Wanted - your knowledge

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Hi,
I'm a new member to this forum and wanted to start by asking your opinion...
I've been looking at getting a Thundercat for a while now and am almost at the point of buying. But I've noticed that they vary a lot in price. I'm only going to have about £1500.00 which should be enough to get a reasonable one as a private sale. My querie though is what sort of milage is acceptable for these bikes? Some have done under 25k while others have closer to 50k! I'm guessing service history comes into play here.
Any input would be very much appreciated.
Thanks,
Mike

Dirt Bike Dave wrote:.i bought my second Cat (stevecat1) with lots and lots of miles on her, i think around 70K...Is that right...ish steve??

Oops did I tell a mileage porky?

It's more in the region of 90k+ miles . I reckon that bike still goes as well as one a fraction of its mileage.

Was regularly maintained and most of those miles were long distance trips. Its the short /start stop miles that take their toll.

If you have the luxury of buying from someone you sort of know all the better.

SteveCat wrote:

Dirt Bike Dave wrote:.i bought my second Cat (stevecat1) with lots and lots of miles on her, i think around 70K...Is that right...ish steve??

Oops did I tell a mileage porky?

It's more in the region of 90k+ miles . I reckon that bike still goes as well as one a fraction of its mileage.

Was regularly maintained and most of those miles were long distance trips. Its the short /start stop miles that take their toll.

If you have the luxury of buying from someone you sort of know all the better.

Haa haa, the more the merrier..still feels as good as my original T-cat which only had 12K on it when i sold it....Plenty more life left in the old girl yet!!!