Gixxer's birthday present to himself

[Bleck K6]

I picked this up yesterday. 2000 TL1000R.
Very nice to ride, I lot different to the inline four. feels alot smoother.
I think I may need to change my handle now as the gixxer no longer rides , well a gixxer.

Congrats, Awesome bike.
Now best you go to www.tlplanet.com & let the mods begin.
cheers

[Bleck K6]

hey gixxer how about changing your handle to tiller

Already taken,awesome choice though

[Storm]

Nice bike !! You should take it for a good long ride and see if a name occurs to you. If a name doesnt occur, then you need to keep riding until it does

[Gixxer]

Nice bike !! You should take it for a good long ride and see if a name occurs to you. If a name doesnt occur, then you need to keep riding until it does

that's a damn fine Idea, I think I will start tomorrow morning and see if anything pops into my mind by sunday avo.

[Gixxer]

Congratulations, Gixxer, on the birthday and the nice bike.
It is alright for me to say that, innit, even though I ride a Hoonder? :spudwhat:
I mean, at least it's V-twin, even if it is a FahrtSturm.:cool2:

it' all good, Vtwin is the dark side.

looked at a VTR, they sell for about $12900 new over here.
but once I laid eyes on the TL it was love at first bit

[Blakamin]

whereabouts in melboure are you, Gixxer?

[Gixxer]

whereabouts in melboure are you, Gixxer?

Living in Mordialloc which is St Kilda Saints country (or so I am told, some AFL thing) about 20-30 mins from the city down the Nepean highway.
working in melbourne city.
will of been here 4 weeks this Sunday.

[Blakamin]

Living in Mordialloc which is St Kilda Saints country (or so I am told, some AFL thing) about 20-30 mins from the city down the Nepean highway.
working in melbourne city.
will of been here 4 weeks this Sunday.

so you'd have to go for a fair ride to get to the twisties then??
I recommend Ferntree Gully and Belgrave... some good twisties up mt Dandenong too!

also another good ride is thru Mt Evelyn to the upper yarra.. warbuton has a good mt up that way!
I was born in Melb... and lived for a fair while in Elsternwick when I had my Z900 going... you'd pass my old place on your way to work.

[Gixxer 4 ever]

I picked this up yesterday. 2000 TL1000R.
Very nice to ride, I lot different to the inline four. feels alot smoother.
I think I may need to change my handle now as the gixxer no longer rides , well a gixxer.

Sad basted...... ......No really they are a great bike and go like snot but you need to chuck the rotary shock if you want to go hard like you did on the Gixxer. Have a mate with a TL and the shock transplant made his go sooooooooo much better. He killed the last tyre in 1900km. Yep it ain't cheap to run drinks fuel like a sailer on the piss but pulls like a train and sounds great. Would I swap to one........ hmmmmm hard question to answer so I guess not but good on you. Thrash its tyres off it loves to go hard out of the corner so it can have new rubber every two months. Still it is a zuki so thats cool

[Wenier]

i wouldnt worry lots of people will mistake it for a GSXR.

[Gixxer 4 ever]

i wouldnt worry lots of people will mistake it for a GSXR.

Nice art work......... I wish the 0 was mine....

[Coyote]

I picked this up yesterday. 2000 TL1000R.
Very nice to ride, I lot different to the inline four. feels alot smoother.
I think I may need to change my handle now as the gixxer no longer rides , well a gixxer.

Nice bike. How much did that set you back?

[Gixxer]

Nice bike. How much did that set you back?

Including government stamp duty, $12,400

[Gixxer]

so you'd have to go for a fair ride to get to the twisties then??
I recommend Ferntree Gully and Belgrave... some good twisties up mt Dandenong too!

also another good ride is thru Mt Evelyn to the upper yarra.. warbuton has a good mt up that way!
I was born in Melb... and lived for a fair while in Elsternwick when I had my Z900 going... you'd pass my old place on your way to work.

Yeah went up Belgrave way on Sunday, the wife's Family live in Monbulk.
The roads a not to bad, but should be 100k not 60k.(still managed to over take all the Sunday drivers and cruise between 80 - 90k)
you really have to watch out for cops and speed cameras over here.
2 k over and your speeding, 25k and you lose your license, and you can lose it on speed cameras as well, that sucks, I am trying to hook up with other riders who can show me the roads with no speed cameras and cops.

[Blakamin]

Yeah went up Belgrave way on Sunday, the wife's Family live in Monbulk.
The roads a not to bad, but should be 100k not 60k.(still managed to over take all the Sunday drivers and cruise between 80 - 90k)
you really have to watch out for cops and speed cameras over here.
2 k over and your speeding, 25k and you lose your license, and you can lose it on speed cameras as well, that sucks, I am trying to hook up with other riders who can show me the roads with no speed cameras and cops.

too true on the speeding thing!
once you get out that way a bit tho, its not too bad.
take the road up to the top of mt dandenong... thats always fun!