Talk me out of buying another old shitter

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Talk me out of buying another old shitter

Post by Le_Fromage_Grande »

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kawasaki-ZRX ... %7Ciid%3A1

Don't need it, don't know when I'll ride it, but I'd quite like it.
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They were kinda cool, certainly look like the 11/1200 at first glance.

I'd rather a 400 Katana tho'
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Yet again I find the phrase 'Old Shitter' seems to cover quite a broad spectrum...
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That's rather nice.
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Post by G.P »

Sorry, not going to talk you out of that. Get it bought! :thumbup:
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Post by Le_Fromage_Grande »

cheb wrote: Fri Jul 24, 2020 2:29 pm That's rather nice.
I know, don't know if it's £2K nice though
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KungFooBob wrote: Fri Jul 24, 2020 2:15 pm They were kinda cool, certainly look like the 11/1200 at first glance.

I'd rather a 400 Katana tho'
That's another bike that tempts me
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If the rust doesn't talk you out of it then i doubt i can do it either.
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Julian_Boolean wrote: Fri Jul 24, 2020 2:56 pm
cheb wrote: Fri Jul 24, 2020 2:29 pm That's rather nice.
I know, don't know if it's £2K nice though
True, but it's not my money I'm spending.
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Nice bike!

Before some dickhead put pod filters and a pink handlebar on it, then parked it on the promenade for a year.

Too much money for one in that condition.
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Presume it's a Jap import (were they officially imported?). Looks like a lot of Jap imports low miles but abandoned long long ago and left unloved. Maybe for 1-1.2k but I'd not wanna pay more.
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Post by Le_Fromage_Grande »

It's a Jap import and I did think it looked in rough condition, I thought £1K max was a more realistic price
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Which muppet sprayed over the side panel stickers?
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Post by KungFooBob »

Buy this old shitter instead.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/it ... 529295334/

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Oooh that's clever, I only C&P'ed the link.
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Post by Lutin »

If anyone else gets the farcebook moan about adblockers etc. here's the bike that KungFooBob is referring to -

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Blundering about trying not to make too much of a hash of things.
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Lutin wrote: Fri Jul 24, 2020 10:09 pm If anyone else gets the farcebook moan about adblockers etc. here's the bike that KungFooBob is referring to -

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The exquisite tail piece just sets the whole thing off :)
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Harry wrote: Sun Jul 26, 2020 4:40 am Why not throw another £2k at the one you have and make it look a bit more 'AC Sanctuary'

That would be money better spent IMHO.
TBH that's been my conclusion over the weekend, but with bikes I go round in a circle of "why do I want a big on the road, I'm not using the power" followed by buying a small bike and then getting bored with thrashing the tits out of it
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Post by Le_Fromage_Grande »

And Weeksy thought the ZRX was nasty

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SUZUKI-GSX40 ... %7Ciid%3A1

This is horrible
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Julian_Boolean wrote: Mon Jul 27, 2020 3:41 pm And Weeksy thought the ZRX was nasty

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SUZUKI-GSX40 ... %7Ciid%3A1

This is horrible
You think that's bad, you haven't seen my upcoming CB-1 project yet!

A thread will follow in due course, but not for a few months.
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last used in 1997... as a boat anchor.