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Erm, TOG - anything to watch out for on Z650s?

 
 
Timo Geusch
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      08-27-2003, 08:42 PM
As you may have guessed, the p/x offers have started rolling in...
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      08-27-2003, 09:19 PM
Timo Geusch <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> As you may have guessed, the p/x offers have started rolling in...


Camchain tensioner sticks, clutch actuation is bloody awful, calipers
degrade, left-hand switchgear seems to fall apart, usual chrome and seat
hassles, engine is bloody tough otherwise.


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      08-28-2003, 06:32 AM
The Older Gentleman was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever:
> Timo Geusch <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> As you may have guessed, the p/x offers have started rolling in...

>
> Camchain tensioner sticks, clutch actuation is bloody awful, calipers
> degrade, left-hand switchgear seems to fall apart, usual chrome and seat
> hassles, engine is bloody tough otherwise.


"Clutch actuation is bloody awful" would most likely rule that one out
then.
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      08-28-2003, 06:50 AM
Timo Geusch <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> The Older Gentleman was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever:
> > Timo Geusch <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> >
> >> As you may have guessed, the p/x offers have started rolling in...

> >
> > Camchain tensioner sticks, clutch actuation is bloody awful, calipers
> > degrade, left-hand switchgear seems to fall apart, usual chrome and seat
> > hassles, engine is bloody tough otherwise.

>
> "Clutch actuation is bloody awful" would most likely rule that one out
> then.


The lever pressure is light-ish, but the way the clutch sort of "drops
in" tends to nadger the basket rather quickly.


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      08-29-2003, 10:58 PM
On Fri, 29 Aug 2003 23:27:49 +0100, Champ <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 21:42:08 +0100, Timo Geusch
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
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>>As you may have guessed, the p/x offers have started rolling in...

>
>*want* !
>
>My first *proper* bike, was my z650B1, in dark metalflake green.
>Single disc brake (which I later converted to a twin setup), it was
>just about as fast as my mate's 5 years newer z750L


No! You want a powder blue C2, you do. You just don't want my old one.
Not a patch on my 750E1, it wasn't.
>
><drifts off into nostalgic reverie>


<joins in>

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      08-30-2003, 05:42 AM
Champ was seen penning the following ode to ... whatever:
> On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 21:42:08 +0100, Timo Geusch
><(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>As you may have guessed, the p/x offers have started rolling in...

>
> *want* !


Want how much?

> My first *proper* bike, was my z650B1, in dark metalflake green.
> Single disc brake (which I later converted to a twin setup), it was
> just about as fast as my mate's 5 years newer z750L
>
><drifts off into nostalgic reverie>


Heh. This one's metallic grey with a few mods here and there...
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      09-01-2003, 05:58 PM
Timo Geusch <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Like Daylo yellow points covers.


*Nice*


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