so this is still ongoing, spoke to them yesterday and they were working on the bike, just gutted now ive missed most of the summer, if i knew i would have bought a £2k run about, i just want my bike back now, see the thing is its my perfect bike, right size engine, can wide open throttle it with out killing yourself, great noise, no stupid modern electrics, no ABS, no euro 5 cack either. and its RED and looks the bollox. so ive been trawling auto trader going round in circles and honestly, theres no other brand for me now. cant make any decision until i get it back, will i have no confidence in it? will i be worried about a long trip? id prefer to keep it, i will have spent probably £14K all in, thats the price of an almost new one, but alas worth half that if lucky, so it makes more sense to keep it and keep putting 1000s of miles on it i might ask the guy to sell it for me, that way he's guaranteeing the work to the next buyer, id bite his hand for £7.5K or i chop it at a dealers and the replacement? really there is only one. a newish less that 3K panigale V2, with akropovic. red of course
so this nightmare is ongoing, the bike is now in bits, which concerns me obviously, i believe there is a back log in parts, its been 5 months of BS now, i cant lose my rag, but crikey I've come close just got to be patient i got so pissed off waiting i bought a temporary run about which i will get rid off as soon as the panigale comes back, as it stands its already sold on so hopefully i won't get stuck with 2 bikes for too long. im hoping its clean, i am told that all servicing is done, belts and fork seals done so fingers crossed.
Very cool runabout! Looks good and hopefully it will be a good stop gap. You will probably never want to sell it (but I am biased). @doggy ? Nukes???
I had one of these, Monster 696 in San Francisco, total bag of bolts and one of the best bikes I ever owned, it was a tank and beyond a breeze to ride. You'll love it.
its a 600, i set a budget of 2K and it came up, i was looking at other makes, considered a vfr800 and a royal enfield, but at the end of the day it had to be a v twin, its to distract me, i'm gonna ride all winter, the 899 isn't really an all year bike anyway
It looks like the place that did the work have stood by their work, which is good. There are many places that don't* Bad luck on the broken plastic gear, but as the palce you went to seem sound, get it fixed by them, then enjoy or move on, it's up to you. Like Nasher, bikes are an emotive purchase for me. Enjoy the Monster * the specialist, who set the vertical pot timing two teeth out on my mates 900ss, didn't stand behind their work.
ohh yes the monster, very clattery and noisy, but get it up over 50 and i have to say im slightly smitten, tips in easy, brakes are excellent, just lacks bit of punch i went out at 7am sunday, not a cloud in the sky, for a blast across romney marsh and it was wonderful, didn't stop smiling, got me biking mojo back. as i was riding along two swans flew by low level and landed,
I know this is easy to type and what you are going through is really poor luck but in a couple of years time you will hardly remember this and you will have moved on . Keep prodding them politely as you have , maybe dont let them know about the Monster and things will get sorted. Well done for keeping sensible so far.
The clatter could be piston slap as when it comes to the 600, the Knockless Monster was a rare beast unfortunately.
