TRI 1200 Daytona
 

Ya'll,

I am thinking about going to look at a 99' Triumph 1200 Daytona that is FS locally. The story is that it has been sitting in the garage for a while and needs a Battery, fresh gas, carbs cleaned etc.. I don't know a lot about these bikes, but it looks interesting for the price. The Odo shows 17K miles. I've only seen fuzzy phone pics but it looks complete.
Any thoughts?

you're talking about a really old bike. all i'd say is make sure that you can get parts for it. cause this guy can tell you that all it needs is this, but as you go through it things can start to fall apart...so make sure that you have a knowledgeable triumph dealer near you.

GL

10 years is realy old now :lol:

I do agree as far as parts availability and that sort of thing though.

Tom

We have a dealer here and with the internet I think the parts situation won't be too big of a problem.

How much does he want? Man that's a cool bike! I really wanted a 955 back in the day...

a 99 isnt that old honestly. try a 78 Honda 750K. THAT gets to being old.

if you've got a dealer, and the internet t find parts, go for it man.

seen one in person a couple months back. supposed to have decent power for the period and be a little hefty

For Triumph that is a lifetime. Remember, they have only been back for about 15 years. And parts availability is huge for them. I have had to wait 2 months for a part for a 2008 Daytona 675. Imagine what it would be for a bike that is 10 years old. TMA (Triumph Motorcycles of Amer) gets about one order every 6 weeks from England. I am right now waiting for a part that wont be here until the end of August...roughly. That is the only thing I hate about them, they send their stuff on a slow boat...from China I think, even though they tell me it comes from England

The March, 2000 issue of Motorcyclist magazine says that Triumph had the Trophy 1200, an 1180cc four cylinder that was one of the nicest sport-touring bikes you could buy. They also had the Daytona 955i, a 955cc three cylinder that was their cutting-edge sportbike.

The 1200 Daytona was kinda old school in it's final days. Nice looking, good power, just a bit on the porky side (think GSXr-1100)

It wasn't a common bike so parts stateside may be a challenge.

parts are still available for it...but it is hit or miss at best as to what is in stock at Triumph stateside and could take 6-12 weeks at best to get it from England

It may not matter anyway, No call back from the guy. Price is $1500.
I thought the parts thing was a bit better for Triumph than it sounds like. 6-12 weeks sounds like Ducati a few years back.

they're not really that bad. its just that that with something that isn't as popular as that bike you could be waiting for a very long time for stuff.

What?

If I were a single man I'd pick that up pronto.

Is this it?
http://nashville.craigslist.org/mcy/1226512466.html

fucking family....keeping an eye on the checkbook and the garage.
Won't be able to fit 3 bikes in the garage

Yea what's the problem? Shit I'm tempted and I'm laid off!!!:drool: Fuck $1500 ain't shit and it looks like he'd take less. Offer a grand and settle at $1300.

Call him back!

He didn't put a phone number in the ad. I emailed him our number and told him we wanted to look at it, but no call...

Fuck! That sucks! If that bike looks even 75% that good I'd go for it if I were you! If you can get the guy that is... I'd E-Mail him again, maybe his filter mistook you for spam! You didn't Email from work did you?:idk:

I got "downsized" the day before the rally, so I don't have a work to email from :lol: I'm going to email him again though, just to be safe.

Well, missed that one. After the 3rd e-mail, which was the first he got, he called me. It was exactly what he said it was. He also said a guy was supposedly on the way with a trailer from KY. He said he would call back if it was a no show or didn't buy. I knew if the guy showed up, he would buy it. Got an e-mail 2 hours later -- Sold to man with the trailer.
In running shape that bike is worth about 3500 around here.
Had he gotten my first e-mail at 6pm last night, It would be sitting in my garage right now. But then if bullfrogs had wings they wouldn't bump their butts either..

Aww too bad bro.