Not really happy with the bike. Lots of minor cosmetic problems that could cost a fair bit to tidy. Starting issue. Keep thinking about trading/selling. Fancy an MT-09/whatever.
I think if I were you, I'd get shot and put it down to experience. I don't think you will ever be happy with this bike.
Kinda just thinking aloud really.
27-10-14, 01:51 PM
(This post was last modified: 27-10-14, 01:54 PM by noggythenog.)
(27-10-14, 01:25 PM)nick crisp link Wrote: Not really happy with the bike. Lots of minor cosmetic problems that could cost a fair bit to tidy. Starting issue. Keep thinking about trading/selling. Fancy an MT-09/whatever.
I think if I were you, I'd get shot and put it down to experience. I don't think you will ever be happy with this bike.
Kinda just thinking aloud really.
Thats about the just of it Nick i think.......& to top it off since buying it i keep seeing much cleaner FZ1 coming up for sale at the same money......thats what happens with buying and selling & id much rather stick to dealer approved ie something a year old with some come back.
Some of the things are just not the type of things you notice when going for a test ride or giving the bike a look over, crack underneath, cracks behind plastics......i mean who thinks of opening up the fuel filler when buying a bike?.........equally they'll also be not instantly obvious to a stealer either so thats the way ill likely go.
There could be some truth in what Lew says about trading in during the quiet season but i've got to sort out the starting problem because that will be a big deal breaker if the bloody thing doesnt start during a trade in so i need to get to that pronto going through all the connectors until it is resolved.
In the meantime if anyone wants to present me £2500 for it then thats still a bit of cheap fun for somebody if they arent arsed about the little niggles.
Easiest way to go fast........don't buy a blue bike
get it knicked,get the insurance money-sorted !! :evil :lol
(27-10-14, 05:40 PM)pilgo link Wrote: get it knicked,get the insurance money-sorted !! :evil :lol
You're an evil man pilgo :evil
I like it
I think for £2500 it is a good bike.......like i say based on what i paid it isnt quite worth doing all the work......ok so i can pick up a tank pretty cheap and the bellypan isnt essential......the starting glitch i can get sorted out.......but no i think it's true that ill bever quite be happy.
Easiest way to go fast........don't buy a blue bike
(03-11-14, 07:19 PM)unfazed link Wrote: [quote author=pilgo link=topic=15121.msg171484#msg171484 date=1414428036]
I think for £2500 it is a good bike.......like i say based on what i paid it isnt quite worth doing all the work......ok so i can pick up a tank pretty cheap and the bellypan isnt essential......the starting glitch i can get sorted out.......but no i think it's true that ill bever quite be happy.
Admit it you either bought the wrong model 1000 or you secretly really miss the 600 :lol
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Actually i really do miss my old boxeye......before i crashed it though......it was a nice bike but it would have been a shame not to have tried something else....just to see.
i know what i want now.
No frills
[size=78%]Small capacity[/size]
Something chuckable
Fuel injection
Easiest way to go fast........don't buy a blue bike
2008 CBR6? According to MCN readers, the best handling bike! Or sticking with Yams - R6?
The Deef's apprentice
(04-11-14, 10:11 AM)ChristoT link Wrote: 2008 CBR6? According to MCN readers, the best handling bike! Or sticking with Yams - R6?
No mate
Sports bikes arent required down here.
Im after an MT07
At a push maybe even an MT03.......although i think the 03 might lack a little oomph since i usually cruise at 80 and it tops out at 100.......but i think it could stay at 80 all day long, even round the tightest corners as it supposedly handles like a dream.
But the 07 is the perfect sounding compromise for me......just need to keep scraping up the pennies.
Easiest way to go fast........don't buy a blue bike
Or will you never be happy? There was a rose-tinted glasses phase with your Thou, if you read back.
The Deef's apprentice
I think it's easy to kid yourself sometimes and hey the thou is hardly a bad bike is it......im glad ive felt that rush of speed otherwise id always be curious about it.....but now ive felt it i reckon i can go smaller without compromising fun time.....& by going smaller i can get something that is easier to chuck around the welsh twisties.
We will see....too wet and windy to ride any bike at the moment for me so more time to mooch around and do some tyre kicking
Easiest way to go fast........don't buy a blue bike
