Kawk GPZ500S

Anybody got info/experience on the above bike? Bruv is looking to buy one,
so his SO can
have use of the car.. Its P reg, black/purple 20-oddK miles and going for
£1,300 approx
from the dealer. Anything to be aware of when riding/maintaining it, ie any
idiosyncrasies about it
he needs to watch out for?

cheers

 

Noooooooo! Paging Charders.... it seems your bike has been nicked...

 

Beware the purple anodised bolt fetish.

 

Hi, I had one for 2 years until a couple of months ago.

Price seems quite good from a dealer, but are they chucking in any
warranty etc? With 20k on the clock probably want to check the rear
suspension and exhaust if it's still got the standard twin exhausts on.
Mine had a big hole in by 16k which resulted in a replacement.

Other than that IMHO a good bike, cheap to run [1], economical and just
about enough fun to keep you interested, especially if it's being used
mainly for commuting. If you keep on top of cleaning and maintenance
should do okay.

He will have to get used to plenty of 'chick wheels' gibes and down the
nose looks from bike shop staff though

HTH

[1] If you don't crash.

 

Well yes, obviously, but no dealer is ever going to use that description
whilst selling the thing....

 

Andrewr At Work wrote:

Fair point. well Made.

 

Cheryl has an evil plan to restore her poor helpless Morris Minor and
then paint it in the paints that have the metallic flakes in them..
starting off light at the front and shading to deep purple at the back.

More purple than a purple thing in purpleville.

Phil

--
Phil Launchbury, Network & Infrastructure PHB
Triumph Tiger 955i
"I'm training the bats who live in my cubicle
to juggle mushrooms"
Remove sick person to email me

 

I have one at the monent which is featured on the site below, feel free to
have a look. I love it, it's not overly powerful hense i am still alive and
it's cheap to run/maintain. Look out for the gear shift, has a habbit of
working loose. in general make sure bolts and fairings have not worked
loose. Apart from that, buy it!
Jim
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Web Site: http://www.biker.v21hosting.co.uk

 

Anybody got info/experience on the above bike? Bruv is looking to buy
one,

</lurk mode>

I have an 'L' reg one for the last two years, I've done 20,000 miles
commuting 45miles/day round trip.

Good points:
Slim, for getting through the traffic queues.
Very little vibration through the handlebars.
Enough power to loose your licence. (120mph - not on public roads, officer)
Reasonable handling, even two up.
Easy to change oil and filter.
Economic 50 - 55mpg. Tank goes for 175 before switching to reserve.
Very reliable. (so far)

Bad points:
Small size.
Seat can be numbing after a couple of hours.
Not enough power.
Air filter and spark-plugs are a bugger to get at.
Only breakdown was caused by the side-stand cutout switch failing.
Finish is looking a bit rough at the welds,but this is only cosmetic.
Girls bike.

I often think about getting somthing bigger but then I realize that I would
take just as long doing the same journey along the A10 because of the
traffic, and it would be less economic, cost more to insure and other costs
like tyres would be increased. For me, using it to commute its not a bad
bike.

Adam S

<lurk mode>

 

Hmm I've actually find that my journey takes longer since switching my
GPZ, particularly in the summer. Can't figure out why though

Yep those too

I *really* wanted to keep mine for the journey to work TBH. Mind you one
thing the Gixer has is I can get everything I need for a normal day in a
bag under the seat. Couldn't do that on the GPZ.

 

Cos you go in the car cos the GSXR is in bits in the garage?

 

Andrewr At Work says...

It's not *that* bad. You can't see all the purple when you ride it.

--
Lesley
ZXR400SP
SBS#11[with oak-leaf cluster]
BOTAFOT#101A UKRMHRC#12
BONY#54P BOB#18

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Purple has no place on a bike.

Isn't that right Pip?

 

petrolcan says...

I'll speak for him

"Damn right"

 

*cough*backwheel*cough*

You sure you want to speak for the shorter haired one?

 

petrolcan says...

It's black with dirt, I don't see any purple

 

WD40 is your friend

 

Has she added more purple since last year then?

 

It looked pretty shit at the BOSM. Whether it's more shit than last year
I don't know.

That it looks shit, is of course, my opinion but anodised bolts are the
motorcycle equivalent of bodykits on Vauxhalls. And Renaults for that
matter.

 

I dunno, I quite liked it, in a 'this is taking the piss out of
itself' sorta way that could only work with a GPz500S.