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<raises hand>

KR1-S

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Adie
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Triumph 955iSS / GSF1200 bandit / CG125
MRO#11 BOTAFOF#7 BOTAFOT#130 DIAABTCOD#17 MIB#24 YTC#16 BOB#15 ex-UKRMMA#22 BOMB#11

 

Me. I used to own a KLR650 Tengai. I bought it as a brief
foray into the big thumper thang, in the early 90s. I have
to say it was a most underwhelming experience. Soft, wallowy
mild, shell suit (the styling and colours) and boring are
just a few of the words which come to mind when I think back
on it.

Mind you The KDX250 I owned a few years before that, was anything
but. The ZZR11 was for the time an astonishing motor, but a bit
of a barge. But I still remember it fondly.

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Alex
BMW R1150GS
DIAABTCOD#3 MSWF#4 UKRMFBC#6 Ibw#35 BOB#8
http://www.team-ukrm.co.uk
Windy's "little soldier"

 

Bear says...

Liquid cooled. ISTR it even said so on the barrels or sidepanels.

 

Wrong way round. Liquid cooled is cap Z.

Liquid.

 

I was on the original launch, Jarama, late 1985, and I can tell you -
every hack was *well* impressed. I remember someone calling it a
"four-stroke 500LC".

 

Which, I'm sorry to say, was little z.

http://www.salad.dodger.dsl.pipex.com/750R.jpg
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| ___ Salad Dodger
|/ \
_/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/KH500A8/TS250C
|_\_____/_| ..74309../..18302.../..3184./.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: 12 Pts: 220 Miles: 914

 

It's a common typo to write 'GPX600' when you meant 'Panther'.

 

Oh, ffs. GPz750R - watercooled, right?

As was the GPz900R, which in a fit of corporate lunacy became the
GPZ900R some time later.

Don't look for consistency, there isn't any.

A2:

http://www.gpz900r.org/phpbb2/album_page.php?pic_id=281

A3:

http://www.gpz900r.org/phpbb2/album_page.php?pic_id=348


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| ___ Salad Dodger
|/ \
_/_____\_ GL1500SEV/CBR1100XXX/KH500A8/TS250C
|_\_____/_| ..74309../..18302.../..3184./.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: 12 Pts: 220 Miles: 914

 

Ah yes, I rode a mates one of those and thought it was absolutely
awful, preferring the RD's and the TZR's a lot more.

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Lesley
CBR600FW
SBS#11 (with oak-leaf cluster)
BOTAFOT#101A UKRMHRC#12
BONY#54P BOB#18
Real burds don't take hormones, they rage naturally

 

Each to their own, I was glad to hand the keys back.

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Lesley
CBR600FW
SBS#11 (with oak-leaf cluster)
BOTAFOT#101A UKRMHRC#12
BONY#54P BOB#18
Real burds don't take hormones, they rage naturally

 

Champ says...

The KR-1 can be made into a far better bike by throwing the engine in
the wheelie bin and fitting a nice RD350LC F2 YPVS engine. That's
exactly what I did with mine.

 

I'm trying my fucking best.

 

Will they now supply the Sport 1000 I ordered from them?

 

Steph wrote

A cracking little toy. I loved riding mine, it was never an effort.

 

<also raises hand>

GPz 305 (swapped my GS550 for it then flogged the 305 on for a
considerable profit)

 

I'm going to rephrase the original question:

Maybe it's just that they offer something unique that's never failed
to impress. Everyone's owned shit bikes, but has anyone ever owned
a lime green Kawasaki that didn't stir the soul just a little bit?

 

ogden says...

Lime green Kawasakis stir my bowels

 

Deposit, thank ****.

 

On a credit card or cheque? Cash?

 

Not likely. Different company, isn't it so they're not liable
for any debts from any previous company that may have had the
same owners, staff, etc, etc.

I *think* that your deposit would be held by Ducati UK, or
at least they should have a record of it for the numbers
they would need to order. Might be worth a call?