Silliness made in Britain...

[WildGoose]

Have wanted one for ages and now I have it.

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Having not used the KLE at all since November, I considered earlier this week that maybe I wasn't all that attached to it, so I chopped it in for this. Picked it up in the van this afternoon, not ridden yet but getting mildly excited as hopefully the insurance will come through tomorrow. I must be getting older as it was £120 TPFT for the year.

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[Howling Terror]

Add spoked wheels and you'd have me. Tiz a nice machine

Pat
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[Gazdaman]

Ah, your Facebook status makes sense now.

Nice bike!

Gaz

[WildGoose]

It's very good Think i'm gonna enjoy this one for a while.


The goal today was to try and ascertain the much maligned tank range and just get a feel for the bike. The plank of a seat wasn't quite as bad as I had expected but after an hour or so and 50 miles I was ready to stop somewhere and rest for a bit.

Interesting quirks; 78 miles to reserve I switched it over and it then chugged out again 5 miles down the road, I had read the reserve tank was bad, but I was praying it wouldnt quite be that bad. Luckily after a bit of jiggling it fired up again, and I managed to get to a petrol station just over 12 miles from when I switched to reserve.

So 91 miles, and was only able to squeeze 7.1 litres into it at the petrol station (this is definately a bike that needs to be filled upright ). Gives a fuel consumption of 58mpg, better than I was getting on the KLE which was ridden sedately compared to this. So quite pleased with that, although will be getting to know most of the petrol stations around here quite well I reckon.

Also, first bike i've seen that has two fuel taps, fuel tubes feed from either side of the tank, before meeting at a T-piece on the left hand side and then into the carbs. So in theory I suppose you could work the bike to have 2 fuel reserves, but quite why you would want to do this I dunno.

Lots of popping and generally unsociable noises on the over run , sounds good to me with the standard can, so the carbon can co. slip on I got with it must be very loud indeed. Think I will hold fire on fitting it for a while, as this bike will already get enough unwanted attention.

So, chuffed basically.

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So in other words, he stopped you for being flagrantly in posession of a motorcycle in direct contravention of the Hippies, Darkies and People Whose Face I Don't Like The Look of (Police Powers) Act. 1976

[garth]

Ditch those tyres - I used to have them and they are awful.

But, on the flip side, really good fun in the wet! Slippy!


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[WildGoose]

You still got the MZ?

Good to know about the tyres, I think they are Maxxis. What would you recommend?
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So in other words, he stopped you for being flagrantly in posession of a motorcycle in direct contravention of the Hippies, Darkies and People Whose Face I Don't Like The Look of (Police Powers) Act. 1976

[tutton]

By the way its not your getting old, there just incredibly cheap to insure i think,
i was getting quotes of 197, and im 17 with 1 year ncb in a not fantastic postcode tpft of course.
Very nice, i was looking at buying jenks one he sold recently but pyro beat me
what was the purchase price?
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Current: '02 ZX636 A1P '51 CCM R30

[garth]

Yep I've still got the MZ. I've got a set of Diablo scrubs from my monster on it at the moment. Got them fitted and then ended up in the hedge - then hospital for the night - because I was being an idiot though.

BT090s would be good.

Edit. Me ending up in the hedge has nothing to do with the tyres. Diablos are really quite good and you'd be surprised just how far you can push them.
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[WildGoose]

[Hoorse]

Nice , i jus recently traded my R30 in for a falco same colour as yours had it 4 years, lovely bike

[stinkwheel]

[WildGoose]