This is my birthday present to myself

Keith G says...

Ok, so "proper bike" is old style shite?

Got it now, thanks.

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Lozzo
Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Black with added black bits)
Suzuki Bandit 600S (Green with added shit bits)
Yamaha SR250 Delusion (It's "Special")
I ride way too fast to worry about cholestorol.

 

Seriously dude, can you adjust your client to quote properly? It's
getting rather irritating.

 

For TOG values of modern ... 11 years is positively cutting edge.

 

Very sweet. If it's half as good as it looks and what he says then it's a
cracking deal.

 

Paul - xxx says...

He'll be buying one of those lovely new-fangled MZ 250 Trophies next.

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Lozzo
Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Black with added black bits)
Suzuki Bandit 600S (Green with added shit bits)
Yamaha SR250 Delusion (It's "Special")
I ride way too fast to worry about cholestorol.

 

Ooh, we can't have that, can we? ;-)

How does this look - looks alright this end and I've done ****-all....???

 

OK, looks alright to me - now this, for a final check!

 

Simple when you put it like that, innit?

 

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Ebay item 160103931737

The last and (IMHO) best of the GPZ900s: no bloody silly anti-dive,
17" front wheel, uprated brakes, all engine mods done.

Offered him a grand after I was outbid and it failed to make reserve:
agreed on £1100.

IMHO, that is a *hell* of a lot of bike for £1100, and unlikely to
depreciate.

I had an A8 in red and black. Lovely bike, took me 2600 miles around europe
on a fortnight two up with luggage without a problem. I'd love another just
for the nostalgia but unfortuanately my missus isn't so keen and prefers a
garden.

 

Very nice. I'd like an A1, despite the 16" wheel etc, just cos I
lusted after them madly when they came out.

 

Bingo.

 

Are you *sure* it wasn't a 900? The movie came out in '86, IMDB[1] says
it was a 1985 ZX900, and I believe the ZX750-F1 was first sold (in the US)
as a 1987 model.

[1] Not always the most authoritative source on motorcycle-related matters

 

Mark Olson says...

I'm just going by what I was told by the Kawasaki rep who used to call
on the bike shop I was working for back then.

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Lozzo
Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Black with added black bits)
Suzuki Bandit 600S (Green with added shit bits)
Yamaha SR250 Delusion (It's "Special")
I ride way too fast to worry about cholestorol.

 

"The motorcycle that Maverick rides is a 1985 Kawasaki GPZ 900"
http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0092099/trivia
http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_6406-Kawasaki-GPZ-900-R.html

 

Dunno, and in a moment of insanity, I've decided not to buy it after
all.

Reason: I really don't need it, but I'd like it, and the garage is full,
and I don't want to sell either the BMW or the Ducati....

 

Horses for courses. I'd not use a sports tourer in place of a tourer
for daily commuting.

 

Met him at one of the GPZ Germany fests, I went with a mate.(1)
Excellent it was and well worth a visit.


Useful bi-lingual site
http://www.900r.de/ger/index.html

(1)
Just a flavour
http://www.900r.de/bilder-gpz-treffen/bilder-6-gpz-treffen/6gpz03.jpg
http://www.900r.de/bilder-gpz-treffen/bilder-6-gpz-treffen/6gpz03.jpg
http://www.900r.de/bilder-gpz-treffen/bilder-6-gpz-treffen/6gpzfrank66.jpg
http://www.900r.de/bilder-gpz-treffen/bilder-6-gpz-treffen/6gpzfrank69.jpg

 

He had the Gixxer 1000 out so....

 

Yes you do. Sir wants a late ST4S. No really you do. They are utterly
wonderful and addictive.

 

And Champ's 10R at Sedan last year.