I see you're speculating on that FJ Eddie?
Those XL500s are magic. I dug trenches all over Woodhill forest for years with mine. I could have leased it to Telecom for trench digging. Then I won a brand new XR250 from Honda NZ so changed to that.
hey diggers, yep i put a bid on that fj, as usual just to see where the reserve would crop up hehe, would be a good buy at 2.5k..a nice comfy tourer! i just got the xl500s off the transprter today from nelson, gave it a few boots and it started, engine nice and tight and sound (16,000kms) just needs a repaint in tahitian red (its a factory white one)
btw unna what model xr250 did you win? and how'd you swing that you jammy bugger!
I fronted up to the Wild Pine 2 day ride at Woodhill. They drew my name from a hat and gave me a T shirt and oil pack. At the prize giving they drew my name from the hat again and gave me a brand new XR250L. I sold the 500 ( which I had rebuilt and sprayed in Monza red) and used the 250 for 10 years and thousands of kms of only trail riding. Brilliant. I had paid $1000 for the BMW in 1979 ( it has now done 168,000 miles) and got $3500 for the Honda after my knees had cried "enough". So I bought the MZ 660 Skorpion for $2500 with 19,000 km on the clock. That means my investment in 2 totally useable and different bikes is zero. Canny investments and cheap hobby. In a back issue of Kiwi Rider there is a photo of me kissing the General manager of Honda NZ on both cheeks. He looks startled. Bikes for free. Had to spend a fortune on the chicks.
That's a very frugal bike ownership story Unna, I bet the rest of us wish we could have done something similar! Flash, there are a few FJs around at the moment for a reasonable price. I'm wondering if the sports/tourer CBR is a bit too sporty and not enough tourer for me, but I'll ride it for a bit yet and see. That 500 single easy to start?
After doing extensive work on the engine of mine it had a compression that would make a diesel green with envy. It was an easy starter but I'm glad I'm 6'2". The engine is unburstable and unstoppable. I would love another but one big single in the workshop is enough.
Check out the Motorcycle Clubs on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Motor...49385875143681
Are you suggesting a patch over to the Mongrel Mob?
Check out the Motorcycle Clubs on Facebook. And the first sentence on that page is : "NO KEYBOARD WARRIORS!!!" What made you think we might be interested?
I dont think their demographic is the same as ours
Those Fj1200 are great, my next bike will be one.
unna,i remember that article in kiwirider when you won that...sooon as you said the wild pine a remembered right away...good score!! diggers, my 500 started quite easily, half a dozen kicks but i was getting the hang of the way the decomp (auto only) engages etc, although its a pumper carb it seems to start best with a small crack of the throttle.
Don't cull me, I'm told I'm still alive somewhere.
Im hoping to be riding a 1983 suzuki G650G suzuki katana once we get all the problems sorted. This along with my GB400 makes me still a valid member. Hey Caseye what you riding now????
