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She's home...

Well I'm a little excited this morning...

Well just had a look at it.... Super clean bike... Not much extra... Slip on.. Windshield replaced... Passanger foot boards... The deal is done...

Told you a leaky seal wasn't gonna stop me from riding.... Called the ktm dealer... They can only look at it the 12 of Sept... So basically I was kissing my last month of riding goodbye.... Figured the harley wasn't a bad investment... What ever I decide.. Pretty sure I can get close to the money I paid for it... So.

Ah I see. Here you go then! My 2022 Yamaha XSR700. Just 3 weeks old and a little over 800 miles on the clock. First service done this morning.

You can rejoin your old gang now

Yeh.....get some use out of the Yam for a while! And as it is the weather is probably going to take a turn for the worse there soon. so you may not get much chance to ride a new one now!

Update: So this morning I took the XSR in for its first service. I spoke to the salesman and voiced my feelings about the bike. He said they could probably buy the bike back from me and would come up with a best price later in the day. Meanwhile, they gave me a courtesy bike (MT-07) and I took a trip over to the nearby Royal Enfield dealers and had a test ride on the 350 Classic (took a pic on the test ride). I loved it! and that is so clearly the bike I should have bought in the first place - especially as it's half the price of mine! Unfortunately both the Yamaha and the Royal Enfield dealers couldn't offer me more than £6K for my bike - that's a full £2K less than I paid for it! I was very shocked and disappointed. It's all about what they could sell it for, as against a new one. I understand their position but I'm gutted to find my mistake is so much more costly than I had feared. I guessed I'd lose a thousand in a few weeks but not two thousand! So rather than just accept that and make another impetuous mistake (I so wanted to put a deposit on the 350 Classic) I have decided to wait a bit. Apparently I've already taken the biggest depreciation hit so I could wait some months - even a year - and they would offer me the same price for my bike. So I might as well use the extra performance of mine while I have it and consider the Royal Enfield in the not too distant future. Interestingly, on the journey home the XSR felt a bit more comfortable, a bit easier and looser (maybe due to the service) and I took a detour to the coast. So while I do intend to get the Royal Enfield as soon as I can, at least I feel a bit better about the XSR for now. Thanks all for your advice. This is a great forum! Cheers!

Chocolate helmets, bit messy this time of year. Last bit of my walk today then heading back to the daughters on the bus.

I'm heading to bike drag weekend tomorrow am with the gang.. .... No cars... Just bikes.... I'll try to snap a few pics

looks like a baby seat..... makes sense

Hunstanton in Norfolk. One of my favourite little jaunts.

I remember buying a new Suzuki GT380J in April 1973......£375 otr. Those were the days!

Yes. For some reason (probably laziness) I never got around to selling it so it just stayed in my parents' garage until I got my own house, then it lived with me where I got it back up and running and road legal again. It's very slow but a lot of fun. Makes me feel 16 again!

You've owned it for 42 years? That's amazing!

And in case anyone's interested, this is my 1980 Suzuki ZR50X1. Bought new when I was just 16, ridden hard for a year (until I turned 17 and got a CB250N Superdream!) and been kept all these years. For the last two years it's been back on the road in all its 30mph, all original glory!

that is a nice looking bike G B

Tyres will make a big difference to how a bike feels, i remember many years ago having a bike with Avon tyres on it, when riding you had to force it to change direction with the bars i thought this was normal for the bike and wasn't too happy with it but after i changed to a set of Michelins after the Avon's wore out it transformed the bike it handled totally different it would just fall into the corners on its own and the bike felt light and nimble, me forcing it into a corner like i had to with the Avon's almost had me off when i first fitted them, after you've put a few hundred miles on the tyres the bike might loosen up Also check the pressures.

But not ones that look like Jabba the Hut , eh @Buckster

It’s pissing down, I’m going to go tomorrow morning instead. I’m not riding three hours in the rain.

Now I'm going to have the same problems has buck... Im gonna have to beat the chicks off of me with a stick..

Boris Johnson doesn’t reply to Pete’s calls

you get a nice Harley logo embroidered wash bag for those dirty sweaty weekends away with loads of men ... free candy stickers for when school term starts and a self assembly old farm barn to keep the fucker in.

Well for me it does anyway. I'm heading down to helmet city in Cheddar for some of their chocolate then call in on work on the way back as we have a film crew in and my boss wants me to help keep them in line.

I didn't have lowers on my 09...and I had a detachable rear box... I only use it for long trips... This one has oil coolers built in in the lowers... There nice when the weather turns to the cooler side... Deflect lots of wind blast off your front legs..

This one has the full size grill...

Needs a George Foreman Grill!

Bit of coastline there, where is that?

Yes, in good original condition (although mine's not perfect) it could fetch around £5K. Not a bad profit considering it cost £400 new!

Probably worth a good few quid now!

Nice looking bike!

we are still waiting to see a photo of skyrider's bike and he's been on here over a year We cant see your profile picture properly we need a full size one

@Six30

Not sure what you mean by Skyrider but my profile pic shows my XSR.

Ya it was well looked after... No sign of rust anywheres...

You haven’t got a Harley so we may never know….

Yep, chicks dig guys on Harleys.

Steady on, are you forgetting grandchild wear n tear?!

32C forecast so I'll be out early......hopefully on both days. And Saturday and Sunday afternoon we'll be taking the grandkids out!

The hardly market is glutted stateside, i wouldnt offer 8 grand for that thing in american dollars.

What a pile of shite.

Made and offer of 20g on this one... Waiting to see if he takes it.