I just missed out on buying a beautiful Iconic today

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I just missed out on buying a beautiful Iconic today

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I'm looking to get an RT (I had one a few years ago and want another now), and saw a gorgeous Iconic in an advertisement last night, but when I rang the dealer this morning to negotiate he was already dealing with someone in the actual showroom. Dealer rang me back a couple of hours later to tell me it had gone to the other buyer.... :cry: :(

Still, I hope whoever bought it gets to enjoy it :-)
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BMW do produce some beautifully painted bikes occasionally, what a stunning looking bike ,another will turn up for you eventually 😀
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Re: I just missed out on buying a beautiful Iconic today

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There was one for sale on EBay last week, but it could well have been that one, as I can’t find it now, mileage was quite low, and wanted just under £9k if I remember right ?

I’ve had mine from new, and still love it 👍
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DaveCly wrote: Mon Feb 17, 2025 7:04 pm There was one for sale on EBay last week, but it could well have been that one, as I can’t find it now, mileage was quite low, and wanted just under £9k if I remember right ?

I’ve had mine from new, and still love it 👍
Yep, probably the same one - £8990 and around 10k miles.

Ahh well :-)
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Daft question, maybe, but how much would a respray cost?

Unlike a car everything that needs spraying is unboltable so (provided you do that yourself) you haven't got a big 'masking' cost to deal with and given a couple of paint codes and HD photos any decent paint shop should be able to replicate that paint scheme.

Anyone ever had a custom, but still standard paint job done?
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Re: I just missed out on buying a beautiful Iconic today

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potatan wrote: Mon Feb 17, 2025 9:43 pm Yep, probably the same one - £8990 and around 10k miles.

Ahh well :-)
Have a look on the Facebook group for the Iconic’s
Some occasionally come up for sale on there 👍

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Capt Sisko wrote: Mon Feb 17, 2025 9:56 pm Daft question, maybe, but how much would a respray cost?

Unlike a car everything that needs spraying is unboltable so (provided you do that yourself) you haven't got a big 'masking' cost to deal with and given a couple of paint codes an HD photos any decent paint shop should be able to replicate that paint scheme.

Anyone ever had a custom, but still standard paint job done?
A few years ago, somebody had a GT 1600 painted in the Iconic colour, cost him £3k 😳
Last year I needed a repair on the top box, I really struggled to get it painted locally and a few custom shops didn’t want to touch it, finally got it done in Southampton at Greg’s Custom Paint.
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Re: I just missed out on buying a beautiful Iconic today

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Shame you missed out on it, very nice looking bike.

As for a respray, unless you can do it yourself, it going to cost 1/3 to 1/2 the value of a 2014> R1200RT.
IMO its to much money for a newish bike.
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