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| Dogbad | Apr 19 2011, 01:09 AM Post #1 |
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I've posted this on another Kawasaki board so it might seem familiar but I need to KNOW! So after three years of going through all things from FZ6 to TL1000s, to Enfield and all points between I have decided to slow down and go for something mild and easy for a while. KLR 650 and another bike are going as a swap for a GPZ500s. I know it's only a little bike, a 500cc twin, but what category on the forum is it? I don't think it's really a sports bike is it? Certainly not a Rat Bike or a cruiser so what is it? I know I'm slowing down in my old age, it's a long way from the Z1300 chop' in the late 80's and I am actually looking forward to it. |
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| Wizz | Apr 19 2011, 05:35 AM Post #2 |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki_Ninja_500R
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| Dogbad | Apr 19 2011, 12:23 PM Post #3 |
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Thanks for that link whizzerski! I supose a twin can be a sport bike as sport doesn't necessary mean "Balls Out, Elbow scraping, straight line speed and power" but is more the way you ride it. I've had many Mini's and I would call a lot of them "Sports" cars with a bit of tweaking to their set up. Hopefully I will be collecting it this afternoon with a fresh MOT on there. I'll miss the KLR in a way and the h***a SLR too but I need to just ease back and stay with something for a while now and recover from the stupid chopping and changing I've done recently. |
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| Dogbad | Apr 19 2011, 11:07 PM Post #4 |
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Got the Bike and it is absolutely lovely! Nice and shiny with 4K miles on the clock, I have documents that prove it's valid, and a bright new sparkling MOT certificate. "oops" is that I only realised the tax was out so I'll have to wait a few days before I can stump up for a new disc.
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| Dogbad | Apr 20 2011, 03:37 PM Post #5 |
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On the one hand we have the Bills. On the other hand we have a combination of Sunny day, shiny bike and no Tax. Bills Vs Tax Disc = NO |CONTEST Just had a first ride on the 500 and it is a lovely bike Looking forward to getting out and about with it a lot over the summer. |
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| owdbiker | Apr 21 2011, 06:00 PM Post #6 |
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Sounds like you've got a goodun there Dogbad.Plenty fast enough I'll bet.I had an ER6F which I started to use rather too freely-I've now got a250R just to slow me down a bit(It hasn't worked!) |
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