Re: [ST] Re: Selling my ST

[Steve Lawler <slawler@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nathan Maher wrote:
> I personally feel that the best deals out there are usually the Triumph demo
> bikes.  

Personally, I wouldn't go that route based on what I witnessed this past 
spring. When the demo truck was at Jack Trebour Triumph in NJ I saw a 
woman with a very short inseam drop the Speed Triple in the parking lot 
upon returning from the ride. She wasn't watching what she was doing. 
She had to stop quick and she couldn't flat foot it. This is the same 
woman that dropped her helmet in the parking lot as she was putting it 
on before the ride.

Two weeks later I was talking to one of the sales people at Freehold 
Triumph. He told me that when the truck arrived at their place (the day 
before the S3 drop) they wheeled a trashed Daytona off the truck and 
into their shop. It had gone down hard at the previous stop. Based on 
just those two incidents I wondered how many times things like this 
happen to the bikes on the demo truck or to the demo bikes that the 
dealer has.

When it comes to bikes I feel that there are way too many variables as 
well as idiots out there to entrust my butt flying down the road on just 
small pieces of rubber. If I was an ace mechanic I would probably not 
mind a used bike because I would know exactly what to look out for.

- -- 
Steve Lawler
Verona, NJ, USA, Earth

2001 Sprint ST "Blue Devil"

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