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Dunno about that, but at more than 4 times what I paid for my Thruxty 900 (also a 2011 bike) I think the seller is being very optimistic, so any potential buyer probably has a licence to print money! It's a sellers prerogative to ask whatever they wish of course,but when I saw that at first I thought its got be a piss take. It may have a shed load of trick parts fitted, but I reckon a stock 1200 Thruxton will probably see it off and there are a few available from trade sellers at under £7k now. I know which I'd rather have. In the description it states 'we don't expect this to be here for long' I agree, at that price I think they'll have it forever!
So this is the 007 bike. I'll be honest...I did reserve one but cancelled the next day, in favour of a standard XE. I love the look, but dislike the Bond thing...wish it had been a straight TFC version instead. I may consider copying the tank design (more like the Baja version), but thoughts like that fade once you start riding and find that it's such a great machine, the looks don't feel quite as important. Either way, Mr Bond is at least £4,500 over a standard well-specced XE. The black bits do have a lovely finish; the metallic paintwork is gorgeous; the Bond badging is more discrete than it looked in the publicity photos; the real leather seat is almost the same as the fake leather standard seat; the start-up bond screen is silly. Overall, it looks amazing, but it's underwhelming for the price tag. Loving my standard XE (with slash-cut bond-style pipes...unlike the Bond version that doesn't have them).
I would think the Bond bike is mainly aimed at the rather rich where £20K is not even a drop in the ocean ... the rest of us have to properly count the pennies before parting with them
