Yup, just browsing fleabay when I spot a Falco for sale locally. Been stood for 18 months whilst the owner went travelling and now it won't start so I went round and had a looksee........well one thing led to another an offer was made and accepted and come Saturday she shall be mine
Basically its a very nice 2004 in Bronze & Black with the Aprila Carbon Cans & Chip fitted, loads of history, full toolkit, seat hump , std cans in a box etc....
It needs some TLC of course (I reckon the tyres have about 6psi in each of em, lol) but it has been stood a while of course. The owner borrowed a battery off his mate but when he connected it ...nothing! apparently a quick short "click" and that was that!
I don't think its seized (don't see how it can be) so I'm hoping (fingers crossed) that if I whip the plugs out and turn her over a few times, give em a good clean and put em back in. This coupled with some fresh petrol and good strong battery via jump leads should have her fired up (god willing) or of course I've gone and bought a lemon
It does have a Datatool alarm fitted so I'm hoping that isn't going to cause any issues but we'll see.
The seller seemed a real honest bloke and sometimes you have to go by gut feeling of course, but he said she was running fine before being laid up and I reckon its probably a good bike . He thinks the problem is mechanical but I reckon its the battery !!! we'll see who's right very soon
Either way if shes a runner I can't wait to get out for a blast on her.
Nice to be back in the Falco fold though!
Now who has some nice bits for sale?? I already fancy a LSL handlebar conversion, it'll need a tail tidy, a renegade air kit and ....... oh my god its started again already
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