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Gibraltar voted 95% to remain. Leave seems to win. Greetings from Spain; we are ready to close the fence, LOL
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Just to add a bit more on my last post,In Spain the plates stay with the vehicleFar better solution.
The plates stays with the vehicle, the tax (Suma) stays with the previous owner until it is due renewal. You have to transfer the vehicle registration and new owner details with Traffico using a Gestor/Notaire and they will charge you € 250.00.
That was well of topic
But just a bit about declaring SORN. You need to declare SORN when you take a car/bike off the road, we all should know that. But is everyone aware that if the bike changes hands and you inform the DVLA that you are the new keeper if you are not taxing the bike there and then you still have to declare a SORN.
When I bought my FZ1 earlier this year I bought it of a lad on the forum here. He lived in Scotland and it was already on SORN. As I live in Spain and I bought the bike at Christmas time I did not fancy riding it down here during the winter so he kindly kept it for me until April. It was only by chance I read that the SORN is not transferable to the new keeper. The penalties can be expensive as the DVLA can fine you for failing to notify them and either tax or SORN the bike again. I think it is £80.00 fine and then they can back tax the bike from the last time it was taxed?
Sorry about that mate, how is that insurance crap possible?
They decided to put all the insurance up by 45%. They also cut the pays down some 10% - expecting to get worse. I got a baby recently and my expenses got higher even without those new measures to worry about. I'm still not 100% sure on selling. Put it on ads, but at slightly higher price than average (asking 2300, would settle for slightly less - mint condition with all the service done). They regularly go for around 2000, 1800. If no one offers, I'll just ride it untill next summer, when it's up for new registration.
eeeew. a blue and black thunderace, that must be REALLY slow
I went to look at a thunderace before I got my fazer thou, far too "sports" riding position for me. quite liked its looks though, although I hear they can use a bit of oil?
my old un
Then why don't you fuck off to the inferior forum spunkbreath and stop making a tit of yourself on here. It's clear you are one deluded clueless fuckwit
isn't there a thunderace forum then?
The forum died long ago as I recall thunderace is a nice bike I enjoyed mine but we'll dated by fazer standards
Was cutting edge in its day
The forum died long ago as I recall thunderace is a nice bike I enjoyed mine but we'll dated by fazer standards
Was cutting edge in its day
Well, I had an FZR1000 in 1991, so that must have been light years ahead of it's time. The Thunderace was just a development from that, but actually, more of just a re-style.
Try again
The mighty Motormouth has spoken.
I thought Fazers were old. You have a Thunderace?
+1 for that.
I just changed my rear shock for an FG Gubellini unit. The original was in fine condition, but based on more experienced foccers, I knew it was only a matter of time before it NEEDED replacing.
It is a worthwhile upgrade. And apparently you can fit an R6 unit with a little modification. I would go down that road before rebuilding a unit that was never very good in the first place.
Oddly enough, the R6 Exup is in the same place. Not as hideous though...
This type of butterfly exhaust valve is not an EXUP (Yamaha) or a SET (Suzuki) which are designed for mid range boost and are mounted in the downpipes or directly afterwards e.g. MK1 Fazer 1000. These single butterfly valves are mounted in the exhaust link pipe just before the end can are a "noise valve" to help them get through ever tougher noise restrictions. They help keep the weight and size of standard silences down often there's a premuffler box hidden under the bike or tucked up somewhere, they're controlled by an actuator hidden in the tail hump linked to throttle position i.e. the valve matches the throttle 1/4, 1/2 etc. They work in a similar fashion to EXUP so are often referred to as such, EXUP valves in the original sense are no longer needed thanks mainly to fuel injection these days the MK11 FZ1 only has a single butterfly.