New TOY

Zer0Zer0 · Post by **Zer0Zer0** » Sat Aug 04, 2007 9:37 pm

bought this this morning T plate 99...19000mls. service history.years mot 8mths tax, nearly new tyres and front discs. got a double bubble and a new speedo sensor in the post..just need to get insurance sorted and i'm mobile again..paid Â£2200...rides nice,

sounds awesome..

Kitch · Post by **Kitch** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 7:02 am

It does at that

Like the RS250 style cans

Fireman on a Storm · Post by **Fireman on a Storm** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 9:01 am

Locks great mate. Buy a couple of honda stickers off fleebay and you'll be on the road

How are your injuries doing? Healing well I hope!

Post by **kevg** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 10:11 am

looks good matey, see you out on the road sometime.

BarryH · Post by **BarryH** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 6:34 pm

Are you missing something...........ITS ITALIAN, you'll be fixing it more than riding it

Only say that cos I'm a bit green with envy.............

bonerp · Post by **bonerp** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 9:12 pm

beauty. i was looking for one of those but couldnt find one any good!!!

iggy1966 · Post by **iggy1966** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 9:13 pm

Good to see you back up and running Martin.

Pete.L · Post by **Pete.L** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:18 am

Lovely looking bit fo kit Marty.

You'll have to do us a write up compairing the Storm to the Kwak and the Aprilla after you get used to it.
Nice one
Pete.l

Post by **sirch345** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 10:25 pm

Nice one Marty

It didn't take you very long to get back to a 'V' twin that's for sure

although I expect you would have liked a less painful change over

Look forward too hearing your opinion on the new black beast

Chris.

alan · Post by **alan** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 10:33 pm

Very nice Marty wanna swap???

Zer0Zer0 · Post by **Zer0Zer0** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 5:05 pm

got insurance.. and the speedo sensor arrived this morning. so once fitted it was off for a razzzzzz.. started from cold on the button.let her warm up 50c and off we go..got to slip the clutch a little in second to get her going.[must remember first gear for lights and junctions

] the Mille race cans are so much louder than anything iv'e had on any bike. absoloutely spine tingling.[need to buy earplugs]
it pulls from nothing.[like the storm],only you can feel the extra horses, the standard suspension is way better than the storm,feels almost as good as my "Rogered" storm did. feels way quicker off the mark than the zx9, but safer,the accelleration on the zed was bonkers fast, and i didn't feel that i had to push down on the pegs to stay on,as i do on the Mille. [maybe the double bubble will help?] . effortless ride, fantastic [so far] in corners. feels really stable [steering damper] ,and the thing i really missed about not having a twin.
Engine braking..iv'e come up well short on a few bends today, and had to speed up before i even got to the bend. whereas on the zx9 in comparison felt like it had no engine braking at all..and i was rolling off at my usual markers, and the Mille was rolling to a stop at the point i would be tipping the zx9 in at. wont take me long to get used to the Powah of the twin again once iv'e remembered how to ride one,

love the Brembo brakes, bags of feel and real bite ,far more urgent than the zx9s and no fade, and the brakes on the zx9 are superb. cant get as far forward on the Mille as i could on the zx9 or the storm, so it gets a bit light at the front when exiting corners on the powah!..well then so far so good..oh the Mille runs very hot and the coolant is at max level, when i got home today and switched off i could smell that overheated waterless engine smell and the temp gauge read 111c the frame was hot to touch and i had to leave the ignition on to let the fans cool off the bike, think i may have a waterpump issue....oh well

glynmitch · Post by **glynmitch** » Tue Aug 07, 2007 10:18 pm

Â£2200?

That's a lot of bike for the money. Is it the one that was on Ebay recently?

If I do change my storm it will be for something similar but I'm loving mine right now

Zer0Zer0 · Post by **Zer0Zer0** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 1:41 pm

Glynmitch..yeah thats the one. one of the local lads up here had it on fleabay as a classified.i'd been out on rideouts with him on a couple of occasions he rides an rsv.r 03 ,so i had a look and a ride and made him an offer

further to the overheating thing i discovered that the bottom hose on the waterpump had come loose./fell off . i managed to get the hose back onto the pump but i cant budge the circlip back up the hose because it's behind the frame and i dont have a 90deg socket attachment, Fkinell...

dont think ill risk a ride into town, knowing my luck the hose will fall off and i'll seize the thing. i spent three hours today trying to get the dammned thing on , so i dont think ill be draining it ..removing the panels, lifting the fuel tank. and skinning my last two unscathed knuckles. Even though it's a cracking day up here, i just cant be arsed..

Post by **sirch345** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 2:00 pm

In interesting write up on your new machine Marty

All in all you sound pretty pleased with it so far, although I realise it's early day's yet until you re-adjust yourself to the 'V' twin style

I hope you get your hose clip sorted soon, as you say best not to risk it until you have

Chris.

cupasoop · Post by **cupasoop** » Wed Aug 08, 2007 2:19 pm

Dont go breaking this one now