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Hi, thought I would join in and talk VTR.
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 7:53 am
by gcs
Ive had my 2001 VTR 1000 ( teal in colour ) for about 2 years, cam tensioner went on front cyl, last June (on way to brass monkey rally at Oturahura, central Otago) no indication at all, went on a rise in the road, I was following a cruiser down the hill on the other side and thought the noise i was hearing was his crappy exhaust overrun, WRONG! Had to trailer it home next day, 200km. It cost NZ$ 3200 to fix and took 5 months at local Honda dealer, everypart takes 3 weeks from Japan, and a few mistakes were made in the inital order for repairs. Fast forward to end of Feb 2006 a local touring group organised a poker run, thought it would be fun, went along, enjoyed an hour and a half spirited( for me) riding before it started missing and farting around, trailered home( aprox 150 km) , and after a week the shop found it was a coil breaking down, however it took a doner bike to swap parts off to isolate it, as it was ok with normal testing. Yep, it took 3 weeks from Japan and was ( with new battery, ht leads, spark plugs) NZ$ 650.
The bike is ok now, in fact its very ok.. love the sound, easy to ride when going, bought it with 12000 ks now has 28000 ks,tensioners went at 24000ks. I realy like this machine, and hope my worries are now over and I can enjoy it ( my previous bike was a 91 VFR red 84000km no worries).Sorry about the long post, but its a good introduction...
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 8:28 am
by sirch345
Welcome aboard gcs
I found your thread very informative, definitely not to long.
Chris.
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 9:35 am
by Zer0Zer0
glad to see you stuck with it m8 ...says a lot about the old storms character.
CCTs aside..
keep worrying those cruisers m8......Welcome...
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 9:41 am
by Pete.L
Welcome on Board
Pete.l
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 1:29 pm
by RAINMAKER
Hello from me too
......................just hate it when peeps go to the trouble to register then get ignored.
............so come and join the fun.
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 2:26 pm
by Rincewind
howdy!
*waves at the antipodes*
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 3:13 pm
by kevg
Hi mate,
glad you could make it.
Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 7:56 pm
by gcs
Thanx for the great welcome guys and girls.Ill see you in the other forums in this site...
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 9:37 am
by Sharpe1
Welcome mate! How's the fush and chups??
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 11:03 am
by gcs
Bloody aussies ( I can say" bloody" cant I?) and the accent debate continues !!!!, Hi Sharp1 hows it going, next thing you will want me to say six.For anyone who dont get it, an aussie, to a kiwi saying six,sounds like sex! a kiwi,to an aussie saying six, sounds like sex! visa versa too I suppose!!!!!.Sorry Im confusing myself, but its both our national pastimes to take the piss out of each other at all opertunities..... But I do like it better than a feed of feesh und cheeps.HaaaaHa
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 3:21 pm
by sirch345
gcs wrote:Bloody aussies ( I can say" bloody" cant I?) and the accent debate continues !!!!, Hi Sharp1 hows it going, next thing you will want me to say six.For anyone who dont get it, an aussie, to a kiwi saying six,sounds like sex! a kiwi,to an aussie saying six, sounds like sex! visa versa too I suppose!!!!!.Sorry Im confusing myself, but its both our national pastimes to take the piss out of each other at all opertunities..... But I do like it better than a feed of feesh und cheeps.HaaaaHa
Six, sounds good to me
Just to confuse things slightly how do you get on with that when the cricket is being played
just a thought
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 5:01 pm
by iggy1966
Welcome aboard gcs,
Is it Chicks or cheques
Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 7:06 pm
by tony.wilde1
welcome aboard mate.but vtr is just one of the many subjects on here!!
Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 5:32 am
by Sharpe1
Going well mate. I've got a Kiwi mate who insiste on calling the Esky a chulli bun.
Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 10:30 am
by gcs
