Been quiet in these shores since selling my 899 in April. I’d made the difficult decision to sell it because I had to get rid of one of my bikes because I wasn’t using them both and the one I couldn’t sell because of negative equity was my speed triple 1200rr. fast forward 6 or so months and I went to test ride a RS660 Factory which I loved, but I was going to need to find £3k to get out of my bike and then another PCP on an Aprilia, of which I’m not totally sure won’t just tank in value like my Triumph did. Then pops up a Panigale 959 Corse, 2k miles, Akras, Carbon, even has rad guards etc and even though I’ve had to take a massive bath on it just like I would have the Aprilia, I’ve managed to get onto a straight loan (HP) and I’m hoping on a bike that will hold value really well as there are only 3 others for sale and they all have 9k miles on. That’s my hope…. didn’t need to test ride it, I’ve ridden them before and I’ve owned 2x 899’s and a Panigale V2 ♂️ Pickup Friday!
Congrats on a beautiful bike and great choice, but don't get me started on PCP's . I was admiring one of these at Loomies at the weekend, I loved my (standard) 959, I've had lots of bikes and it is one of the two that I really regret selling.
Welcome back...didnt really understand any of that as ive never done PCP but i got the "took a bath on that" bit - so guessing in one way or another youve taken it on the chin and got another bike.!
more like taken the rubber glove treatment to the rear end but yeah. My triumph had a RRP of £18k, I paid £14k and thought that was okay, a year later dealers were selling them brand new for £11k, now they are £10k with demo mileage on. I’ve never known a Triumph to loose that much. that said, looking at the newest Triumph speed triple, already there are tons of ex demos on Autotrader so the price war has started with those also, it will be a race to the bottom again.
