My new and secret shame.

Originally Posted by BigApe

The pictures make it look big. Is it?

Well, I'm teeny tiny so I make it look big too!

It's skinny, but relatively tall - mind you, compared to the Blade this seating position makes me feel like a giant... I can actually look down into the back of pickup trucks!

The panniers are deceptive too - they are actually quite tiny, probably the smallest that Givi do (you can just fit an A3 folder in them) - so yeah, in photos it does look a bit 'bigger' I guess.

I found it on good ol' eBay. Alarmed/immobilser, all the luggage, original parts (it's got Rethal bars and a Remus exhaust - which sounds adequately cool ), full service history, new pads/discs, chain/sprockets & tyres, belly pan, Bagster cover (over a mint tank so it's not hiding any flaws) and not overly corroded in the parts where you'd expect (exhaust down-pipe, heat shields, forks etc.
Milage = 20k, but I never know whether that's high of low - the bike is an early '03 model.

£1500 - now I'm pretty crap at know the value of things (I had a look on Auto trader and they seemed to be about £1700 for similar but without the luggage), so feel free to tell me if I've got a good or bad deal.
But it's a pretty clean bike, got everything I need without me having to shop around for the extras and passed the 80 mile 'shakedown' trip home with flying colours...

... so at the end of the day I'm a happy bunny.



Now I just need to get used to the fact that I'm shy 800 odd cc's and have to work it rather than lazily roll on and off the throttle.