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Blade wrote:Cheers KW. Will check out the place size and easy swap if needed.

Ride report might be a while mate as its snowing here and I'm also a gayer in need of some mtfu pills ;)
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I would but I'm too gay (toivo)
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In all seriousness I wouldn't be getting on the beast unless conditions are right either. We ride cause we enjoy it. Riding s new stead in muck is not going to be enjoyed at all!
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kiwikrasher wrote:In all seriousness I wouldn't be getting on the beast unless conditions are right either. We ride cause we enjoy it. Riding s new stead in muck is not going to be enjoyed at all!
I agree, but I'd sit on in the garage letting it idle and rev the tits off if it (devil)
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Oh that's a given! I crank the track bike up at least once a week and listen to its beautiful music! (blush)

I even started the triumph last week. Hadn't been started for about 6 months, and it started no dramas. Sounds tame next to the Werkes on the ZX thou
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Will be few long months of modding, tweeking, cleaning and gazing longingly until the weather turns and all the salt is of our roads.
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Very nice bike Blade/kwak
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I got my new zx6r in december and rode it pretty much none stop until I slammed it on the floor.

The salvage guy couldn't believe the miles I had put on it in a few months over what was a cold winter.

We're all different. For me a bike is about riding. Throw my leg over it and get out there. I don't give a shit about the mileage I'm putting on it or if the road salt will make a few bolts less shiny.

As I say, we're all different and I understand how a bike is someone's pride and joy. I guess using mine all the time for commuting means I see it more of a machine than others do.
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As you say we are all different. Neither is wrong in fact the opposite both are right and that's the beauty of bikes they make us smile.
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Agreed here. I used my Daytona everyday in all weather's and to be honest it made me smile every time even when I was cold tired and hungry it was a great way of getting around and I felt more freedom than in a car. If I could go back to using just the bike I think I would!
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Just saw this. What a blast from the past. 25 years on and the Kawasaki Green & Black still looks good 8)

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Dealer just text me. The courier has collected and she is on her way north.
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Great news Blade. Has it arrived safely now?!
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He's in the garage licking it so isnt available :)
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Arrives tomorrow hopefully.

They shipped up from Kent to Rotherham today. They plan to bring over to me tomorrow am if woodhead pass is open.
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I will wave as it goes past my house blade .....
"80mph" sorry officer I possibly could not have done that I'm no Valentino Rossi.
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If they want to drop it off in Brum I'm more than happy to bring it up this weekend. (devil)
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