On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:04:05 +0100, Pip Luscher
<pluscher@live.invalid.co.uk> wrote:

>On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:58:32 GMT, "platypus"
><monotreme@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>Lozzo wrote:
>>> T i m wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I commuted on a Lambretta SX150 for 2 years and it did just what it
>>>> had to perfectly, even in the snow! [2]
>>>
>>> <files Timmmaaaay alongside Auvache in the 'old gits who admit to
>>> riding scooters' bin>
>>
>>Never having ridden a scooter, I'm a bit bi-curious about them. I suppose I
>>ought to have a go sometime.
>
>
>I feel the same about Harleys. There's an emporium barely a mile from
>here and I've been waiting for the planetary alignment that will bring
>me a spare, sunny day and a day suitably in advance when I actually
>remember to book a bike.

My mate shoved me on his 13xx FLFXFL<whatever> for an hour and he rode
her XV750.

He seemed quite happy at the end, apparently quite impressed overall
and I was happy to cross that box off my wish list. ;-)

All the best ..

T i m

Pip Luscher wrote:

> On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:58:32 GMT, "platypus"
> <monotreme@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > Lozzo wrote:
> >> T i m wrote:
> > >
> > >
> >>> I commuted on a Lambretta SX150 for 2 years and it did just what
> it >>> had to perfectly, even in the snow! [2]
> > >
> >> <files Timmmaaaay alongside Auvache in the 'old gits who admit to
> >> riding scooters' bin>
> >
> > Never having ridden a scooter, I'm a bit bi-curious about them. I
> > suppose I ought to have a go sometime.
>
>
> I feel the same about Harleys. There's an emporium barely a mile from
> here and I've been waiting for the planetary alignment that will bring
> me a spare, sunny day and a day suitably in advance when I actually
> remember to book a bike.

I've ridden a couple, don't bother cos they really are shite.

--
Lozzo
SV650S K5, CBR600F-W, SR250 SpazzTrakka
and a shit load more 2-wheeled junk in the garage
I believe in free speech, but I still have to pay my phone bill

On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:05:22 +0100, "Nige"
<nigelDOTINCH@buggerfuckmittens.co.uk> wrote:


>The bike man, the bike....

Right, no pictures as yet but an update for you all.

From what little I can see of it it's a red, small faringed motorbike
(it's between 125 offroader and a hard place). ;-)

The logbook tells me it was first registered June 1986 and that it's a
Kawasaki ZX550- A2 << (shrug)

The last MOT is from August 2005 (expired Aug 2006) and at that point
it had done 48500 miles (only done a few since).

In amongst the paperwork was the receipt from the previous owner and
is says "it hadn't been running for the previous 4 years and was sold
as seen".

Apparently neighbour had a new chain and sprockets and two new tyres
fitted for the last MOT (so that could be good news).

He's going to get the bike out tomorrow for me and if I still like I
can take it home to play. ;-)

He said that apart from a dead battery (and probably stale petrol) it
should run. The 'fault' was the tickover was rough so it was raised a
bit to overcome that issue (a guy who looked at it for him said "they
all do that" ...)?

So that's about all I can tell you so far. The front disks looked ok
as did the tyre, the (tinted) screen looked in good nick but the
paintwork looked a bit rough (no surprises there of course). I
couldn't see much else.

So, how does it sound so far?

All the best ..

T i m

p.s. The other good news is he might want her Skipper (that could save
a lot of mucking about). :-)

"Lozzo" <lozzo@lozzo.org.uk> writes:

> Pip Luscher wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:58:32 GMT, "platypus"
>> <monotreme@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> > Lozzo wrote:
>> >> T i m wrote:
>> > >
>> > >
>> >>> I commuted on a Lambretta SX150 for 2 years and it did just what
>> it >>> had to perfectly, even in the snow! [2]
>> > >
>> >> <files Timmmaaaay alongside Auvache in the 'old gits who admit to
>> >> riding scooters' bin>
>> >
>> > Never having ridden a scooter, I'm a bit bi-curious about them. I
>> > suppose I ought to have a go sometime.
>>
>>
>> I feel the same about Harleys. There's an emporium barely a mile from
>> here and I've been waiting for the planetary alignment that will bring
>> me a spare, sunny day and a day suitably in advance when I actually
>> remember to book a bike.
>
> I've ridden a couple, don't bother cos they really are shite.

I like mine, but then again I'm not exactly known for being quite right
in the head anyway.

--
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On 24 Aug 2008 20:32:41 GMT, "Lozzo" <lozzo@lozzo.org.uk> wrote:

>I've ridden a couple, don't bother cos they really are shite.

Well, I have to tick off the experience.

--
-Pip

Champ <neal@champ.org.uk> wrote:

> On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:57:26 -0700 (PDT), FCS
> <sipston_777@my-deja.com> wrote:
>
> >> >They're shafties are GPz550s.
> >>
> >> Hmm, that was one of the things I thought to ask said neighbour and he
> >> said "chain"? (I asked as I was hoping it was a shaftie .. R100RT is
> >> and XV750 for her are). ;-)
> >
> >Nope that was indeed my mistake: the GT550 and 750
> >are the shafties, though none of the follow-up posters
> >so far has observed this. It is nice to know I'm not the
> >only one who was thinking "weren't the GPzs shafties"?
>
> No, the rest of us were thinking "Who's this fucking idiot?".

Correct :-)


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On Aug 24, 8:23*pm, Eiron <E1...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Eironwrote:
> > FCS wrote:
>
> >> Be aware that a new tyre fitted three years ago
> >> is likely to have perished so as to be unsafe.
>
> >> A competent tyre specialist should be able to
> >> read the tyrewall and tell you if it's still within
> >> its useful life.
>
> > You don't need a degree in tyre fitting from a former polytechnic
> > to read the MMYY date code after the DOT number on a sidewall.
>
> Oops. That should be WWYY, unless my car's tyres haven't yet been made.

So, it *was* the creases on the inside of your
rectum you were reading rather than my posts.

Jolly good.

> --Eiron

G DAEB
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--
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FCS wrote:

> So, it *was* the creases on the inside of your
> rectum you were reading rather than my posts.
>
> Jolly good.

It can be difficult to tell them apart sometimes.

--
Eiron.

In message <6hcmcqFkdno8U1@mid.individual.net>, Lozzo
<lozzo@lozzo.org.uk> writes

>> I commuted on a Lambretta SX150 for 2 years and it did just what it
>> had to perfectly, even in the snow! [2]
>
><files Timmmaaaay alongside Auvache in the 'old gits who admit to
>riding scooters' bin>
>
>NEXT!

Do you think he has an apostrophe fetish too?
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On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:10:47 +0100, totallydeadmailbox@yahoo.co.uk
(The Older Gentleman) wrote:

snip>

>You're being a tad unfair here. The original GPz550 was one of those
>bikes that changed things: it went as well as a contemporary 750 and
>outhandled a lot of other stuff. And the 550 was very well braked
>indeed. Sure, it feels dated compared with (say) a modern CBR600, but a
>good one will still do 125+ (genuine), handle reasonably well bytoday's
>standards, return 50mpg overall, be reliable, and cost bugger all to
>run.

The best bit about having a GPz550 when they first came out was the
fact that decent (for the time) tyres were available and cornering
became constant fun rather than a constant learning curve.