Thought I'd intorduce myself

GPZ1000RX_Rider · L Plate Warrior Joined: 16 Jul 2009 Karma :

On another forum your current resident troll (VincentR1), was doing the same on there as he was here. So I've kind of followed him Laughing

Anyway, I'm Andy, I'm 42, passed my test way back in '85, spent 20 years off bikes then decided to relive my "yoof" by buying myself a bike for my 40th. So I've been back on the road two years.

Went from wife, 4 kids, two cars to wife, 4 kids, one car and 4 bikes in the last two years so I guess you could say I've been bitten by the bug.

I've had a read of the forum and I gotta say I like the humour and the fact you don't get a mod jumping down your throat when you swear Cool

Anyway, here's my rides -

My first GPZ1000RX -

https://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa18/Dusty_Monster/KawasakiGPZ1000RX.jpg

I binned that bike 3 months after getting it Sad

Me and a sheep met at about 100MPH, I lived, the sheep lived, (It must have as we never found it), but the bike died Sad

Here's my rides today -

My Thou RX -

https://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa18/Dusty_Monster/Kawasaki%20GPZ%20Pics/GPZ1000RX04292009001.jpg

When I bought it, the bike had stood for about 5 years and wouldn't start. New jets were tried but it just pissed out petrol if anything more than 2 gallon was in the tank Sad

After much messing about and 8 months she finally hit the road.

And my other rides -

From left to right -

My 1986 Kawasaki GPZ1000RX, then my '99 Triumph Sprint 900, (which was the bike that got me back into biking)

Then there's my GPZ550A1, a 1987 bike and finally a mint condition 1982 Honda 250 Superdream which I've bought for the wife. She hasn't been on a bike as a rider since she binned her Honda 500 and got pins in her knee Sad

But I think she'll go on that one, eventually.

https://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa18/Dusty_Monster/Kawasaki%20GPZ%20Pics/Bikes001.jpg

https://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa18/Dusty_Monster/Kawasaki%20GPZ%20Pics/Bikes003.jpg

Thom · World Chat Champion Joined: 24 Oct 2007 Karma :

Big GPZ's and GPX's ARE some of my fave bikes, they have so much character. I prere the GPX's personally. Im always curious to see if they could outpace a modern 750.
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Current Bike: 1996 Yamaha TRX850 (The Japanese-Ducati One).
Previous Bikes: 1990 Honda NSR125 'Rothmans' (The smoking one), 1990 Suzuki GS500e 'Caf? fighter' (The loud one), 1987 Kawasaki GPX400r (The quick one), 1997 XJ600s Diversion (The reliable one), 2000 Kawasaki ER-5 (The spontaneously combustive one)

GPZ1000RX_Rider · L Plate Warrior Joined: 16 Jul 2009 Karma :

I don't know about the GPX's, but my GPZ thou is still kicking out 112BHP and at Evelington, (that's near York, it's where Hammond crashed his dragster a couple of years back), I've taken on the gixer thous, R1's and Aprilla's and not done that badly.

My advantage is though I can apply and keep the power on without having to worry about the front end coming up, unlike the modern sports bikes Very Happy