So, GPz550's ?

I reckon "crn" likes to be called "FCS" at weekends.

 

Don't need to.

 

I think someone who tries to post authoritatively on tyre shelf life,
based on his observations of sports shoe and tennis ball packs, deserves
a special prize.

 

Oh dear.

What a load of utter shite you talk. Three years? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

"It's a moron working with power tools.
How much more suspenseful can you get?"
- House

 

I can't speak for everyone else, but I'm fairly sure nobody thought
that.

Fucking priceless. So you hand out erroneous advice about tyres on the
basis of what you've read on tennis ball and sports shoe packaging.
Excuse me while I laugh myself silly.

Hey, at least you filled in a gap in your knowledge. Now you can hand
our erroneous advice about condoms based on what you read about tyres.

And sort your sig out.
--
Dave
GS850x2 XS650 SE6a

"It's a moron working with power tools.
How much more suspenseful can you get?"
- House

 

I always thought it was a better bike than the GPZ500S which was
supposed to replace it. It took five years from the launch of the 500
twin before they pensioned off the 550.

Not that the 500S is a bad bike: just that the 550 was superior in
several respects.

 

No, the rest of us were thinking "Who's this fucking idiot?".

 

What, of the 550 Nige, as soon as I've seen > got it I will. ;-)

All the best ..

T i m

p.s. I don't want to seem too keen by rushing over there straight away
eh! ;-)

 

<waves>

How about young gits with scooters?

 

Oops. That should be WWYY, unless my car's tyres haven't yet been made.

 

Never having ridden a scooter, I'm a bit bi-curious about them. I suppose I
ought to have a go sometime.

 

I feel the same about Harleys. There's an emporium barely a mile from
here and I've been waiting for the planetary alignment that will bring
me a spare, sunny day and a day suitably in advance when I actually
remember to book a bike.

 

I rode a Sportster when I was 16, haven't touched one since.

 

My first scooter was when I was 15 and it originally belonged to my
Dad, then my Uncle. It was a Lambretta LD150 (shaft drive) and I first
saw it in my Uncles shed but it wasn't running.

Turns out the final drive casing had been melted when a friendly
neighbour though he'd help him get the bearing out by overheating the
ally casting. :-(

I pestered him for a few years, was finally given it, a mates Dad sold
me a second hand casing for a fiver and I had a scooter! ;-)

At the time they were transport (and for me bikes still are) but are
still as much a motorbike as a quad, or outfit isn't.

They are however, very different to ride and are more steered like a
boat ... (similar to riding a tandem compared with a solo cycle).

The Daughters Piaggio Skipper 125ST puts many bigger bikes to shame
with it's equipment: Proper fuel gauge, digital clock and external
temperature gauge, immobiliser, twin headlights to equal a good sports
bike, electric start, good storage and a pretty decent pickup off the
line (and proper 4/ engine). ;-) Her first 500 miles were done on it
in all weather conditions and often dark country lanes and it never
put a wheel wrong.

She doesn't want to keep it now though. ;-)

All the best ..

T i m

 

My mate shoved me on his 13xx FLFXFL<whatever> for an hour and he rode
her XV750.

He seemed quite happy at the end, apparently quite impressed overall
and I was happy to cross that box off my wish list. ;-)

All the best ..

T i m

 

I've ridden a couple, don't bother cos they really are shite.

 

Right, no pictures as yet but an update for you all.

From what little I can see of it it's a red, small faringed motorbike
(it's between 125 offroader and a hard place). ;-)

The logbook tells me it was first registered June 1986 and that it's a
Kawasaki ZX550- A2 << (shrug)

The last MOT is from August 2005 (expired Aug 2006) and at that point
it had done 48500 miles (only done a few since).

In amongst the paperwork was the receipt from the previous owner and
is says "it hadn't been running for the previous 4 years and was sold
as seen".

Apparently neighbour had a new chain and sprockets and two new tyres
fitted for the last MOT (so that could be good news).

He's going to get the bike out tomorrow for me and if I still like I
can take it home to play. ;-)

He said that apart from a dead battery (and probably stale petrol) it
should run. The 'fault' was the tickover was rough so it was raised a
bit to overcome that issue (a guy who looked at it for him said "they
all do that" ...)?

So that's about all I can tell you so far. The front disks looked ok
as did the tyre, the (tinted) screen looked in good nick but the
paintwork looked a bit rough (no surprises there of course). I
couldn't see much else.

So, how does it sound so far?

All the best ..

T i m

p.s. The other good news is he might want her Skipper (that could save
a lot of mucking about).

 

I like mine, but then again I'm not exactly known for being quite right
in the head anyway.

 

Well, I have to tick off the experience.

 

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