"new" bike

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

The nine stranded me three times late last year - here's once:

https://i.ibb.co/TTsFTNg/ZX9-R-c2-recovery-25th-Nov-2022-1.jpg

Intermittent electrical fault, after fitting new discs and getting the wheels powder coated.

Got dyno'd to see if it would cut out but it never did (at least i got a some power runs though - it's making 127bhp, it turns out - not bad for 98k miles).

Anyway, for one reason or another, I fancied a change. A serious change. Seeing as I ride 75% unmarked back lanes, some sort of adv type bike seemed the best bet. After a lot of umming and arring (I came close to throwing 6k at Tiger 800 XCAs a couple of times), I eventually bought this old 1150GS for £3.4k with 45k on it (I think this is not a cheap price btw):

https://i.ibb.co/0mSFjNY/BMW-1150-GS-2.jpg

https://i.ibb.co/ckrbYfL/BMW-1150-GS-3.jpg
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Mobylette Type 50 ---> Raleigh Grifter ---> Neval Minsk 125

[Pete.]

Tidy example. What year is it? Single spark engine makes it pre-2002 should think.
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

cheers - it;s on an 02 plate
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Mobylette Type 50 ---> Raleigh Grifter ---> Neval Minsk 125

[struan80]

Congratulations on your new bike mate.

I prefer the Kawasaki though

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

Yeah me too, kind of. The nine was a really good bike and i enjoyed it a lot - great power, and on new-ish tyres it rode well too. But as I said, it wasn't really the best bike for back lanes, which is where i live and most of what i choose to ride.
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Mobylette Type 50 ---> Raleigh Grifter ---> Neval Minsk 125

[A100man]

My mate had a very similar ZX9 in the early 2000s which had an untraceable misfire - spent all one trip to IoM changing the plugs which is no easy task as I recall,.
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Now: A100, GT250A, XJ598, FZ750

Then: Fizz, RS200, KL250, XJ550, Laverda Alpina, XJ600, FZS600

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

Grim.

Mine was rock solid for 80k - can't remember how much valve adjustment I had, maybe three lots. It did try and kill me a once, with a collapsed swing arm bearing. But in general it was ace. I got addicted to it tbh.
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"Life is a sexually transmitted disease and the mortality rate is one hundred percent."

Mobylette Type 50 ---> Raleigh Grifter ---> Neval Minsk 125