Paging Platy

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4554672280

It's only the 1200, so much lighter.

It's very *you*.

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Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets
and Ducati Race Engineer.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

It's got some fucking miles on it, thobut.

His new car doesn't look very new, either.

--
| ___ Salad Dodger
|/ \
_/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/KH500A8/TS250C
|_\_____/_| ..75805../..18781.../..3196./.19406
(>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 YTC#4 PM#5
|__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 two#11 WG*
\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
\|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4
'^' RBR Landmarks: 24 Pts: 400 Miles: 1589

 

It's chickwheels.

Not by any stretch of the imagination. I'd rather have a Wing.

Or a Glide...

 

So it's a '93 model, first registered over here in '97, surely it should
have been allocated a P or R prefix plate instead of a K?

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Salad Dodger

Heh. I strongly suspect "typo", so I've "asked seller a question".

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets
and Ducati Race Engineer.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, platypus

Which is why I said:

Wot, a nice GL1000? A yellow one?

Finally! A monotremic "Coming Out" post.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets
and Ducati Race Engineer.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

My KH500 was first registered in 2002, manufactured in 1975.

What plate do you think it has?

"ABC123N" or "02 AB 123"?

--
| ___ Salad Dodger
|/ \
_/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/KH500A8/TS250C
|_\_____/_| ..75805../..18781.../..3196./.19406
(>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 YTC#4 PM#5
|__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 two#11 WG*
\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
\|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4
'^' RBR Landmarks: 24 Pts: 400 Miles: 1589

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Doesnotcompute

No, the reg plate will always reflect year of manufacture for an import.
If that can't be determined, you used to get a "Q" plate. I'm not sure
what happens now.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets
and Ducati Race Engineer.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

Salad Dodger wrote:

really? well you learn something new every day.
I was under the (mis)impression that 'old' numbers weren't generated
anymore.

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=9806&item=4554563933&rd=1
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=9806&item=4554664696&rd=1

or possibly

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=9806&item=4554002118&rd=1

which seems refreshingly free of aftermarket towel rails.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=9805&item=4553166568&rd=1
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=9805&item=4554045175&rd=1
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=9805&item=4554112375&rd=1
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=9805&item=4554770659&rd=1

So little money, so many bikes.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, platypus

<very, very small voice>

I actually quite like that.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets
and Ducati Race Engineer.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Wicked Uncle

Bad form, but when you've fucked up the attributions that badly, what
have you got to lose?

Platy typed the URL, obviously.

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets
and Ducati Race Engineer.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

Shim-free engine, too.

 

So do I.

That GL1500 looks very tidy, though.

OEM silencers, too.

70,000 miles - just run in.

Bit light on the chrome, mind.

Single colour version, too, so no expensive fragile stickers to
scratch.



--
| ___ Salad Dodger
|/ \
_/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/KH500A8/TS250C
|_\_____/_| ..75805../..18781.../..3196./.19406
(>|_|_|<) TPPFATUICG#7 DIAABTCOD#9 YTC#4 PM#5
|__|_|__| BOTAFOT #70 BOTAFOF #09 two#11 WG*
\ |^| / IbW#0 & KotIbW# BotTOS#6 GP#4
\|^|/ ANORAK#17 IbB#4
'^' RBR Landmarks: 24 Pts: 400 Miles: 1589

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, platypus

<bids>

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Manufacturer of the "Champion-105" range of rearsets
and Ducati Race Engineer.

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
ZZR1100, Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"

 

I could very easily decide not to sell the Drifter...

 

Not necessarily, until the late eighties (IIRC) it was based on year of
registration.

My Dad's Triumph (car) imported after his posting in Cyprus was
registered as two years younger than it was; I've had an 'M' reg Morris
Traveller and an 'X' reg SIIa Land Rover.

 

That's very inexpensive!

 

sweller says...

My dad brought an Aussie built Morris Traveller back from Singapore via
Germany. It was registered over here on a 1969 G plate but was first
registered abroad in 66. I saw another ex-army Morris Traveller on a
1978 S plate once.

 

I suspect the one I had, briefly, was ex-RAF as it was the same dark blue
as those I'd seen at Scampton. That blue was a standard colour so
/wibble/ but it makes sense for the delayed registration.