THINKING OF BUYING: BARGAIN BUYS

Then there's the bread- and- butter bikes which make perfect donor machines for a cafe racer conversion. The motors were built to last and easily shrug off high mileages - 100,000 miles isn't at all unusual. So l ook for one with less than 40k on the clock and i t should have plenty of life l eft in i t ...

TROPHY 900: the touring model was originally practical and comfortable, but it's struggled to find a niche as a 'modern classic~ This means it's an ideal candidate for the CRK treatment. A 1992, 33,000 mile

advertised as 'ride or restore' will cost £ 1800 or less TRIDENT-SPRINT 900: the half-faired model soon lost the 'Trident' part of its name and became known solely as the Sprint. Cheap, robust and ready to ride with less than 30k miles at £ 1400

TRIDENT 900: also available as a 750, the unfaired Trident is perhaps the easiest model to convert to a roadster. It also lends itself to being gussied up as a Speed Triple, which is why you should always check the provenance of any machine which claims to be an SP3! This

1995 example has clocked up 40k miles and is on sale for £2500

Check the RealClassic website for our in- depth buying guide to the early Hinckley T300 series, including their few flaws and foibles and more details about each model variant. Visit Real-Classic.co.uk and search for'hinckley'