BRAND NEW Flamingo Red Falco for sale !!

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D-Rider · #1 Post by **D-Rider** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 10:03 am

News of a Brand New Flamingo Red / Black Falco for sale on 08 plate with 2 yr warranty for £4,500

Sounds a real bargain!

Details HERE

I'm posting in the wrong section .... but I know someone was after one and didn't want them to miss it!

Nooj · #2 Post by **Nooj** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 10:15 am

Somebody let Mango know!

#3 Post by **mangocrazy** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 8:37 pm

Cheers chaps. Well wot a turnip for the books...

I only found out after I'd got back from Leicester to see the 04 Falco at Fasttrack Motorcycles. When I tried ringing them I got the recorded message saying they closed at 13:00 on Sat anyway.

So I reckon Monday morning will see me giving them a call. I can't get over there until the weekend so I will probably have to endure an uncomfortable week...

TBH it's well over a grand more than I was wanting to pay, but it is so tempting. Might have a few sleepless nights next week.

The one at Leicester was in good nick, but had a couple of odd scuff marks which detracted a bit. The Ohlins made the rear end feel really plush, and it's got Showa forks. Cheers D-Rider! The guy there seems a good sort; I wouldn't have any qualms buying a bike off him. It only arrived in the showroom on Thursday, so hasn't even been valeted, but still looks clean. He's open to knocking a few quid off, so that helps as well.

The one thing that puzzles me with the new '08 Falco, is how on earth do you put a value on it a few years down the line? Glass's or similar won't be any help, as they'll stop at '05, I'd think. Uncharted territory, I reckon.

Aladinsaneuk · #4 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 9:38 pm

4500 for a new 1000cc v twin with two years warrenty - hell yeah!

awesome price and a bargain i think

what price do the last official falcos make second hand? about 3500? a grand loss in depreciation is amazing i reckon...

Nooj · #5 Post by **Nooj** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 10:21 pm

Nearly half the price they were when they first came out. A brand new 1000cc Aprilia for £4500, for feck's sake even a new Fazer 600 is more expensive than that!

Had a quick poke around George White's site, what new bikes could you get for £4-5k?

Suzuki DL650 V-Strom
Suzuki SV1000 naked (nice engine, but it's not an Aprilia)
Suzuki GSX650F
Kawasaki VN900
Kawasaki ER6-N

No contest really is it?

Alkydale · #6 Post by **Alkydale** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 10:38 pm

Nooj wrote:Nearly half the price they were when they first came out. A brand new 1000cc Aprilia for £4500, for feck's sake even a new Fazer 600 is more expensive than that!

Had a quick poke around George White's site, what new bikes could you get for £4-5k?

Suzuki DL650 V-Strom
Suzuki SV1000 naked (nice engine, but it's not an Aprilia)
Suzuki GSX650F
Kawasaki VN900
Kawasaki ER6-N

No contest really is it?

Nooj, see your Saturday nights are as exciting as mine...........

wavey · #7 Post by **wavey** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 6:06 pm

You could always go for this one of course
http://www.dba.dk/asp/soegning/detail.a ... d=46982267

Let's see now, how much does it cost

149 998 Danish kroner = 15 891.2236 British pounds

Hmm maybe not.
Dave

D-Rider · #8 Post by **D-Rider** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 6:14 pm

I saw it was a silver one ...... never realised it was a solid silver one .....

Nooj · #9 Post by **Nooj** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 7:12 pm

That'll be the special prototype one with the Unobtainium frame and flux capacitor.

Gio · #10 Post by **Gio** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 12:29 pm

I wonder if its been in some Italian corner, and what about the tyres bet they're shot after 4 years.

Electrics ditto.

Also with an 08 plate on it, will it comply with exhaust emissions.

Cynical yes I'd not buy anything italian lying about for 4 years

D-Rider · #11 Post by **D-Rider** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 12:44 pm

Gio wrote:I wonder if its been in some Italian corner, and what about the tyres bet they're shot after 4 years.

Electrics ditto.

Also with an 08 plate on it, will it comply with exhaust emissions.

Cynical yes I'd not buy anything italian lying about for 4 years

Tyres .... well the MEZ3s were hopeless when new - so replacing them is a plus (be worth asking the dealer to do that as part of the sale)

Wouldn't have much concern over most of the electrics either - maybe the starter relay. If stored poorly then check out the connectors - but I doubt there'd be any problems.

If I didn't have one already I'd be in that dealers as quick as I could with a wadge of cash in my hand (for the Flamingo one - not the solid silver one!)

Nooj · #12 Post by **Nooj** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 2:53 pm

Mostly Japanese electrics I think you'll find anyway. Should be nothing wrong with it, it's an Aprilia fer feck's sake, not a Ducati.

Bikes don't get tested for emissions as part of the MoT and it was manufactured before the Euro3 stuff came in, so that's errellellevenent.

Don't know about the tyres, if it was crated up all that time I doubt it would have been stood on them. How are they supported in the crates before they they have their final assembly and PDI at the dealer?

D-Rider · #13 Post by **D-Rider** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 3:03 pm

The significant electronic modules are the Engine Management ECU and the Instrument Pack.
The Engine Management is DENSO (Japanese - I work for them BTW)
The I-Pack is Veglia (Italian)

Not really worried about these - more likely issues would be connectors and relays that are known problem areas - but this bike won't have been exposed to the elements like ours have - so I'd not be greatly concerned.

..... and it comes with a 2yr warranty - so where's the risk !

Nooj · #14 Post by **Nooj** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 7:28 pm

Did Mango get it? I know he was going to ring them first thing this morning.

Viffer · #15 Post by **Viffer** » Mon Aug 04, 2008 8:27 pm

If I didn't already 'ave one I'd 'ave it