Triumph Sprint 900 (choice of two)
Asking: £725
Sometimes when you’re looking for a specific bike you’ll get a choice of two or more, same price but with different problems, and it’s a case of weighing up which is going to be the least hassle/cost to get sorted. These two are perfect examples. The blue one has a duff starter clutch – a very common fault on these, usually down to someone trying too hard to start them with a duff battery; they kick back on compression and shatter the sprag clutch. The other has low compression, apparently. Both of those are engine out jobs – not difficult on these but they are bloody heavy lumps: but
