Yeah tis a fair point mate, in all honesty I could have bought a 2008 with 2.5k miles, done a bit of fork work, exhaust, PC3 etc and had a spot on bike for around £6k all in (this was what I was weighing up at the time) Trouble with this, is you never get the ££ back for the bits you put on so resale time I would have lost out.
The chap selling it (obviously taken with a pinch of salt) was telling me 500 R’s were made, of which 170ish were sold in the UK, a lot of these were sold to teams wanting to compete in superstock championships (the reason triumph made the bike) so for me the exclusivity is worth the additional £2k and I also think come resale that margin of cost will be less when comparing what I could sell the 2008 model for in say 2 years (who am I kidding I will keep a bike 2 years lol)
Couldn’t tell you what they are like back to back - rode the R first and the decision was made would be fun to go have a play back to back and compare once I have it though!
Absolutely agree, and as I say I can’t imagine doing anything other than what you’re doing right now.
Feck it is one sexy mofo, just sooooo damn beautiful. The engine has always been a peach and like you say it’ll be talked about in the future as the RSV-R 'prillas are now. A proper Leg end.
Just check the steering damper, if it’s stock it needs binning - seriously the stock one is useless. Paul Young developed the bike as T’s test rider and continued by taking it racing immediately. He told me, after I had a massive tank slapper off a catseye on a summer’s day, that from his list of ‘must haves on the production model’ he could choose between a proper damper or upgraded brake calipers. He chose the calipers because they’re less likely to be upgraded by the buyer. So the stock bike was released with proper brakes and a steering damper (ahem).
He took mine off at his workshop and let me play with it. I could pull it fully out and push it fully in with no real resistance at all. Gulp. Needless to say the Arrow one is a different propostion. The bike has the steering angle of a shopping trolley!
I feel a member’s bike gallery coming on, just for yours, just because I can
would be fun to go have a play back to back and compare once I have it though!
