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From: Kevin Gleeson on 14 Jan 2010 07:57 On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:48:50 +0000, Champ <news(a)champ.org.uk> wrote: >On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:55:56 -0600, Mark Olson <olsonm(a)tiny.invalid> >wrote: > >>Champ wrote: >>> On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:51:13 -0600, Mark Olson <olsonm(a)tiny.invalid> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Looks very shiny. Probably a bit too much money at $6k, and on the wrong >>>> side of the water for this group, but only 3690 miles and what's money >>>> good for, after all... >>>> >>>> http://www.leossouth.com/pre_owned_detail.asp?sid=06731684X1K13K2010J4I22I53JPMQ701R0&veh=1415481 >>> >>> My, that *is* shiny! >>> >>> 6k in dollars sounds a lot to me. While mine isn't quite as nice as >>> that, it isn't so far off, and I'd be surprised if I could get much >>> more than 2k in gbp. >> >>Given the glacial pace of sales at most dealerships now, I imagine the >>selling price might end up nearer $5k or less. But given the rarity of >>clean unmolested examples of this iconic bike, who knows. > >So buy it then :-) I gotta admit that is one tidy example of a GPZ-T Never ridden a turbo bike but owned lots of turbo cars. Was gunna turbo my VF1000R in 1985, but got distracted by a race engine from Malcolm Campbells superbike that went instead (Google his name you pommy bastards). Then when I was getting bored with a souped up Hayabusa in 2002 (bloody thing was only getting 138kW at the rear wheel) I was going to turbo that. Then a divorce intervened. Unless they are set up well, and I don't just mean the motor, a turbo bike would be quite a handful.
From: sweller on 14 Jan 2010 08:03 ogden wrote: > I lusted after Chewits and a Liverpool home strip in 1984. Doesn't > mean I'd want either now. Dukla Prague away strip. -- Simon
From: serf on 14 Jan 2010 08:31 On 14 Jan, 13:03, "sweller" <swel...(a)mztech.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: > ogden wrote: > > I lusted after Chewits and a Liverpool home strip in 1984. Doesn't > > mean I'd want either now. > > Dukla Prague away strip. I left my heart in Papworth General. -- serf
From: darsy on 14 Jan 2010 08:42 On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:30:07 -0000, ogden <ogden(a)pre.org> wrote: >Mark Olson wrote: >> Champ wrote: >> > On Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:55:56 -0600, Mark Olson <olsonm(a)tiny.invalid> >> >> >> Given the glacial pace of sales at most dealerships now, I imagine the >> >> selling price might end up nearer $5k or less. But given the rarity of >> >> clean unmolested examples of this iconic bike, who knows. >> > >> > So buy it then :-) >> >> I've already got four bikes, and ... hmmm. >> >> I would love it, I had an '82 GPz550 and an 81 KZ750 plus a '77 KZ650. >> It would round out my Z ownership experience for sure. I lusted after >> one for sure back in 84. But it would eat up a good share of my bonus >> and I'd rather spend the money on road trips. > >I lusted after Chewits and a Liverpool home strip in 1984. Doesn't mean >I'd want either now. I lusted after Joanne Hampton in 1984. She could stand 2 feet in front of you in a nightclub, and raise her leg ballerina[1]-style and put her foot on your shoulder. Those where the days. [1] she was a ballerina. -- d.
From: Champ on 14 Jan 2010 08:43
On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:57:12 GMT, Kevin Gleeson <kevingleeson(a)imagine-it.com.au> wrote: >>>>> http://www.leossouth.com/pre_owned_detail.asp?sid=06731684X1K13K2010J4I22I53JPMQ701R0&veh=1415481 >Never ridden a turbo bike but owned lots of turbo cars. Was gunna >turbo my VF1000R in 1985, but got distracted by a race engine from >Malcolm Campbells superbike that went instead (Google his name you >pommy bastards). Some of us don't have to :-) >Then when I was getting bored with a souped up Hayabusa in 2002 >(bloody thing was only getting 138kW at the rear wheel) I was going to >turbo that. Then a divorce intervened. > >Unless they are set up well, and I don't just mean the motor, a turbo >bike would be quite a handful. The factory turbos were not the handul that most backstreet conversions were. The GPz is acknowledged as the best of the bunch, an it's no handful at all - just huge torque [1], right in the mid-range[2]. Mine's over 20 years old now, but I still love riding it. [1] About the same as a 1340 Harley [2] Peak torque is at 6500 revs -- Champ We declare that the splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk |