My journey to the A2 licence (GZ125)

[EazyDuz]

Just dedicating a thread to the machine that got me my licence on 24th November this year.

Purchased the bike on 10th September this year. Had no one available to come view it with me and being a total noob i took a bit of a chance with it, but i got it pretty cheap for a GZ125.

To be honest it hasnt had all that much done to it, other than:

- New tyres front and rear
- Rear wheel spokes tightened by a mechanic, as they were loose and pretty dangerous. One spoke needed replacing as it had broken.
- Oil change (changing the filter soon too)
- Tappets done
- New front brake pads
- A lot of time with wire wool and WD40 to remove rusty areas

The main expense being the tyres, as its a cruiser tyre choices are limited, and both tyres, fitting and wheel spokes done came to £140ish i think.

Came off the bike a while ago as shown in my sig. No major damage, just needed a new indicator cover, free the float valve in the carb, but it did leave a fairly nasty graze on the exhaust which im trying to stop from rusting with ACF50 and Autosol. Lots of help and advice from Tef, top guy . Learning a lot from the bike as well, i can now do some maintenance myself, infact just had the rear wheel off earlier to pack the cush drive rubbers, feels a lot better now.

Mods to the bike ive done:

12v socket for sat nav
HID kit for main beam
Roxter heated grips

But i had to remove one mod......the L plates . Very happy with the bike, it has served its purpose and got me my A2 licence just before the weather has started to turn horrible. My training was done at Hinckley and i would highly recommend them to anyone local, very cheap as well, £125 and they teach you until you pass. Only downside is the training is in the dark from 7pm. Another reason i passed when i did, didnt like the idea of riding up and down the A5 in freezing temperatures.
Keeping the bike until i have enough funds for my dream bike, a Virago 535.

Now a few pics:

The day i got it, after removing a lot of rust and wash/waxing:

https://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt134/Kurt_V/SV205701.jpg

Before HID:

https://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt134/Kurt_V/SV205718.jpg

After HID:

https://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt134/Kurt_V/SV205729.jpg

Random country road pic:
https://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt134/Kurt_V/316879_10150328308178451_527263450_8081321_1899938243_n.jpg

As it stands now after a well deserved clean and polish and removal of L plates, phone camera pic so not that good.

https://i605.photobucket.com/albums/tt134/Kurt_V/IMG_20111128_132337.jpg


Thanks for looking and good luck to anyone learning!
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[gypsypunk]

Hi there great post i have been a car driver for 12 years but done my cbt in the summer so before i started my cbt got a old gz125
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spent a while learning from suzuki service manual done
everthing bleeding/brakes/changed speedodrive/ serviced everything....only for a van driver to reverse into me at a set of red lights a writeoff cat c and £700 book valuehad that bike 3 months

so off i went to buy another one

[gypsypunk]

so this is what i bought[img]
rode it 280 miles from yokshire to edinburgh 1 week later i got a fuel leak from carb took it to a dealer 2 weeks later they hadnt fixed it and had run up a bill of £300 i told them to forget it
as i am not going to ride thru winter i dont see the point at spending silly money on it as book value is £700 pity th dealership thinks about themselves before there customers.
so all in all i have had some pretty bad luck since i started out on motorbikes 4 months ago with the money the i have spent i could have done my DAS twice over. [/img]

[EazyDuz]

A carb fuel leak is probably little more than a stuck float bowl or knackered gasket. Seems unfortunate though, imo the bike looks pretty naff in that green colour, the black one looks very nice though, just wish they were quicker!
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