(03-28-2024, 09:31 PM)misterprofessionality_imp Wrote:

(03-28-2024, 08:32 PM)m in sc_imp Wrote:

(03-28-2024, 01:09 PM)Ollie_imp Wrote:

(03-28-2024, 04:53 AM)m in sc_imp Wrote:

(03-28-2024, 04:46 AM)Ollie_imp Wrote: The same bike not even broken in with 1,300 miles (3 model years older) for $5,000 less sounds hard to pass. But being flat black would encourage me to pass, I hate flat painted motorcycles.

so get a 3k paint job of your choice and still be ahead 2k.

so get a 3k paint job of your choice and still be ahead 2k.
But is he really $2,000 ahead? A 3 model year older motorcycle will likely be worth at least $2,000 less. Having been repainted generally lowers value on a motorcycle like that. And a final edition might not depreciate as much as a regular Thruxton.

depends if you buy for resale, or usage TBH.

depends if you buy for resale, or usage TBH.
FWIW a motorcycle i buy represents money on fire. It has no value. Its life ends either at mechanical failure or a viking funeral riding off a cliff. several times in my life I have been lucky enough to trade in a bike for another bike, and each time the value of what I own has decreased significantly. that's the game. I don't deal in classics or restorations or anything like that, so value is a moot point to me.

when you consider how many miles i'm going to put on this triumph, there's no way it's going to have any value at all in about 5 years. Just like my CB, which is a beautiful and well cared for motorcycle. If i tried to trade it in i know i would struggle to get 2k for it. That's why i'm keeping it. A Bike ridden has more value than a bike traded.

(03-28-2024, 01:16 PM)pdedse_imp Wrote: Interesting dilema, Mr. P... my vote would be to get the greenie...it is simply gorgeous. I wanted a W800 and bought the cafe version (brown) because it was cheap. It was fun for a year, but what I really wanted was the blue standard one. An incredible deal came up for a used 2022 W800, only $5k with 300 miles on it ...but red. I just about bought it; again, because it was just such a good price and not because I wanted a red one. I passed on it, and then I found a new left over blue w800 heavily discounted at $7k. I could have saved 2 grand with that red. But I couldn't get it out of my head--I didn't want a red one. Very happy with the blue.

that situation is definitely more similar to where I'm at. You had your W800. I have my CB. you don't **NEED** a new W800, you just had aspirations for the blue one with the more comfortable seating position. I don't need a new bike since the CB does everything I need it to do, I just have aspirations for this perfect BRG and gold pinstripe masterpiece. I have the time and the money to get what I truly want, for once in my life. the Black triumph is your Red W800 exactly.

I think what I'm buying is partially a bike, and partially the experience of acting with zero compromise toward a goal. It's funny how when we really do that we realize that we don't get to do that very often.

(03-28-2024, 09:31 PM)misterprofessionality_imp Wrote:

(03-28-2024, 08:32 PM)m in sc_imp Wrote:

(03-28-2024, 01:09 PM)Ollie_imp Wrote:

(03-28-2024, 04:53 AM)m in sc_imp Wrote:

(03-28-2024, 04:46 AM)Ollie_imp Wrote: The same bike not even broken in with 1,300 miles (3 model years older) for $5,000 less sounds hard to pass. But being flat black would encourage me to pass, I hate flat painted motorcycles.

so get a 3k paint job of your choice and still be ahead 2k.

so get a 3k paint job of your choice and still be ahead 2k.
But is he really $2,000 ahead? A 3 model year older motorcycle will likely be worth at least $2,000 less. Having been repainted generally lowers value on a motorcycle like that. And a final edition might not depreciate as much as a regular Thruxton.

depends if you buy for resale, or usage TBH.

depends if you buy for resale, or usage TBH.
FWIW a motorcycle i buy represents money on fire. It has no value. Its life ends either at mechanical failure or a viking funeral riding off a cliff. several times in my life I have been lucky enough to trade in a bike for another bike, and each time the value of what I own has decreased significantly. that's the game. I don't deal in classics or restorations or anything like that, so value is a moot point to me.

when you consider how many miles i'm going to put on this triumph, there's no way it's going to have any value at all in about 5 years. Just like my CB, which is a beautiful and well cared for motorcycle. If i tried to trade it in i know i would struggle to get 2k for it. That's why i'm keeping it. A Bike ridden has more value than a bike traded.

(03-28-2024, 01:16 PM)pdedse_imp Wrote: Interesting dilema, Mr. P... my vote would be to get the greenie...it is simply gorgeous. I wanted a W800 and bought the cafe version (brown) because it was cheap. It was fun for a year, but what I really wanted was the blue standard one. An incredible deal came up for a used 2022 W800, only $5k with 300 miles on it ...but red. I just about bought it; again, because it was just such a good price and not because I wanted a red one. I passed on it, and then I found a new left over blue w800 heavily discounted at $7k. I could have saved 2 grand with that red. But I couldn't get it out of my head--I didn't want a red one. Very happy with the blue.

that situation is definitely more similar to where I'm at. You had your W800. I have my CB. you don't **NEED** a new W800, you just had aspirations for the blue one with the more comfortable seating position. I don't need a new bike since the CB does everything I need it to do, I just have aspirations for this perfect BRG and gold pinstripe masterpiece. I have the time and the money to get what I truly want, for once in my life. the Black triumph is your Red W800 exactly.

I think what I'm buying is partially a bike, and partially the experience of acting with zero compromise toward a goal. It's funny how when we really do that we realize that we don't get to do that very often.

(10-28-2023, 02:32 AM)misterprofessionality_imp Wrote: I did it. I thought about it carefully and today I snapped up the deposit on the one and only Thruxton FE that will ship to Charleston. That's right....this dealer is getting exactly ONE. And it's going to be mine... I've never owned a bike this nice and it's fully double the cost of the most expensive motorcycle I've ever bought.

I don't think the CB is going to go away because it costs me nothing to own and gains me almost nothing in trade, but hooooo boy don't blame me if I show up to next year's rally in green....

(03-28-2024, 11:56 PM)pdedse_imp Wrote: It's fun to read all these comments...makes me feel that I'm more normal than I thought I was regarding bike purchases.

There's a good deal of sound input regarding the less expensive, black one.

But then I go back to Mr. P's original post:

(10-28-2023, 02:32 AM)misterprofessionality_imp Wrote: I did it. I thought about it carefully and today I snapped up the deposit on the one and only Thruxton FE that will ship to Charleston. That's right....this dealer is getting exactly ONE. And it's going to be mine... I've never owned a bike this nice and it's fully double the cost of the most expensive motorcycle I've ever bought.

I don't think the CB is going to go away because it costs me nothing to own and gains me almost nothing in trade, but hooooo boy don't blame me if I show up to next year's rally in green....

Wow! Just....W-O-W!!!

(03-29-2024, 12:34 AM)misterprofessionality_imp Wrote: no kidding....that's just a picture too. I posted a video i found (i think back on page 3 or 4 of this thread?) of a live bike actually sitting under the showroom lights and it's 10x more beautiful than the picture.

(03-29-2024, 05:10 AM)GoldOxide_imp Wrote: Found this related post yesterday: [url=https://www.visordown.com/news/general/triumph-and-dgr-join-forces-give-away-thruxton-final-edition?utm_campaign=Moto%20Weekend%20Warmup%20228%20-%2029%20March%202024%20-%20final%20%2801HT2TPPKN9K3VESZW8EK5TGYB%29&utm_medium=email&utm_source=MOTO%20WW%20list&_kx=IVMY_u7YU0LgAuG0q6lBa63P3ti0HZ8kXgmIUW37uI0.KvmZwA]Here


Did you read that, Gone?