Triumph Speed Triples?

Cheers for the input. Will go and have a look at this 40k one, its going for £2k so is pretty cheap compared to other models which are around the £3.5k mark. It's a 99 955i and looks very tidy so hoping its been well maintained.

@Rictus / Mark - just read your knee story. Sorry to hear its still causing you grief - ripped apart my right knee playing rugby as a kid and it still gives me gyp so I feel for you.

My point about high mileage engines has been missed I think, why buy a high mileage one when there are so many lower mileage ones around, it's just stupid IMO unless like I say the price massively reflects the high mileage.

It's simple maths, lower mileage generally means less wear, correctly maintained of course.

I'm not doubting the engines will do the mileage, if correctly maintained I'm sure most modern engines would do 100k easily, but it could be like triggers broom in only fools and horses. You could put new components in the lump and run it forever couldn't you ?

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Originally Posted by specialone

My point about high mileage engines has been missed I think, why buy a high mileage one when there are so many lower mileage ones around, it's just stupid IMO unless like I say the price massively reflects the high mileage.

Time to uncover any weaknesses.
If I was looking at a 1050 I'd seek a higher mileage one as you're sure all the bad stuff will have happened to a previous owner and you're not getting a Friday afternoon bike.

But, wear and tear still affects everything. Depends on the bike and the maintenance. There are points on both sides of it.

The point is what do people consider high mileage 2-3-4-5-6 thousand miles a year?
I do about 5-6 thou a year and don't consider that high and my bike is only for fun use 9 months of the year but when you speak to dealers that apparently is considered high mileage.My bike is now nine year old and not worth a carrot so I will be riding it till it drops now.

Originally Posted by McK

Yeah thats what Im not sure about. If it was a CBR engine I wouldnt have a problem if it was well maintained. Not sure how Trumpet engines fare as they get older though

They fare very well from my experience. I pulled apart an old 1992 Trident Sprint engine about 3 years ago, it had been sitting for 3 years and had a blown head gasket. When I'd got the head off I could still see the honing marks up the bores. That wouldn't have been any surprise, except this engine had well over 80,000 miles on the clock and virtually no service history to speak of. The oil had been changed when the previous owner could be bothered, or remembered it might need doing.

I've had similar experience working on a mate's 955i Daytona, and that has over 70,000 miles on the clock now.

I like Triumph engines, they are pretty unburstable even when not cared for. If you take a good look over a Triumph's chassis you'll find stainless steel nuts and bolts are used pretty much everywhere they can be, and the quality of finish on most parts is far better than you'll find on a modern Honda.

Next year I'm looking to buy my second Triumph, this time a Tiger 800. My first was a 2004 Daytona 955iSE in all black, and that was a brilliant bike.

Originally Posted by Dicky Ticker

The point is what do people consider high mileage 2-3-4-5-6 thousand miles a year?
I do about 5-6 thou a year and don't consider that high and my bike is only for fun use 9 months of the year but when you speak to dealers that apparently is considered high mileage.My bike is now nine year old and not worth a carrot so I will be riding it till it drops now.

Average mileage for an SV650 is 2500 miles a year, according to Glass's Guide and the CAP book. That makes my Versys absolutely worthless because in 18 months I've put nearly 14,000 miles on it. Glass's and the other price guides take an average of mileage done by all types of bikes, but unfortunately those people who garage their bikes for ten months of the year are doing themselves no favours because they are bringing the prices of used bikes down for everyone.

Dealers rarely give a better price for a low mileage bike, so you may as well make the most of the money you've spent and actually ride the bloody thing rather than sit there washing and polishing an expensive driveway ornament that will devalue no matter how nice it is.