1199 Went In For A Sat Nav Holder........ Bought A Panigale R

XH558 · Jun 7, 2019

Exige said: ↑

That's why I said bike and that was a hare
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True that

Exige · Jun 7, 2019

Tum te tum te tum..... where is he ………………..

XH558 · Jun 7, 2019

Exige said: ↑

Tum te tum te tum..... where is he ………………..
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Restocking the garage cooler with guinness

Exige · Jun 7, 2019

XH558 said: ↑

Restocking the garage cooler with guinness
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Or tidying up for some spurious reason like making more room perhaps

Robarano · Jun 7, 2019

Exige said: ↑

Is it really a year since you bought a bike

You

Forum waits with me in anticipation

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Is it?

I visited @bootsam a couple of months back in that there London and bought his Vespa Rally 200, unused for 28 years. It started 4th kick last week, after all that time.

I also bought a car 2 months ago.

Anything else?

Robarano · Jun 7, 2019

XH558 said: ↑

He brought a moped from the man in London this year
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Fookin SCOOTER!

Exige · Jun 7, 2019

Robarano said: ↑

Is it?

I visited @bootsam a couple of months back in that there London and bought his Vespa Rally 200, unused for 28 years. It started 4th kick last week, after all that time.

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I also bought a car 2 months ago.

Anything else?
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An Abba Stand spacer kit for a Scottish Streetfighter

Robarano · Jun 7, 2019

Exige said: ↑

An Abba Stand spacer kit for a Streetfighter
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Corrected for you, but correct.

It's great, very handy indeed.

Exige · Jun 7, 2019

Robarano said: ↑

Corrected for you, but correct.

It's great, very handy indeed.
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Sure it was Scottish coloured

noobie · Jun 7, 2019

Why do you need an abba stand for your scooter?

Robarano · Jun 7, 2019

noobie said: ↑

Why do you need an abba stand for your scooter?
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I just like ABBA. Especially Frida. She was Norwegian you know, not Swedish (or Scottish)

Robarano · Jun 7, 2019

@Exige You are a star, you've just reminded me, I bought a TomTom Rider 550 last month for my NC500 excursion, so I have a Givi Sat Nav holder surplus to requirements. Does anybody want to buy it?* It went to Venice with me last year, but is like new.

*Not selling the Panigale R and it's not included in the deal for the sat nav holder.

SF Kiwi · Jun 17, 2019

Jez900ie said: ↑

Looks great, you saved 2K and its done less than 500 miles - result! I hope you had time for a real pasty whilst you were in Kernow.
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Devon mate......Plymouth is in Devon.......They would not let you forget that. and don't get started on the cream tea debate.....But GT is amazing all the same.

mike willis · Feb 5, 2020

Robarano said: ↑

Well, I’ve had an interesting week.

I went into my local dealer last Saturday to buy a Givi Sat Nav holder for my Hyperstrada.
Great bike and a lovely story
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I was aware that they had a 2nd Generation Panigale R in, which I had resisted looking at due to deciding a while back that one of these would be my next bike, but not wanting to buy right now.

I sold my Streetfighter S to Steve @baylissboy a few weeks ago, because I wasn’t using it, he asked me a few times, was a gent, and really wanted it. One of the reasons for letting it go was that it released a large chunk of funds towards a Pani R. But, because I wouldn’t get the chance to use it much this year, I had decided to wait until winter with a few more coming onto the market being traded in against V4’s and PCP deals coming to an end. However, as with these things, I was keeping an eye on the market for these bikes and it wasn’t out of the question to buy one if the right bike came up. I have also witnessed the market on 2nd hand Ducatis getting very silly lately, and with this basically being the last of the V-Twin R bikes, if I buy now I’m not worrying about a sudden price jump. I still thought it would be later in the year though before I jumped in.

So, currently, I was aware of 2 really good bikes for sale that had hardly been used.

This one in my local dealer with 647 miles on it.

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And this one, £2k cheaper and with only 436 miles on it. But in a dealer 400 miles away.

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While in the local dealer, with my shiny new Sat Nav holder in my hand, I had a look at the Pani R and snapped. It was mint and achingly beautiful. A switch flicked in my head, "I’m going to buy one", the decision was made. I spoke to the owner, only to be told he had a deposit on it. Oh well, maybe things happen for a reason, never mind.

But there was still the 2nd bike. I get home and call the dealer. It’s still available. Lots of interest apparently, but people wanting to finance the bike and getting refused. The conversation with Ian in sales went something like this.

Me....“How much can you sell it to me for?”
Him....“Do you have a P/X?”
Me....“Nope”
Him....“How much do you want to pay?”
Me....“£xx,xxx”
Him....“I can do it for £xx,xxx +£500”
Me....“What about £xx’xxx + £250”
Him..."Do you want to put a deposit on it today?"
Me...."Yep"
Him....“Deal, give me your card number”

And like that, it was done in less than a minute, I now owned a Pani R and a lot cheaper than the local bike,

Right, Plymouth.

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I could get it couriered for not much more than the price of the diesel to get there and back, but I prefer to do these things face to face and can loan a friend’s van.

So, I got an early start in the early hours of Friday. Get there for mid morning, load the bike up, have a look around and a chat with Ian, turn around and head back. The M42 around Birmingham at 4.30pm on a Friday evening was fun. 2 mph for 2 hours.

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A big thumbs up for Ian in sales and all the staff at GT Motorcycles in Plymouth. They were spot on from the outset. They wrongly advertised as the bike coming with 6 months tax, which they don't usually do on a 2nd hand bike. They stood by the advert and taxed it without any fuss. The charger was not present. A brand new expensive charger came off the shelf and was handed to me. Great people. They also have a very nice set up down there, well worth a visit.

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So now it sits in the garage and I'm well happy with it.

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Not sure what to do with the rim stickers yet. They are growing on me.

Sorry @Ducbird no bin shot available yet, before I get a telling off.

As I can't have anything without @Exige jumping on the wagon, I expect him to reveal one in the next week, in all probability.

And the question you are all asking? ……..The Sat Nav holder is very cool.

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Clarkey63 · Feb 9, 2020

Robarano said: ↑

I agree, less can be more. If I had unlimited funds, I'd buy them all, but as I don't I have to pick selectively. I pretty much have the bikes I want tbh. All of the bikes I have, I coveted for a while before pulling the pin, buying good 2nd hand examples at the bottom of the market (hopefully ).

Numbers don't really interest me, I try to buy what I like.

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Beautiful
But that is just being plain greedy great collection of bikes you have there .... looks like I should of tried harder at school LOL

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