Goodness me. I wonder what happened to this poor TL1000

[HenryDorsetCase]

or a spondon or harris frame.

oh yeah!

I am so pleased I didnt see it when it was live.

[Str8 Jacket]

Who knows? I have put my hand up for it , will go down with the Cash when I pick it up at least I can see what I am getting and run if not things are not straight up.

Dave

Well ya never know, its funny how alot of things are not as they seem. At that price im sure it wont matter too much... Looks like you've got it sorted anyway!

[XP@]

Bugger , am I going to be in trouble with the wife for buying that with her trademe account!
My TL is up to 78,000kms or thereabouts , this should provide enough spare parts to keep her going a while.
I need new cans and The spring unit, hopefully its got less wear on the disks a spare engine for parts will handy longterm.

Man am I in trouble though!

Dave

Not wanting to put tar over the entire area, but i would carefully check the ownership.

you can ask the police if a bike is of interest to them (I used a form from a VTNZ station). and it's free to do it.

Good luck convincing your other half on the economic logic behind your buy... it is an excellent investment :-)

[Morepower]

Well ya never know, its funny how alot of things are not as they seem. At that price im sure it wont matter too much... Looks like you've got it sorted anyway!

It looks like the front has parted with the rest of the bike in a violent manner as the forks look bent in the photo and if you look close the front disk looks to have some damage as well and I would expect the Tank to be damaged also. How this happened without damaging the res of the bike will be interesting?

Dave

[jonbuoy]

When TL's first came out, I 'borrowed' our demo on a regular basis.
No matter how many wheelie attempts I fucked up, never seen the frame let go there.
Where the rotary damper mounts to the rear of the frame yeah....but NEVER there!

Good enough reason to never buy a demo bike.....................

[WRT]

I did a more thorough job. The trick is to find something really solid to plant the front wheel into.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Good enough reason to never buy a demo bike.....................

It may sound like your typical salesmans bullshit response, but what difference does it make if it's been done by a salesman (or test rider for that matter) compared to one that's had the same done to it by the previous owner(s)?
Answer......not one bit.

[Sniper]

This bugger got a hold of it

[WRT]

LOL even with camo gear on there's no disguising it

[jonbuoy]

It may sound like your typical salesmans bullshit response, but what difference does it make if it's been done by a salesman (or test rider for that matter) compared to one that's had the same done to it by the previous owner(s)?
Answer......not one bit.

Wasn't meant as a dig, but if any bike is gonna have been ragged it will be the demo one.............

[APPLE]

Bugger , am I going to be in trouble with the wife for buying that with her trademe account!
My TL is up to 78,000kms or thereabouts , this should provide enough spare parts to keep her going a while.
I need new cans and The spring unit, hopefully its got less wear on the disks a spare engine for parts will handy longterm.

Man am I in trouble though!

Dave

you need to be in the green my brother?i reckon we need to start a VTWIN only ride.........

[Morepower]

you need to be in the green my brother?i reckon we need to start a VTWIN only ride.........

That sounds like an idea

[Crasherfromwayback]

Wasn't meant as a dig, but if any bike is gonna have been ragged it will be the demo one.............

Don't stress mate, I certainly didn't take it in any way badly.
Merely wanted to say that ex demo's are no problem.
If you think about it, sports bikes are made for thrashing (who here with a sports bike doesn't think that they give it a wee bit of a workout now and then?!), and at least when they're owned by a dealer they generally get looked after mechanically regardless of cost.
Better that than a bike that's been owned and thrashed by someone that's over committed on HP and can't afford the service side of things.
There are probably quite a few people sifting about here that have purchased ex race bikes without problems.....often some of the best looked after bikes about.

[Morepower]

I have found that the TL got planted in a car that failed to give way. It was stuck so well that it stayed upright , avoiding damage to the rear 1/2.

Dave

[XP@]

I have found that the TL got planted in a car that failed to give way. It was stuck so well that it stayed upright , avoiding damage to the rear 1/2.

Dave

So tell us, how did your missus take the news?

And how is the rider?