A quick search will tell you the quirks you need to be aware of, for the age of bike you are looking at you'll be having a dry clutch will be a little different and understand that you cannot rely on the fuel guage to tell the truth.

The MTS is however a great bike and very capable of pretty much ...

Go for the maximum warranty just in case, will you be using the dealer for servicing too ? Maybe mention that to extract best price.

If you can wait a couple of months, i.e. around Xmas you may be able to get a bigger discount too

There's half a hard pannier set on e-bay (grey) but I missed out on recent top boxes.

I think I'll have to go new top box and wait for soft panniers to turn up some time in the future.

Lots of loaded MTS up for sale at low prices, the best way to get the luggage seems to be to buy it with the bike ...

Looks like a good route to go down

I just bought a 2003 DS | need a top box + panniers. I reckon soft panniers would be OK but givi top box needs a backrest for the - I don't want to lose her off the back

I'm in the UK too lots of buyers - no sellers !