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I have traded up...
Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 11:38 am
by Stereo
Yup thats right...
It was about time...
I have traded up from my 03 Zixxer, to this awesome machine.... The 1991 GPZ-500S (the S would stand for.... uhm... sports?)
I was amazed by the awesome power of this machine.... I can almost keep up with cars!
It seems to weigh almost nothing (compared to a small truck, or a fully grown rhinosaurus), which is good because the brakes hardly work as it is...
The drum brake at the bake is especially cool! I think everyone will have them soon....
It seems like such a shame that later today I have to go and swap it back with my stupid 636.... I wish I could keep this one forever
Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 12:12 pm
by Smitty
don't take it back
give ya $2 for it......
Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 1:39 pm
by hidepenny
did u get any moeny back from ur 636?
Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 1:40 pm
by Ratmick
I'm pretty sure they still sell those in the US
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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 1:45 pm
by Stereo
hidepenny wrote:did u get any moeny back from ur 636?
Hell no...... this bike is almost priceless@!&^%
Mick Doohan rode a 500cc bike in the MotoGP!
Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 2:22 pm
by Cougar :)
That's priceless
Now I should be able to beat you
Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 2:28 pm
by Neka79
Cougar :) wrote:That's priceless
Now I should be able to beat you
yea ill beat him too...with a big bloody stick for taking the piss outta one of the original sportsbikes...they paved the way...ahh crap..i cant be bothered...loaner huh...
Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 2:37 pm
by Stereo
Neka79 wrote:Cougar :) wrote:That's priceless
Now I should be able to beat you
yea ill beat him too...with a big bloody stick for taking the piss outta one of the original sportsbikes...
Who said I was taking the piss?
Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 2:38 pm
by Stereo
ok... yes.... yes I was.... But you are right, it is one of the origional sportsbikes.... In fact it probably is THE origional sportsbike.... because the suspension is faded, the brakes hardy work, it doesnt corner well.... it accellerates better than I thought it would though
Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 2:58 pm
by Strika
Stereo wrote:it accellerates better than I thought it would though
Your expectations must have been low!!!!!
Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 3:02 pm
by red_dave
Very nice...
I think.
Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 3:26 pm
by Smitty
Stereo wrote:you are right, it is one of the origional sportsbikes.... In fact it probably is THE origional sportsbike.... because the suspension is faded, the brakes hardy work, it doesnt corner well.... it accellerates better than I thought it would though
geezus Stereo
sounds like a description of my
500cc Kwaka Mach III
.....circa 1974
Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 7:55 pm
by Neka79
Stereo wrote:.. it accellerates better than I thought it would though
and probably better than if u were riding it say...2 months ago....
Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 10:59 pm
by Mizz ZZR
Ah the race replica loaner
Yep had that on thursday,you reckon the brakes hardly worked, well before dave bleed them after i returned it the fronts didnt work at all as i discovered
So i informed him hey guess what, thats a really fast bike and you cant stop it as it has no front brakes
Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 12:19 am
by smek
heh I was riding that about 2 weeks ago...
it didn't corner that badly. with half decent tyres it would have been ok, the ones it's got slid a bit. Felt a lot like my old zzr on the corners.
sounded cool I thought, in a truck crossed with a bike kinda way.