Mad-laners Megathread

Originally Posted by Paul the 6th

Just looking on eBay/mcn/biketrader and it looks like I may have made a massive mistake based on the prices.. 2003 bikes with 15,000 miles all seem to be listed £200 more than that one was today?

It was a nice price at that mileage.

It's the wrong time of year to be looking for a winter hack. I bought mine in December and I basically had a choice of 4...

Two dealers in the London area that had 2002 and 2003 bike listed at £1500, but they were both over 20k miles.

One at KJM superbikes on an 06 plate (imported from Greece by KJM and sold by them when new, Yamaha stopped selling them here after 2003 due to EU emissions regs so anything newer than that is an import), that had 8000 or so miles, was advertised at £1795 and it had sold for the asking price ten minutes before I phoned about it.

And of course the one I bought.


What about this, http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classifi...01038369011953 only 3 years older than mine, but looks like it's had a lot of restoration work done and has a 9000 mile engine from an 03 plate in it.

Something to wet your appetite Paul...

Still being processed, sorry dudes

doing well on those tyres Phil.


And you need a new exhaust...that one sounds awful!

Originally Posted by specialone

Yeah, check it aint too heavy and slow for ya

Originally Posted by specialone

Something to wet your appetite Paul...

That'll be the heavy and slow bike that ferks off into the distance on every vid eh Phil?

Originally Posted by speedplay

doing well on those tyres Phil.

If you think he's doing well there, wait 'til you see the muddy stuff! I'll see if I can figure out how to edit bits out and post a vid.

Have you watched 004338.avi Phil? I think we should just entitle it "Oh b*****ks"

Originally Posted by -Ralph-

That'll be the heavy and slow bike that ferks off into the distance on every vid eh Phil?

That'll be the rider Col not the bike, im the founder member of the self preservation society.

Knobblies will help though cos the moment i hit any mud it wants to fook me off sideways with my present tyres.

Originally Posted by speedplay

And you need a new exhaust...that one sounds awful!

Yeah i know, was following a remus but it went for stupid money.

Nope, can't figure this Window Movie Maker nonsense out, and if I just try to upload the vid to Photobucket it's 368mb and will take forever on my internet connection. Phil, can you quickly cut the 'mud on lens' bits out of 004338.AVI and stick it on YouTube, or is that a lot of work?

Originally Posted by -Ralph-

Nope, can't figure this Window Movie Maker nonsense out, and if I just try to upload the vid to Photobucket it's 368mb and will take forever on my internet connection. Phil, can you quickly cut the 'mud on lens' bits out of 004338.AVI and stick it on YouTube, or is that a lot of work?

Thought id added some of that one, ill go take a look now.

Don't think so, there is plenty of stalled engines, swearing, "I'm knackered" comments, and a couple of close calls for you nearly binning it in that one too. It came off the SD card in a different folder, 20091022.

230801.AVI is pretty good too, it shows the whole section of lane across the fields, where we met the farmer and had to turn round and go through all those gates. It can just go straight up, doesn't need any editing.