My new bike :-)

[Stu]

I'm green with envy

That looks Lush!
Very interesting, I was thinking of going from your new bike to a 400 just for a change, so it's good to hear you compare them.

Originally Posted by monkey

Welcome to the club! I think I saw that on ebay after Stu (another 6 owner) pointed out how little it went for. If that's the one it was a bloody good price.

No yours is much nicer than the one I saw http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...:B:WNA:GB:1120
Hope you paid lots of money for it or I'll be even more jealous

looks great....

sorry we were not in yesterday, would love to have seen you and the bike...... surpose Dan as well!

[gruntygiggles]

Originally Posted by Shonky

Must admit at first glance I thought it might be a 9. Fair play though they are cracking bikes, and its the right colour scheme.

Have fun, be safe.

It's quite a beast so I can see why it might look like a 9 at first glance and yes, deffo the best colour scheme, I can't actually find any pics of other kwaks with this colour scheme???

Originally Posted by monkey

Welcome to the club! I think I saw that on ebay after Stu (another 6 owner) pointed out how little it went for. If that's the one it was a bloody good price.

Well, I paid £2k for it on buy it now and I have no doubt it would have gone for a fair bit more. Had an email from the seller this morning to say that on Saturday evening and Sunday morning, he had emails from people that had been watching it. They were all offering more money, but sadly for them.....I'd already ridden it away

Originally Posted by BanannaMan

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!


What no Honda????

I know....shocker eh!

Originally Posted by Bri w

Very nice.

Miles make smiles. get out there and enjoy

Well, 250 miles so far...that will be about 400 by the end of today and I'll be out on it most days between now and the AR doing 100+ miles each time. It's how I got so comfy on the babyblade so quickly and I already feel 80% there on this one as some of the roads on the way from Welshpool to Hereford to Monmouth and Chepstow yesterday were both fast and smooth and sometimes very tight and technical and wet in parts, so a good challenge to get the feel of the bike. Better I think than riding just in the dry as I got to feel the feedback in the wet and I'm not overly impressed. They are okish, but the Vipers on the babyblade were actually better in the wet.

Originally Posted by STRAMASHER

Great bike. Best colour. Sound fantastic. Check out the Resonator boxes inside the fairing....just for making it sound better.

Happy wazzing!

Yep, the sound is just incredible. I have a little video clip, I might post it up later

Originally Posted by Stu

I'm green with envy

That looks Lush!
Very interesting, I was thinking of going from your new bike to a 400 just for a change, so it's good to hear you compare them.No yours is much nicer than the one I saw http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...:B:WNA:GB:1120
Hope you paid lots of money for it or I'll be even more jealous

Well £2K and knowing now that the seller has been offered more, highest was £2,650.....I think I did wewwy well indeed

Originally Posted by lily

looks great....

sorry we were not in yesterday, would love to have seen you and the bike...... surpose Dan as well!

Haha...love you hun xxx

[yorkie_chris]

nice bikes those. Keep up to the calipers though, they're a right **** if you let them seize up.

[gruntygiggles]

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

nice bikes those. Keep up to the calipers though, they're a right **** if you let them seize up.

Funnily enough, we are going to give them a clean tonight. It's been stood for a while and there's a little squeak from the fronts. They work though, bl00dy hell do they work. They are very very good brakes.

[yorkie_chris]

Get the pistons right out and rubber grease behind them, if corrosion has got any hold in there then they'll never be right.

Don't worry about the squeaking so long as they're releasing properly.

[gruntygiggles]

Oh....some idiot had fitted a rear hugger to it. It's rubbing a teeny bit, only hear it when you walk the bike, but we wanted to take it off for the trip home. Back to the drawing baord now though as the idiot has tightened the bolts holding it on with a power tool I think. They are seriously NOT budging.

[gruntygiggles]

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Get the pistons right out and rubber grease behind them, if corrosion has got any hold in there then they'll never be right.

Don't worry about the squeaking so long as they're releasing properly.

Yep, releasing fin. They are actually pretty new and have done very few miles and been kept garaged. So I think they'll be ok. They certainly are functioning properly. Releasing as they should and braking is nice and smooth, can't feel any kind of feedback through my fingers.

Thanks for the tips...will tell Dan. He'll be well pleased when he hears what a bargain we got!

[yorkie_chris]

Bolts more likely to be seized in place than overtightened, IIRC they are just a couple of M6s, if you butcher those they'd just snap.

[gruntygiggles]

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Bolts more likely to be seized in place than overtightened, IIRC they are just a couple of M6s, if you butcher those they'd just snap.

Hmmm, that's Dans job...lol.