I'm mildly excited...

[marks]

A lot of wind noise vs my lil naked bike but very warm behind the fairing & hand protectors.

Do you think the trade off of more helmet buffeting versus increased body wind protection is worth it in terms of rider fatigue/comfort?

BTW I rode Petes KLR and he's right - heated hand grips are brilliant for winter riding.

If you don't mind me asking - what was the purchase price including on road costs - are the dealers prepared to negotiate at all?

Finally what sort of of engine bars did you get and what cost landed?

In case you hadn't guessed I'm looking at one of these to replace/supplement the little DT230.

cheers


Mark

[young1]

Very nice, they do suit green.

Were the handwarmers standard? I need to get some for my bike sometime and need to look at what is around

M

[babysteps]

You lucky b*stard!!!!

Roll on December
Roll on Full Licence
Roll on my KLR650

[Creeper]

a nice green one(only colour they should be!) ....just like mine....
I have had an issue with oil consumption....was filled by shop with semi synthetic however Kawa NZ are now saying to use a mineral oil as big thumpers will always burn a semi syn. burnt 800mls in about 1000ks
Also keep an eye on the blinker stalks, if they are like mine the will fall off before 2000ks.
apart from all that,for $9000 ride out the door I'm all happy

enjoy!!

[Padmei]

Nope not going up Mt Arthur Nordie till I put on the studded ice tyres

I haven't got hand warmers yet but have new good gloves which seem to do the trick. I will prob get some protective hand bar end thingys cos I may want to play the piano someday.


Do you think the trade off of more helmet buffeting versus increased body wind protection is worth it in terms of rider fatigue/comfort?

Damn Marks why did you ask me that? Now I'll have to think about it...

The biggest thing I didn't like about my little GB400 was that I would get cold with the wind hitting my puku & chest. Riding yesterday I was heaps warmer but shit the noise was deafening. I have some earplugs for now...
I know you can buy taller screens but experimenting with my hand placed at different places along it while riding I found the wind coming from the sides & meeting up around my ears. So I will monitor it for now.

I am 6ft tall & the bike feels really tall!!

The bike cost 9600 + on road so was basically 10k out the door. The dealer wouldnt take any thing off it but did give me $75 off a mx helmet (for summer). Insurance was $440 & engine bars are from Motorradgarage AUssie & cost $340 Aussie dollars. They arrived n 5 days (postage was included for $99)

Crikey I hope my wife doesn't read this.

Wil put the bars on tonite & post a photo - I may even be nude

[pete376403]

Very nice, they do suit green.

Were the handwarmers standard? I need to get some for my bike sometime and need to look at what is around

M

Handwarmers (ie heated grips) are not standard but at around $115 you'd be crazy not to. Hand "protectors" (ie the plastic guards) are standard but these are not real barkbuster-type protection. They will keep the wind off your hands but thats about all.
But with the guards keeping the cold breeze off the back of your hands the heated grips have a much easier job of keeping our hands toasty warm. Even coming back from the Brass on a shitty wet cold day I had the heat setting on medium.

[CrazyFrog]

Reckon he should run it in over the Porika and Braeburn in the pissing rain. The fords will wash the mud off.....

[Padmei]

Put the crash bars on on Sat & went riding Sun over to Golden Bay & got a bit of gravel road in too.

Got pretty used to the wind noise & stayed relatively dry behind the screen.

Managed to drop it for the first time at my kids school no less but the sturdy crash bars did their job & saved the plastic.

I have noticd the vibration of the bike is greater with the crash bars on - they have the rep of being tuning forks.

Can't wait for the weekend now

My friend cleverly christened my bike Gonzo though cant see any likeness myself

Heres some pics of the bars

[marks]

were till waiting for the nude photos

[JATZ]

Bloody hell you went for a on sunday, It was pissing down here in between the heavy showers, I just couldn't bring myself to go out

[Padmei]

I went past your house on the way up west bank about 1pm & tooted. I was a bit worried being on reserve but got back to richmond

[Quasievil]

I went past your house on the way up west bank about 1pm & tooted. I was a bit worried being on reserve but got back to richmond

If you ever run out on reserve, get off the bike and lean it right over (almost dropped) on the left side, and magic !! you have another Litre

cool eh, prolly a design fuck up but it works

[JATZ]

I went past your house on the way up west bank about 1pm & tooted. I was a bit worried being on reserve but got back to richmond

Kids said a bike went past and tooted, I couldn't work out who it could've been.
I'll be able to sleep tonight , thanks

[Padmei]

If you ever run out on reserve, get off the bike and lean it right over (almost dropped) on the left side, and magic !! you have another Litre

cool eh, prolly a design fuck up but it works

Is it alright if I drop it while doing it - gives me a good future excuse

[pete376403]

How many kms did you get before going on reserve, and was that from a full tank?
I havent bothered about the crash bars as the bike is heavy enough as it is. I dropped it on the right side, broke the side cover at the bottom mount. Pissed me off for about 5 minutes, but, it was bound to happen sooner or later.

The panniers I put on later did a good job of keeping the plastic out of the mud the next time it fell over.