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From: Hog on 14 Jul 2010 09:40 TOG(a)Toil wrote: > On 14 July, 13:45, SteveH <italian...(a)googlemail.com> wrote: >> On Jul 14, 1:20 pm, "Hog" <sm911S...(a)CHIPShotmail.co.uk> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >>> SteveH wrote: >>>> Ok..... >> >>>> It's a 1983K, 59k miles, 7 month MOT. >> >>>> Lots of life left in the tyres, BMW panniers and I'll include the >>>> stainless Keihan cans. >> >>>> How much is it worth to you? >> >>> Can I just point out that your problems were probably raised by the >>> faulty coils. A well known issue. You have replaced the coil and >>> the other bits. Also given it a new starter motor. It should run >>> for 100's of thousands of trouble free miles now and is a fantastic >>> bike to own. Selling it *now* is a bit silly. Actually very silly, >>> if the reason is "it's unreliable". >> >> It has just pissed me off with all the cocking about and the fact >> that it let me down at a very bad time, making me late for a >> meeting, that just makes me not particularly enthusiastic about it >> anymore. >> >> If the money is right I'll seriously think about letting it go, if >> not it's going up the lockup so I don't have to look at it every >> time I open the garage. >> > Hm. �1500? Fancy a K11LT? That he couldn't easily fix himself. Ha. The RT would be nice in Chile. -- Hog
From: Steve H on 14 Jul 2010 11:30 "TOG(a)Toil" <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > On 14 July, 13:45, SteveH <italian...(a)googlemail.com> wrote: >> On Jul 14, 1:20 pm, "Hog" <sm911S...(a)CHIPShotmail.co.uk> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >>> SteveH wrote: >>>> Ok..... >> >>>> It's a 1983K, 59k miles, 7 month MOT. >> >>>> Lots of life left in the tyres, BMW panniers and I'll include the >>>> stainless Keihan cans. >> >>>> How much is it worth to you? >> >>> Can I just point out that your problems were probably raised by the > > > faulty >>> coils. A well known issue. You have replaced the coil and the other > > > bits. >>> Also given it a new starter motor. It should run for 100's of > > > thousands of >>> trouble free miles now and is a fantastic bike to own. Selling it > > > *now* is a >>> bit silly. Actually very silly, if the reason is "it's unreliable". >> >> It has just pissed me off with all the cocking about and the fact > > that >> it let me down at a very bad time, making me late for a meeting, that >> just makes me not particularly enthusiastic about it anymore. >> >> If the money is right I'll seriously think about letting it go, if > > not >> it's going up the lockup so I don't have to look at it every time I >> open the garage. >> > Hm. £1500? Fancy a K11LT? I discounted the K11 originally as they're too big and heavy for my liking, which is also why I didn't got for a Pan. An ST2 is what I should have bought, but couldn't find a nice one with luggage at the time. (don't know why anyone bought a new one without it) Don't think £1500 cash is enough to tempt me into selling..... I did think of eBaying it, and not letting it go for less than £1800. -- Steve H
From: Steve H on 14 Jul 2010 11:30 "Steve Parry" <k100rs_1990removethis(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>> Was it your brother who had the PW50 off me a few years ago? >> >> >> Yes, it was. >> >> I believe he crammed it into a BMW E36..... > > ??? To get it home.... I know he took it away in some incredibly unlikely car. -- Steve H
From: Ace on 14 Jul 2010 11:46 On 14 Jul 2010 15:30:36 GMT, Steve H <italiancar(a)gmail.com> wrote: >"Steve Parry" <k100rs_1990removethis(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >>>> Was it your brother who had the PW50 off me a few years ago? >>> >>> >>> Yes, it was. >>> >>> I believe he crammed it into a BMW E36..... >> >> ??? > >To get it home.... I know he took it away in some incredibly unlikely >car. Tell me, does your use of geeky terms like E36 make you feel superior, or is it really totally unconscious? I do feel that it might have been more understood if you'd just said 3-series, or whatever it actually referred to.
From: Steve Parry on 14 Jul 2010 11:47
"Steve H" <italiancar(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:1190085474300813288.758163italiancar-gmail.com(a)news.individual.net... > "Steve Parry" <k100rs_1990removethis(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >>>> Was it your brother who had the PW50 off me a few years ago? >>> >>> >>> Yes, it was. >>> >>> I believe he crammed it into a BMW E36..... >> >> ??? > > To get it home.... I know he took it away in some incredibly unlikely > car. > ah yes ... I did similar with a Yam FS1 into an e34 5 series :) -- Steve Parry 87 BMW R80RS, 03 BMW R1100S Boxercup, 07 BMW K1200GT SE 02 Suzuki DRZ400SY-GT edition, 87 Yamaha FS1, Sukida SK90PY, 91 Kawasaki AR50, 82 Suzuki GN400, BMW 330Ci www.gwynfryn.co.uk |