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Phil_G |
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Posted: 01:04 - 30 Mar 2006 Post subject: Project ER 5 |
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Hiya,
For those of you who have been in chat the past few evenings, you will have had to tollerate a barrage of questions from me asking what to look at when buying a bike!
Well, Ive borne all your advice in mind, and gone out and bought the bike I had in mind.
Its a 1997 Kawasaki Er 500 a-1, with 55,000 miles. Its been bought as a cheap first bike to enjoy and learn the basics of riding on. Whilst the mileage is a little high, as it only stood me for £400, I dont think ive done too badly!
The engine is stock, but it came with the following:
Powerbronze fairing
Givi Pannier Rack and top box platform set up (no boxes )
Scottoiler
sub 100 mile old Bridgestone Battlax BT045 Rear tyre
7 Months MOT
ITs not perfect - both the fairing sides have cracks in from overtightening, and one is a little scuffed, but at £400 youre not ever going to get a minter and neither will it lap the TT at record pace or shatter windows with a sonic boom, but it will do me for now, and felt plenty quick enough when I rode it on private land.
Thanks for reading and here are the gratuitous pics: |
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veeeffarr Super Spammer
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Posted: 01:23 - 30 Mar 2006 Post subject: |
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Hi mate,
That's awesome!
Strangely enough I'm looking at a 500cc bike, high mileage, powerbronze fairing, for £400 |
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Phil_G Traffic Copper
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Posted: 01:29 - 30 Mar 2006 Post subject: |
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wise choice
I love having an older car/bike - less worry with parking them up in a town centre and less to lose if theyre written off |
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phantomtek Lil Joe Tek
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Posted: 01:31 - 30 Mar 2006 Post subject: |
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Welcome to the ER-5 crew, that fairing is the nicest variation I've seen so far but I'm still not going to invest in one just yet. Could come in handy though
Lovely bike though and looks like you have got a good deal, nice rear tyre compared to the stock Dunlop Arrowmax which are shite in my opinion. Bearing in mind the fairing and Scottoiler alone cost near enough £200 you haven't done too badly!
Just wait for Craig- to come along and list the problems that are common with the A model such as the rectifier etc. but at that mileage I would suppose the earlier problems will have been and gone, we did write this about the bike if you would like a read?
Anyhow nice bike and have fun. |
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Posted: 01:37 - 30 Mar 2006 Post subject: |
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phantomtek Lil Joe Tek
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Posted: 01:44 - 30 Mar 2006 Post subject: |
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Gazdaman I did a trackday!!!
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Posted: 04:18 - 30 Mar 2006 Post subject: |
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Glad you took the advice, that bike's worth £400 of anyone's money. Fairing doesn't actually look bad either.
That bike's easily worth £400 in parts. And I'd expect that engine to almost do the same again without any major work.
Good buy
EDIT: Is that a braided front hose?
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Posted: 10:31 - 30 Mar 2006 Post subject: |
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Gazdaman wrote: | Glad you took the advice, that bike's worth £400 of anyone's money. Fairing doesn't actually look bad either.
That bike's easily worth £400 in parts. And I'd expect that engine to almost do the same again without any major work.
Good buy
EDIT: Is that a braided front hose?
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IT is mate, and Im quite chuffed about that too, as I was planning on fitting one anyhow - anyone want to buy an original ER 5 brakeline lol! I got a box full of the stock bits too (original headlight etc etc) |
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Posted: 20:33 - 30 Oct 2006 Post subject: |
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Well,
Its been some time since I posted on this topic but I thought i would update it with some recent pics of the bike.
Big thing is I got rid of the fairing. It is badly cracked where its been overtightened and/or flapped about in the wind as the bike is moving. I never was 100% convinced by its looks but I bought the machine as i thought it was good and straight underneath.
It now looks like any other ER5 to be honest, but given its mileage, I am surprised at how well it polishes up. All I can think is the years of wearing the fairing have protected the restof it from the muck etc.
Anyhow - enjoy
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v26/Phil_G/ER500/DSCF2199.jpg
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v26/Phil_G/ER500/DSCF2200a.jpg
I am currently half way through cleaning up the forks too. I wont leave them like they are in the pics as it lets the bike down ____________________ 1997 Kawasaki ER 500 A1:- Once again, Its merely crap |
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Posted: 21:15 - 30 Oct 2006 Post subject: |
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100% better naked
With some polished downpipes, a lick of paint on the kickstand and maybe polished rims it will gleam even more. ____________________ Current : MSX 125 Past : CBR 900RR Monkeybike : c50 LAC : ZXR750 H2 : FZR600 : ZX7R P3 : YW100 : TRX850: Trophy 900 T309 : GSXR 600 L0: Monkeybike : XJ6S Whosthedaddy |
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like i say ram - its in need of a lot of plastic welding and then it will all need painting up, and with the cost of passing my test mounting up its not something i can afford to do at present.
I also must admit i didnt like the fairing all that much..
oh well ____________________ 1997 Kawasaki ER 500 A1:- Once again, Its merely crap |
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Could you not fabricate some sort of belly pannel out of the farings you have.
I think Naked bikes with a belly pannel look the absolout Muts Nuts! ____________________ - Honda XL125S - CBR400 NC29 - VFR400 NC30 - CBR400 NC29 - TL1000R - TeeZeR Pit! - Bandit 12 - YZF450 - LuckyMX125 Pit! - Demon X XLR 140 Pit!
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- Honda Chaly 140cc - Thumpstar 190cc 4v MiniSM - Aprilia RS125 Pit-Bike - |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 17 years, 216 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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