WANTED: Budget learner bike $1000 or less...

**Warr** · 17th April 2008, 01:07

Originally Posted by motorbyclist

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-149016809.htm

Not quite on topic !! But those pipes look ridiculous.
I can say that cause my bike is worth 1/10th of what they are asking !!

**motorbyclist** · 17th April 2008, 01:07

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-149270888.htm

**Jeremy** · 17th April 2008, 01:28

If you're really desperate there's my GN :/
To be honest I have no idea how much it's worth. Boring as 04 model that's done under 30,000km. Serviced at Colemans regularly.

Catch is.

1) I didn't get a new WoF for it, I did my knee in playing soccer and never got around to taking it in for a new WoF. It "should" pass, I can't think of any reason why it wouldn't. The last time I rode it was Nov 2007. I've started it up every couple of weekends or so, but I'm not going to make a judgement call on that.

2) Last time I got it serviced at Colemans they said it was showing early signs of gasket failure. Supposedly it could 'maybe' do another 10,000km. Other than that, I don't expect anything to fail. I'd recently had to get the alternator rewound [I know it's not the alternator, it's something else, but I can't think of the name at the moment].

Rego is good till um July I think. Rust on the chrome like usual.

Gearwise, since I won't be rideing until after I finish honours this year. Armoured gloves, jacket with armour would be on offer. Except it's missing a piece of armour! I had all four pieces of armour when I started my last day of uni. When I got back home I was missing one (I have no idea where it's gone :/)

I'd be happy to see it at uni, as as it stands I won't be able to ride it into uni, and at the moment it's just sitting there rather sadly. While I wait until full time work to buy an R6 or SV650.

**motorbyclist** · 17th April 2008, 01:42

could be worth a look? did the mechanic say which gasket? got the receipt to tell us what was rewound and possibly what else is wrong with it?

**Jeremy** · 17th April 2008, 01:59

Aha found it. I wish I'd kept my motorcycle receipts seperate from the kilos of paperweights that studylink sends you.

Okay it was the stator that was rewound.

**klyong82** · 17th April 2008, 15:19

Whereabouts are you maybe we can go have a look at it....

**Squiggles** · 17th April 2008, 16:30

I can do the headgasket on a gn in 30

Then it takes me an hour to do the last step (tappets), must get me a proper screwdriver for them...

**klyong82** · 17th April 2008, 16:46

Originally Posted by Squiggles

I can do the headgasket on a gn in 30

Then it takes me an hour to do the last step (tappets), must get me a proper screwdriver for them...

Wanna go have a look with us since you are a GN man. I am just afraid if you dont follow us Banzai will end up buying a Honda....

**BANZAI** · 17th April 2008, 19:33

Originally Posted by motorbyclist

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-149016809.htm

Nice...... I WANT ONE!!!!

Originally Posted by motorbyclist

GN is in rotorua, honda is in glendowie

i'd recommend you go view the honda. engine appears to be similar to the old xr motors. bombproof those are!

Originally Posted by Jeremy

If you're really desperate there's my GN :/
To be honest I have no idea how much it's worth. Boring as 04 model that's done under 30,000km. Serviced at Colemans regularly.

Catch is.

1) I didn't get a new WoF for it, I did my knee in playing soccer and never got around to taking it in for a new WoF. It "should" pass, I can't think of any reason why it wouldn't. The last time I rode it was Nov 2007. I've started it up every couple of weekends or so, but I'm not going to make a judgement call on that.

2) Last time I got it serviced at Colemans they said it was showing early signs of gasket failure. Supposedly it could 'maybe' do another 10,000km. Other than that, I don't expect anything to fail. I'd recently had to get the alternator rewound [I know it's not the alternator, it's something else, but I can't think of the name at the moment].

Rego is good till um July I think. Rust on the chrome like usual.

Gearwise, since I won't be rideing until after I finish honours this year. Armoured gloves, jacket with armour would be on offer. Except it's missing a piece of armour! I had all four pieces of armour when I started my last day of uni. When I got back home I was missing one (I have no idea where it's gone :/)

I'd be happy to see it at uni, as as it stands I won't be able to ride it into uni, and at the moment it's just sitting there rather sadly. While I wait until full time work to buy an R6 or SV650.

I wanna have a look at your GN and wanna have a look at that Honda sometime.

Is your GN 125 or 250?

**Squiggles** · 17th April 2008, 22:26

Originally Posted by klyong82

Wanna go have a look with us since you are a GN man. I am just afraid if you dont follow us Banzai will end up buying a Honda....

anything to get another in my camp

**Squiggles** · 17th April 2008, 22:32

Originally Posted by motorbyclist

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-149016809.htm

fuck those wheels'd look mint on a motard...

**BANZAI** · 23rd April 2008, 17:01

I got PM from Jeremy saying GN is not starting...

If I can somehow bring it to fix up night on Friday, can you have a look at it Stephen?

Only if I can finish this bloody essay by the time.....

**Squiggles** · 23rd April 2008, 17:35

GN not starting, im good at fixing those, we should go check it out wherever it is. I betcha i can get it going

**klyong82** · 23rd April 2008, 21:02

Oh yeah suppose to look at the bike with you Banzai......make a time this ANzac weekend...as long Stevo is there he will negotiate a good price for it seeing that it aint working.