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Well I thought I was set with possibly my last ride, but when a person has owned as many motorcycles as I have, I guess it is inevitable that I find another that I want. My local dealer took in a 2013 Triumph 800 xc tiger. They listed it at Kelly Blue Book and its an excellent example of a well maintained low mileage ride. I was hooked from the beginning, but was not willing to pay $8999.99 and take $4000 for my NC as a trade. I put a lot of money into my favorite accessories and new tires. I told the sales manager that in this area there were maybe 3 people who would find the adventure styling cool and one had his ride, one traded the Tiger in to him and that meant I was the only customer for the bike. He laughed saying that he would sell it in no time and that they had it on cycle trader and other internet sales sites. I told him we would talk in 3 months. 90 days later and the bike is still on the sales floor and he had nary a nibble. Yet again he would not relent on the price saying that they were going for even more $ in other states, I said we would talk again in another 3 months. I took the NC in for service and low and behold there is the Tiger sitting in the row next to 2 V-Strums. So I took one of the 650's for a test ride, just because I had never ridden one before. When I returned there stood the sales manager asking if I was ready to own a little Wee-Strum. Again I told him he was just asking too much for the banana yellow Strum and maybe we would talk in 3 months. The next day he called and offered me the Tiger at $7400, now that's a deal. I guess he decided I was right about his market for the Triumph. So I have made a deal on the price, he's still not offering what I want for my trade-in, but I may have to bite the bullet on that, being that new 2012's in stock are going for $5500. Its a shame that the market for such a great little bike as the NC is so small in this area, but here you ether ride a metric cruiser, a Harley bagger or a rip snorting sport bike with a race pipe that can be heard 10 blocks away. Looking cool here seems way more important to the locals and especially to the snowbirds, that practical is never even considered. I even saw a scooter the other day with "RACING" this and that stickers and an aftermarket carbon fiber exhaust, come on man, seriously, it's 50cc's. So Tuesday is the deciding day but that Tiger sure would fit the bill for me and has that "triple" motor that almost had me paying through the nose for a shiny new street triple before I found the NC. I have a Tiger XC key chain, I may have to have the matching Key to go on it, sounds like a good excuse to spend the money.