triple.
Spoke to a guy who's selling a very reasonably priced Triple, 10 plate with low mileage and all the extra's (white stripe, fancy seat, arrow exhausts etc, etc, etc) that be bought from an insurance company.
It was a category D write-off, which means is the lowest of the categories and usually means it was cheaper to write off and sell it than repair it than anything else.
The guys being up front, the bike was dropped at low/now speed, damage was scuffed levers and engine casings - so far so good but wouldnt explain the write off.
That was because the garage quoting for the repair recorded a dent where the handlebars or triple tree's hit the frame near the headstock and put a dent "half the size of your pinkie nail" in the frame and quoted for a full frame replacement.
I just dont know enough about this type of damage to say if i should walk away or not. The seller seems genuine enough, retired one man bike shop owner, he says he spot welded the dent, ground it flush and then painted it.
Can anyone speak from a position of knowledge on whether i should even be considering this?
Thanks.
Spoke to a guy who's selling a very reasonably priced Triple, 10 plate with low mileage and all the extra's (white stripe, fancy seat, arrow exhausts etc, etc, etc) that be bought from an insurance company.
It was a category D write-off, which means is the lowest of the categories and usually means it was cheaper to write off and sell it than repair it than anything else.
The guys being up front, the bike was dropped at low/now speed, damage was scuffed levers and engine casings - so far so good but wouldnt explain the write off.
That was because the garage quoting for the repair recorded a dent where the handlebars or triple tree's hit the frame near the headstock and put a dent "half the size of your pinkie nail" in the frame and quoted for a full frame replacement.
I just dont know enough about this type of damage to say if i should walk away or not. The seller seems genuine enough, retired one man bike shop owner, he says he spot welded the dent, ground it flush and then painted it.
Can anyone speak from a position of knowledge on whether i should even be considering this?
Thanks.