Used year round? My experience of year round biking is that the mechanicals are fine if looked after, it's the verdigris on the wiring that kills them.Supermofo wrote: Sat Jan 20, 2024 11:56 pmAt my mates house for a beer or 8 and his 1290 Super Adventure has just clocked 142kKungFooBob wrote: Fri Jan 19, 2024 9:07 pmNothing, it's just it's usually large capacity tourers you see for sale with that kind of miles (and mainly Hondas and BMW's), not Yamaha shopping bikes.
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Yeah he's been riding Colchester to either Hackney or Green Park in London all work days, all weather's. He finished his last London commute Friday and it's currently properly salt slatheredPirahna wrote: Sun Jan 21, 2024 12:08 amUsed year round? My experience of year round biking is that the mechanicals are fine if looked after, it's the verdigris on the wiring that kills them.Supermofo wrote: Sat Jan 20, 2024 11:56 pmAt my mates house for a beer or 8 and his 1290 Super Adventure has just clocked 142kKungFooBob wrote: Fri Jan 19, 2024 9:07 pm
Nothing, it's just it's usually large capacity tourers you see for sale with that kind of miles (and mainly Hondas and BMW's), not Yamaha shopping bikes.
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Hoping it'll take root and grow into a 1000?
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Come on. Seriously, an orange oil filler and blue hoses! Is there no sense of style anymore?Supermofo wrote: Mon Jan 29, 2024 11:04 pm When one off makes you think "Thank fuck for that"
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/315094043020
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No mention of the massive filter stuck on the back?
I'd assume it's the engine breather, but they usually have tiny little filters on them?
I'd assume it's the engine breather, but they usually have tiny little filters on them?
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Jesus H Christ!
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So many levels of the wrong.
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This one isn't as horrid as it could be, but I've got a full house on my ebay bollocks bingo card, all the correct phrases, the incorrect spellings and even cropping half the bike out of the pictures!
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/285669629049
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120 BHP. Isn't that a learner bike?KungFooBob wrote: Wed Jan 31, 2024 8:22 pm This one isn't as horrid as it could be, but I've got a full house on my ebay bollocks bingo card, all the correct phrases, the incorrect spellings and even cropping half the bike out of the pictures!
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/285669629049
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But the seller reckons it eats GSXR 1000s.Yorick wrote: Wed Jan 31, 2024 8:24 pm120 BHP. Isn't that a learner bike?KungFooBob wrote: Wed Jan 31, 2024 8:22 pm This one isn't as horrid as it could be, but I've got a full house on my ebay bollocks bingo card, all the correct phrases, the incorrect spellings and even cropping half the bike out of the pictures!
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/285669629049
So it must be speshul.
Just like the blerk's speolng
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Dino readout
Think my son had one of them when he went through his Jurassic world period at 5
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What's the filter foam on the handlebars? Anyone have an idea, because I haven't a clue?KungFooBob wrote: Tue Jan 30, 2024 9:06 am No mention of the massive filter stuck on the back?
I'd assume it's the engine breather, but they usually have tiny little filters on them?
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Stranger still, it's a 'caged sock filter' for a Weber carb.KungFooBob wrote: Tue Jan 30, 2024 9:06 am No mention of the massive filter stuck on the back?
I'd assume it's the engine breather, but they usually have tiny little filters on them?
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I've got a ZRX11 in the garage, but I'd really like one of those new Z900RS'... maybe there's something I can do?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266650918076

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The two shades of yellow clash horribly. Painted by a visual cripple.KungFooBob wrote: Tue Feb 13, 2024 9:58 pm I've got a ZRX11 in the garage, but I'd really like one of those new Z900RS'... maybe there's something I can do?
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266650918076
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Has Bellwood moved into his pipe and slippers phase? Beige on a bike is just wrong...
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