Where to buy cheap bike?

VoG · 11 Sep 2011 at 15:04

AcidHell2 said:
Won a xj900, just need to find a day off work to go collect it.

nice one, good, solid, dependable work horses. got any piccies?.

Glaucus · 11 Sep 2011 at 15:18

A few scuffs and a massive crack by the indicator. But what you expect on an old bike. £600, more than I wanted to spend but hey ho, It's a 1991 and mot till June. Rear disc and tyre will need replacing shortly.

RVF · 11 Sep 2011 at 16:16

mmm do I see swedish gold???

Glaucus · 11 Sep 2011 at 16:24

I assume you must mean the ohlins rear shock.

VoG · 11 Sep 2011 at 17:36

AcidHell2 said:
£600 more than I wanted to spend but hey ho.

how much did it set you back in the end?.

Glaucus · 11 Sep 2011 at 17:37

VoG said:
how much did it set you back in the end?.

should have had a commer in there. Just £600

MonkeykingZX · 12 Sep 2011 at 00:30

Looks nice, I'm considering taking a simliar route to move up from my cbf125, just gotta get my direct access done first

RVF · 12 Sep 2011 at 11:27

AcidHell2 said:
I assume you must mean the ohlins rear shock.

Yep the ohlins rear shocks.

Looks half decent for the cash.

Glaucus · 12 Sep 2011 at 15:52

Yeah I'm not expecting much it's a cheap bike and will undoubtedly come with cheap bike problems. But a years mot and hopefully be reliable.

Jacket arrived and got his details,just waiting to see if he can do Saturday.

So excited, been 10years almost to the day since I last rode.

VoG · 12 Sep 2011 at 17:48

AcidHell2 said:
So excited, been 10years almost to the day since I last rode.

blimey, thats a helluva lay off, take it easy on your way back then & remember, shafties torque react, not a problem in a straight line but in a corner it can catch the unwary out big time, which probably explains the Ohlins.

Glaucus · 17 Sep 2011 at 23:50

Good god that was a long day.
Just got back, left at 10am.
Few hundred miles under the belt and far less wobbly than the first few miles.

Macky · 18 Sep 2011 at 00:46

Enjoying it then?

Glaucus · 18 Sep 2011 at 09:12

Oh yeah bikes are certainly so much more fun than cars.
Although I wasn't enjoying the wind on some of the open motorway sections.
It's just such a good feeling when yo sweep around a corner and nail it, oh and filtering is so goooood.