New Bike....s

[Bigyin]

How close are we to bike number 200, must be at least 3/4 of the way there or more by now.

I can see the little CRF staying quite a while but not sure the Tracer has a long shelf life chez couchy ...... enjoy the new toys

So both gone by spring

Or both before Xmas?

I think the CRF will be there well into Spring ............. the Tracer on the other hand

It keeps us busy anyway with the "what will he buy next" thoughts

[Couchy]

I agree the 250 will stay longest as it has a use for green laning, The tracer is very nice and had a big discount and helped me out of the 500x. If I don’t do much road riding the tracer can go next summer. I haven’t really got a use for much beyond the 250 and a bike for portimao so who knows what will turn up for that trip

[Claude]

Is there a separate thread for the new elgrand?

[KungFooBob]

Is there a separate thread for the new elgrand?

The Elgrand is the longest lasting Couchie vehicle...EVER!

[Couchy]

The portimao express has arrived

Untitled by Tony H, on Flickr

[Yorick]

The portimao express has arrived

Untitled by Tony H, on Flickr

Bring it on big boy

[Skub]

Looks very clean!

[Couchy]

Looks very clean!

It’s a 7/10 as it’s dirty in all the places people don’t clean them and there’s some corrosion on rear shock but that’s going anyway, exhaust will come off and be blasted and it’ll get a deep clean then I’ll be happy

[weeksy]

The portimao express has arrived

Untitled by Tony H, on Flickr

Wife session 2 please.

[KungFooBob]

Was this inspired by the 44 Teeth Italian Bargain thingy video someone posted the otherday?

I wasn't a fan of the ergo's on the 999, but iirc you raced an 749, which is basically the same thing, right?

[Couchy]

Was this inspired by the 44 Teeth Italian Bargain thingy video someone posted the otherday?

I wasn't a fan of the ergo's on the 999, but iirc you raced an 749, which is basically the same thing, right?

Bought because I raced a 749, and I took it to portimao and loved it. I’ll take this one too

[Yorick]

Was this inspired by the 44 Teeth Italian Bargain thingy video someone posted the otherday?

I wasn't a fan of the ergo's on the 999, but iirc you raced an 749, which is basically the same thing, right?

Bought because I raced a 749, and I took it to portimao and loved it. I’ll take this one too

Maybe we can recreate our Cadwell dices from 20 years ago

[Couchy]

Was this inspired by the 44 Teeth Italian Bargain thingy video someone posted the otherday?

I wasn't a fan of the ergo's on the 999, but iirc you raced an 749, which is basically the same thing, right?

Bought because I raced a 749, and I took it to portimao and loved it. I’ll take this one too

Maybe we can recreate our Cadwell dices from 20 years ago

At a much reduced pace lol

[weeksy]

So is it £500+zx6 or £750?

[Couchy]

So is it £500+zx6 or £750?

No chance this stays, no really it does

[Bigyin]

Was this inspired by the 44 Teeth Italian Bargain thingy video someone posted the otherday?

I wasn't a fan of the ergo's on the 999, but iirc you raced an 749, which is basically the same thing, right?

I should hope not as the dyno runs were not exactly kind to the 999 Fagan bought .... i know couchy raced the 749's and loved them so i doubt its anything to do with outright power, more to do with the overall handling etc

Look forward to seeing it

[Tricky]

Nice, I like

Think I may need more than an open airbox , Powertronics box and smaller rear sprocket to stay in your slipstream now though, hmmm....

[Supermofo]

I really didn't like them when new, but they've massively grown on me. The turning point was seeing a 999R at a steam train open day in Essex which I took the kids to, it looked incredible.

I really thought very hard about buying a 749 when I bought my 690. I was looking at ads for both. Weeksy's servicing bills put me off. At the time 749s especially were pretty cheap, they've increased a fair bit in price since then.

[weeksy]

Yeah our bill was a bit of a stinger... It only went in for a bit of bad fuelling and a service and came out £800 lighter, with the 748S before that being £1200 when it went in due to rocker/cam issues.

That was the reason i sold the 848 race bike at the time, it was going to need a £1000 bill in the next 12 months, so it went.

But, all of this said, i'd happily own another... I'd just have to pre-plan a few finances to make it viable.

[Mr. Dazzle]

I had a go on someone's 999 when I owned my 996. The ergonomics are very different IMO, the 999 was way less "folded up" and generally more pleasant.

I'd still buy a 748 though if I had time to fix stuff.