F650 - help please
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From: Dudley Simons on 23 Sep 2008 09:58 crn(a)NOSPAM.netunix.com wrote: > Dudley Simons <drs1005(a)esc.cam.ac.uk> wrote: >>>> So a GS500 would do the job just as well or better then. >>>> Hmmmm .... >>>> >>> as would a load of other machines but that wasn't what was asked was it? >>> >> >> >> I could be tempted by something else but it would have to fit into my >> criteria - >> >> well behaved frame >> reliable >> economical on fuel >> easy for parts and fairly cheap >> inexpensive to insure >> riding position has to be more upright than prone - ie like the F650 or >> an Enfield etc - I am getting (or at least feeling) too old and stiff to >> do drop bars, racing seats and high pegs! > > Which is precisely why I mentioned the GS500. Ticks all the boxes. > ah but the thing is - where is there one for sale local to me, reasonably priced, low mileage and in excellent nick?
From: The Older Gentleman on 23 Sep 2008 13:30 Dudley Simons <drs1005(a)esc.cam.ac.uk> wrote: > ah but the thing is - where is there one for sale local to me, > reasonably priced, low mileage and in excellent nick? Just this month I managed to buy a 13k-miler, in absolutely pristine nick, for �750 This one, actually: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260280850153 So it can be done. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Yamaha XT600E Honda CB400F & SH50 GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 BOTAFOT#60 The bells, the bells.....
From: Mark on 24 Sep 2008 07:57 "The Older Gentleman" <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:1inqfkl.1p76b021qnuv0gN%totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk... > > Just this month I managed to buy a 13k-miler, in absolutely pristine > nick, for �750 > > This one, actually: > > http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260280850153 > > So it can be done. That was very cheap Does it idle properly, is the tank leaking? How much are you selling it on for, friends son is looking for a decent GS. -
From: The Older Gentleman on 24 Sep 2008 09:52 Mark <Mark(a)127.0.0.1> wrote: > That was very cheap Wasn't it just? Buy It Now. I did. > > Does it idle properly, Like a watch. > is the tank leaking? No. Garaged all its life, from the condition of it. > > How much are you selling it on for, friends son is looking for a decent GS. It sold the next week for �900. Sorry. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Yamaha XT600E Honda CB400F & SH50 GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 BOTAFOT#60 The bells, the bells.....
From: Pip Luscher on 25 Sep 2008 15:12
On Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:42:01 +0100, Dudley Simons <drs1005(a)esc.cam.ac.uk> wrote: >I have been thinking about getting myself a bike to commute on - 20 >miles each way on the almost stationary A14 through Cambridgeshire :o( If it's actually past Cambridge then watch out for a huge black Guzzi: he very dangers on road... -- -Pip |