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Ritzah
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PostPosted: 13:41 - 07 Jan 2006    Post subject: My Kawasaki ER500 Reply with quote
Bought the Bike about a month ago, 03 reg, 3K Miles.. £1750.. its a Dark Metalic Purple, looks black when not in direct sunlight.

Got some good pictures of the ER today, after a wash and polish..

What you reckon? Surprised
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craigs23
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PostPosted: 14:05 - 07 Jan 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nice and clean Thumbs Up
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extreme3d
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PostPosted: 14:27 - 07 Jan 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thats a nice bike! Your first bike bike? If so a great choice and it will teach you loads.
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PostPosted: 14:33 - 07 Jan 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nice little motor there, much nicer in that colour than my old grey one. Sad

Just keep on top of protecting it from corrosion!! (rear suepension springs, exhaust etc)
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PostPosted: 16:44 - 07 Jan 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Ritzah
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PostPosted: 17:14 - 07 Jan 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Cheers dudes, it aint my first bike, this is my second, i just added a fly screen to it.. do you think it looks better or worse??

And does anyone know how to make the seat more black, it looks faded abit, i was gonna out shoe polish on it, but wouldnt that rub off on my trousers?

any ideas?
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PostPosted: 17:58 - 07 Jan 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
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palmer
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PostPosted: 18:13 - 07 Jan 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Fly screen looks ok to me Thumbs Up
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extreme3d
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PostPosted: 18:17 - 07 Jan 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Ritzah wrote:
Cheers dudes, it aint my first bike, this is my second, i just added a fly screen to it.. do you think it looks better or worse??

And does anyone know how to make the seat more black, it looks faded abit, i was gonna out shoe polish on it, but wouldnt that rub off on my trousers?

any ideas?


It's not faded at all, its just it's normal colour. Don't fall down the trap of spending loads of time and money on it. They make a great choice of a first big bike but at the end of the day it's just an ER-5. In a couple of months you will be bored of it and will want to move onto something bigger. This is perfectly normal. In the mean time though don't think the ER-5 can't teach you anything. Dodsi use to scrape the pegs down on his Wink
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PostPosted: 18:23 - 07 Jan 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
It is faded though, theres certain places on the seat which has white faded marks, then on the other part of the seat, its ok Confused

And i'm gonna keep this until i'm 20-21, when i dont have the scatty 33 BHP law on me. and it doesnt take a couple of months 2 get bored of the power, only a couple of weeks lol. Cool They are great bikes though
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PostPosted: 20:21 - 07 Jan 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
extreme3d wrote:
It's not faded at all, its just it's normal colour. Don't fall down the trap of spending loads of time and money on it. They make a great choice of a first big bike but at the end of the day it's just an ER-5. In a couple of months you will be bored of it and will want to move onto something bigger. This is perfectly normal. In the mean time though don't think the ER-5 can't teach you anything. Dodsi use to scrape the pegs down on his Wink


Cack! He's talking balls! This isn't a 125!

How much did you spend on the sv jimmy? I wanted to upgrade from the sv after bloody 2 or 3 weeks, jsut as well I didn't spent that kinda moeny on it.

Everyone's different. Razz
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PostPosted: 20:48 - 07 Jan 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
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How much did you spend on the sv jimmy? I wanted to upgrade from the sv after bloody 2 or 3 weeks, jsut as well I didn't spent that kinda moeny on it.


Yes but that's because your are an Instigaytor... Laughing

Only bought R&G's for it. Everything else was included Wink

Ritzah wrote:
It is faded though, theres certain places on the seat which has white faded marks, then on the other part of the seat, its ok


White marks could be polish stains. Use fairy liquid to remove them if they are. If it is stains then your best option will be to get some clothes dye and try that. Shoe polish will rub onto your cloths.

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PostPosted: 20:49 - 07 Jan 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
extreme3d wrote:
instigator wrote:

How much did you spend on the sv jimmy? I wanted to upgrade from the sv after bloody 2 or 3 weeks, jsut as well I didn't spent that kinda moeny on it.


Yes but that's because your are an Instigaytor... Laughing

Only bought R&G's for it. Everything else was included.


You've been around tom too long. Wink
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PostPosted: 20:54 - 07 Jan 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Can't say that i'm bored of my SV yet.. but then the pointy SV's are so much better than the Curvy Toy-Town ones.. .
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PostPosted: 21:43 - 07 Jan 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
instigator wrote:

You've been around tom too long. Wink


Well actuially yes, I was there when he bought the SV.

Im a bastard for bartering.

By the way, I used to own an ER-5 and I said the same thing that I would keep it etc.

6 months later I had a bandit 600 and 1 year later I bought myself a ZX6R Shocked
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PostPosted: 21:51 - 07 Jan 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
very nice Thumbs Up
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Ritzah
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PostPosted: 22:39 - 07 Jan 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Well i am gonna keep it unless i completely smash it up, because i cant get anything more powerful because of the 33 BHP law. And i bought it in mint condition so that it would last and not fall apart:)
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PostPosted: 23:49 - 07 Jan 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
you wont stick to 33bhp for long...
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PostPosted: 01:26 - 08 Jan 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
palmwe wrote:
you wont stick to 33bhp for long...


True! Especially as the ER-5 is very easy to derestrict. Between the carbs and engine are two rubber hoses. Inside the hoses are two metal washers. Remove the tank and air box to gain access to the hoses and remove the washers - de-restricted! No need to touch the carbs/ignition box - simple Thumbs Up

We did Tom's (Dodsi's) bike in about 1/2 hour. (naturally in putting it all back together again we couldn't find the washers so we assumed that we must have put them back in Wink )
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PostPosted: 01:33 - 08 Jan 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
palmer wrote:
you wont stick to 33bhp for long...


Now, now, there are some who stick to it religiously.

Good on them.
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PostPosted: 01:57 - 08 Jan 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Very nice. I'm going to start keeping an eye open for one of these, it's looking more and more likely to be the first bike!
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Ritzah
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PostPosted: 02:31 - 08 Jan 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Very Happy I said i am under the 33bhp law, i didnt say my bike is 33bhp Cool
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PostPosted: 10:56 - 08 Jan 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Very nice bike.

Exactly what I'll be buying when I pass my test.

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Weapon mate, I bet you get all the fanny on that thing.
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PostPosted: 02:49 - 13 Jan 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
mrchips wrote:
Weapon mate, I bet you get all the fanny on that thing.


Sarky bastid Laughing

Nice bike to learn the 'big bike' ropes on Thumbs Up

Needs a full Remus system on it Cool I still miss my ER-5 for that reason (and the ONLY reason I miss it for Laughing).

IL4 just doesn't have the same noise. Still, the 'Z Z ah' sounds schweet with the full Micron race system on it Cool
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