Kawasaki Sportsbike Riders Club - Australia - Online Forum

by **Smitty** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:21 pm

mfzx6r wrote:
neka79 wrote:oh...theres "negotiations" huh??...well good luck wiv that....

looks like smitty wont b getting a new bike after all.....

I'm with Neka on this

hehehe
the Convertible....????
a new one just like this one..even the colour
my missus gets it Tuesday!

...next????? :twisted:

by **Gosling1** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:56 pm

hmmm, I thought there was something *fishy* going on with your answer Smitty........

I voted for 2nd-hand 12, only on the basis that if anyone could scour the classies / bikepoint / e-bay and the local shop window for a really good 03/04/05 12R, with low kms, and then beat the seller down a grand or so, it would be you. :wink:

Good luck, they don't bite if you don't twist the throttle too hard, *reasonably* comfortable for a pillion, and mate, its a 12

........"....excuse me Sir, your R1 seems to have developed a missfire......later dude....." :lol:

by **Neka79** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 11:50 pm

carn smitty..ur a blouse arent ya?? id of thought ud of put up more of a fight than that??
mrs gets her car already..but have u got ur bike??

so u keeping the old girl..or trading her??...and wot abt the gpx??

by **Jonno** » Wed Jan 11, 2006 11:52 pm

Lucas wrote:Yes Smitty throttle is touchy but get use to that
and not very suburb friendly

but what new larger sportsbike really is
or dont you have to keep in 2nd or maybe 3rd to be at 60k

but have to agree that its hard to not speed

Um sorry, thats why us older fatter unwiser geezers like the 12 mate, soft as a sledge hammer if you want it to be. Really the throttle is not as spankin as the ten until ya get high up over say 3k rpm... :twisted:

speed you say?
Thats relative to the coppers opinion and realisation which way you went :twisted:

by **Smitty** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 6:34 am

Gosling1 wrote:hmmm, I thought there was something *fishy* going on with your answer Smitty........

actually Gos

negotiations between the New Car sales manager
at my local Holden dealer ...and my Minister for War
and Finance were only concluded around 7pm last night
and he lost.....

so nothing fishy about my answer......
she was just haggling :twisted:

ciao

by **Smitty** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 6:37 am

neka79 wrote:carn smitty..ur a blouse arent ya?? id of thought ud of put up more of a fight than that??
mrs gets her car already..but have u got ur bike??

so u keeping the old girl..or trading her??...and wot abt the gpx??

neka
bike???...no

keeping one ol'girl :wink:

and prolly selling the GPx......

cheers

by **javaman** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 7:57 am

Smitty wrote:
Phil wrote:
i rode a 998 and wondered what all the fuss was about. personally i thought it was shit.

I have to agree with Phil..I wonder at some ppls comments on the 916 on
family of Ducs.. ..they are really not worth the $..or the effort

Why is that Smitty ? I thought they are expensive for a reason (ohlins suspension, brembo, and such). Is it the engine ?

by **Smitty** » Thu Jan 12, 2006 8:57 am

javaman wrote:
Smitty wrote:
Phil wrote:
i rode a 998 and wondered what all the fuss was about. personally i thought it was shit.

I have to agree with Phil..I wonder at some ppls comments on the 916 on
family of Ducs.. ..they are really not worth the $..or the effort

Why is that Smitty ? I thought they are expensive for a reason (ohlins suspension, brembo, and such). Is it the engine ?

Andi
they are fragile

and even with the stuff like the Ohlins and Brembo brakes
imho, not good value for money...
they require constant maintenance
(stuff like timing belts get replaced every 20,000)
there is very little you can do yourself
(and don't even think about adjusting the desmo valves)
and
yes they handle not that well (they need a steering damper)
but brake good
however at a cost, they chew up pads and tyres like you would not believe

the new 916 I rode...stopped on me (It was a week old)
and have to be trailered back to my mates place
coz some electrical connection/bit had fried itself

the horror stories you hear about the Ducatis (and Alfas for that matter)
are true

a good 750 ( a ZX7r or Gixxer750) would make meat of one
on a ride thru Reefton or the Black Spur

hth

cheers