I'm back on two wheels! Hide your Kittehs!

[dragstaar]

From this

https://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n521/dragstaar/8235_252544675458_713300458_8778509_7649173_n.jpg

To This:

https://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n521/dragstaar/IMG-20110726-00101.jpg

To this:

https://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n521/dragstaar/Croydon-20120408-00258.jpg

https://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n521/dragstaar/Croydon-20120408-00256-1.jpg

Yup, after I binned the bandit, I genuinely thought I'd put away my helmet for good. And I sold all my shit, including my awesomely comfortable boots, and my yummy exhausts etc.

But then I got the itch again, and started hunting. I was looking at Thundercats, but then I ended up with this.

Picked this up of Boundy on the forum for £970, top bloke

Suzuki GSXR 600 1999 model, with just under 21,000k on the clock. Had one drop and resprayed in Alpha Romeo pearlescent Blule/Silver.

No MOT, and No Tax when I bought it, and the Rear Master Cylinder was shot. Got all that sorted for a grand total of £120

Did an oil change, fed her some fresh fuel, and off we went. And bloody hell did we go! Got some real pick up on it!

Insurance I managed to get down to £480 from initial quotes of about £1600, TPO

The only thing is, I think I had a teeny brake fluid leak, and it dripped onto the rear wheel. Then when I rode it, its flung out all over one side of the tyre.

I know brake fluid is corrosive, I mean, will I need to replace the rear tyre? Or is Brake fluid only really evil to paintwork?

[N cee thirty]

[Poseidon]

[RIDINGforKICK...]

Have you still got the bandit?

[CaNsA]

Well done for finding your bollocks again mate.

[mjn51]

Brake fluid on rubber is slippy but not bad for tyre only paintwork
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[dragstaar]

[0l0dom0l0]

Brake fluid on the tyre is fine.

It will just come off when that bit of rubber comes in contact with the ground.

Just wipe off the excess and go from there.
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Bikes: 2007 Derbi GPR 50, 1998 Yamaha Fazer 600 (written off), 2002 Yamaha Fazer 600, 1994 CBR 600F, 2003 Triumph Daytona 600, Kawasaki ZX6R J1.....Current: 2006 Yamaha FZ6, 1998 Suzuki TL1000R and a Honda VFR 400 NC30.

[dragstaar]

[boundy]

[Poseidon]

[Kwakki Si]

looks clean m8, sounds like you got a good price! I test rided same year and model as that but it was sooo tatty and had 49000miles on the clock!
the dealer wanted £1400 and wouldnt drop, he got arsey and started to swear, a right cunt, never going back there again, hes lost a couple of customers now as ive told a few mates never to go there and they agreed! suckers.
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My current ride: ZX6R NINJA G2, The GREEEEN one!
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a mother fucking motorbike!

[Pete.]

Nice tidy bike at a good price.

Is that the world's smallest crash bung?
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a.k.a 'Geri'

132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[dragstaar]

[boundy]

[dragstaar]

[Noxious89123]

Loving the paint job on that SRAD, looks much smarter than standard!
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'53 Ford Ka 1.3 ~ '03 Vauxhall Astra SRi 1.8 ~ '52 Vauxhall Astra SRi 2.2 ~ '53 Vauxhall Astra GSi

[dragstaar]

Its done to a surprisingly good finish too. I'm just worried about putting it throughthe same abuse as my bandit. I'm gonna have to invest in a cover or something seeing as I don't have a garage

[boundy]