My new bike (It aint the prettiest)

EDBANGER · World Chat Champion Joined: 05 May 2005 Karma :

OK so here it is. After being financially crippled by buying a Thunderace I had to go through the traumatic experience of selling it. But the guy I sold it to threw this in the deal aswell. Basically i've paid £250 for it. It runs well, just needs a few things doing to it to pass the MOT (brake pads & tyre). So yeah.......for £250, what do you think?

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Sadie · World Chat Champion Joined: 14 Jul 2004 Karma :

Any bike is better than no bike!

It looks OK to me! Very Happy

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EDBANGER · World Chat Champion Joined: 05 May 2005 Karma :

I just can't get past the colour. Maybe if the the belly pan was either completely yellow or comletely black it might be better. The rider position was also a surprise having just got off my Thunderace.

NY_Sniper · Trackday Trickster Joined: 20 Dec 2004 Karma :

looks great if you ask me different paint job but dont look bad if you ask me Thumbs Up

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Gracie Jones · Trackday Trickster Joined: 31 Aug 2004 Karma :

That's a lotta bike for £250 - nice one. Don't worry about the colour, just paint it yourself - it will be a nice project and doesn't matter if you bugger it up . . . .

. . . unlike if someone were to paint somebody else's Virago, for example . . . Whistle

Don't worry, I won't mess it up Liz

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Sadie · World Chat Champion Joined: 14 Jul 2004 Karma :

Gracie has very graciously offered to do the paintwork on my Virago which has been off the road for 3 years.

I have agreed to supply coffee and beer to keep him going while he does it. Laughing

And I KNOW he won't mess it up, 'cos I trust him! Wink

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KevTM · World Chat Champion Joined: 15 Apr 2004 Karma :

looks like a nice bike for £250..

being so cheap it means you can have some fun on it.. or fix it up and profit from it, can't go wrong either way..

and as they said any bike is better than no bike..

and for the colour scheme, it may look like a bee, but at least it doesn't sound like one! Laughing

bish777 · World Chat Champion Joined: 11 Nov 2004 Karma :

get the MOT on the thing and ride ride ride!
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Zero-G · Scooby Slapper Joined: 10 Sep 2002 Karma :

Is there something wrong with me? Eh?

I like the paint job Confused

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EDBANGER · World Chat Champion Joined: 05 May 2005 Karma :

Bomberman · World Chat Champion Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Karma :

Looks like the tanks had quite a ding there mate.
Looks pretty sweet though, big fan of black and yellow here, though the sort of "scribble square" motif is a little individual Very Happy

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EDBANGER · World Chat Champion Joined: 05 May 2005 Karma :

debdimps · Scooby Slapper Joined: 05 May 2005 Karma :

I like it with the squares! Cool

I'm a big fan of yellow and black too Thumbs Up

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Yeti · Trackday Trickster Joined: 01 Nov 2004 Karma :

Lets have some more details on the bike then. sounds like a bargain how old is it? what model is it?
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Dom · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 Sep 2004 Karma :

For £250 that sounds like a brilliant buy, whatever colour it is. Thumbs Up

EDBANGER · World Chat Champion Joined: 05 May 2005 Karma :

Well it's a 1991 Kawasaki ZZR600D, 42000 miles on the clock. Braided hoses and race can. Standard immobiliser and god awful paint job. It needs a new back tyre and brake pads all around (total to spend £135). An MOT, some tax and away you go. Rides well, engine sounds sweet, idles nicely at 1000rpm. The only fault which is apparantly a common fault on this model is 2nd gear. If you give it too much beans in 2nd it jumps into neutral. Rather than spend money fixing this fault i'm just gonna ride the bike until death avoiding 2nd gear and then break it to make my money back.

Yeti · Trackday Trickster Joined: 01 Nov 2004 Karma :

sounds like you got yourself a bloody good deal on that one.
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EDBANGER · World Chat Champion Joined: 05 May 2005 Karma :

EDBANGER · World Chat Champion Joined: 05 May 2005 Karma :

This was the beast I had to sell Sad

God I loved that bike.

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EDBANGER · World Chat Champion Joined: 05 May 2005 Karma :

Oooooo double post.

Yeti · Trackday Trickster Joined: 01 Nov 2004 Karma :

at least you still have a bike though!
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stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

Well it looks a damned site prettier than the 14 year old GPZ500s streetfighter lash-up in powder blue and vomit yellow that I am riding about at the moment.
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EDBANGER · World Chat Champion Joined: 05 May 2005 Karma :

Rookie · World Chat Champion Joined: 09 Feb 2005 Karma :

Very nice, did you pay £250 altogether, or £250 with your bike paying off some of it? :EDIT: I just saw the picture of your old bike, ouch that must've been a heart wrencher. On the other hand, I'd pay £300 for your new bike any day of the week! The paint job is quite personal, isn't it, but nothing horrendous. Besides, just ride it fast and it'll be a dark brown to everyone looking instead!