Restricting a street triple... oh the blasphemy!

Don't waste your money with TPO on any bike - bikes are inherently attractive to thieves so TPFT is pretty much the minimum you want, with FC once you're an old git who pays a pittance for insurance.

Originally Posted by ranathari

Don't waste your money with TPO on any bike - bikes are inherently attractive to thieves so TPFT is pretty much the minimum you want, with FC once you're an old git who pays a pittance for insurance.

If the bikes worth not much more than the excess....and then theres the renewl increase ;]

[yorkie_chris]

AFAIK paying monthly incurs a big cost like 15% or so. Worth saving up and paying up front.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Probably about as quick as an SV restricted. Don't think a restricted one would cause any issues.

I think you'd be mental though, your first bike, you will bin it. Parts ain't cheap. And the price of the bike makes no sense, how the f##k are you going to pay for it? Finance would be mental because like I say, you WILL crash at some point. And most finance companies want FC cover.

I can see your point, but really how many of us actually bin our first bikes? I was pretty slow and careful on my first. Eventually ended up binning my 4th bike (which happened to be the most expensive to fix! )

New parts from Triumph probably won't be that different from Suzuki, however in the UK (for the Daytona 675 anway) they have the T3 challenge so at the start of the season, picking up stock footpegs, levers, plastics etc. off ebay is cheap as, bru!

Originally Posted by lukemillar

I can see your point, but really how many of us actually bin our first bikes? I was pretty slow and careful on my first. Eventually ended up binning my 4th bike (which happened to be the most expensive to fix! )

New parts from Triumph probably won't be that different from Suzuki, however in the UK (for the Daytona 675 anway) they have the T3 challenge so at the start of the season, picking up stock footpegs, levers, plastics etc. off ebay is cheap as, bru!

I smashed my first bike into a bus stop at ermm the speed limit.... I knew the parts were a rip ad took 8 weeks to get here because they had to cme from japan. Didnt make a difference to me. Not always your own fault you do 40 over a patch of diesel in a bend...

[yorkie_chris]

Pretty much everyone I know binned their first bike. Many more than once.

Originally Posted by Paws

Dont even think bout going tpo on a street triple, id go tpft at least, many insurers will let you pay monthly like i do with mine, isnt that a option for you? or at least wait until youve got a years ncb. As yc said-they are a very desirable bike, i hate leaving my 675 outta my sight for too long!
Buy a sv and pootle round on that first would be my advice, then look at buying the triple

Its hard for me to pay monthly... i just about convinced my dad to let me pay monthly on a contract phone, let alone insurance on an expensive bike (im 17, i cant pay monthly myself)

Originally Posted by ranathari

Don't waste your money with TPO on any bike - bikes are inherently attractive to thieves so TPFT is pretty much the minimum you want, with FC once you're an old git who pays a pittance for insurance.

Its just such a cost to pay for theft cover. Its not even a reasonable cost. £450 TPO on an SV, but £1200 TPFT?!

Originally Posted by lukemillar

I can see your point, but really how many of us actually bin our first bikes? I was pretty slow and careful on my first. Eventually ended up binning my 4th bike (which happened to be the most expensive to fix! )

New parts from Triumph probably won't be that different from Suzuki, however in the UK (for the Daytona 675 anway) they have the T3 challenge so at the start of the season, picking up stock footpegs, levers, plastics etc. off ebay is cheap as, bru!

I would be pretty careful, especially on a bike that costs a lot of money.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Pretty much everyone I know binned their first bike. Many more than once.

Nice

buy a honda, guaranteed not to be stolen then

Seriously if you are thinking of getting a brand new bike with only TPO you need your bumps feeling.