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oldbie soon to be returning to the fold
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 11:04 am
by wayno
Just a quite hi to say I'm coming back soon. I have sold the YZF750 after having a blast of a year and a half on it, but it's time to get back on a bird.
The YZF is a fantastic bike, but it's lacking that V-twin engine (yamaha should really look into this market as it's the only fault I found on the YZF) so I have a proverbial pocket of cash and shall be having a look at a couple of Falco's this weekend.
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 11:12 am
by MartDude
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 11:14 am
by Aladinsaneuk
welcome back
you going for a slow colour or black this time?
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 11:27 am
by wayno
Going for the fastest ones, i.e. metallic red
Black ones are sooooooo slow they've been commonly mistaken for a shadow moving with the sun
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 1:20 pm
by Aladinsaneuk
oooo
I like your style
your banned, but I like your style :)
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 5:53 pm
by randomsquid
Sir want's a nice brown one, sir does.
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:21 pm
by wayno
I have just seen a picture of a silver one that looks rather nice
Can someone remind me, is it possible to reset the total mileage anyway? I want to know for when I'm looking at bikes to make sure they've not been clocked
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:12 pm
by DavShill
Hi Wayno, welcome back and good luck with the falco search
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:17 pm
by Aladinsaneuk
Clocks are, to best of my knowledge, very difficult to clock
Re: oldbie soon to be returning to the fold
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:44 pm
by D-Rider
wayno wrote:Just a quite hi to say I'm coming back soon. I have sold the YZF750 after having a blast of a year and a half on it, but it's time to get back on a bird.
Glad to have you back ..... though I thought that Yam was a keeper
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 4:13 am
by blinkey501
wayno wrote:I have just seen a picture of a silver one that looks rather nice
Can someone remind me, is it possible to reset the total mileage anyway? I want to know for when I'm looking at bikes to make sure they've not been clocked
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/230816913619? ... 1423.l2649
This was on ebay 6 months ago and to my knoledge was sold by a forum member.
Very nice bike
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 7:50 am
by wayno
The Yam was supposed to be a keeper but I soon realised that I could sell it on for a tidy profit, and that if I'd done many more miles I would lose that window of opportunity. The handling on it was super sweet, but I was missing the v twin pull.
I saw that one, looks very nice, unfortunately it's at the opposite end of the country and I'm on holiday next week. Going for a look at a couple down this way this weekend, and if I don't like them I'll resume the search when I get back to blighty.
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 9:06 am
by Gio
blinkey501 wrote:wayno wrote:I have just seen a picture of a silver one that looks rather nice
Can someone remind me, is it possible to reset the total mileage anyway? I want to know for when I'm looking at bikes to make sure they've not been clocked
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/230816913619? ... 1423.l2649
This was on ebay 6 months ago and to my knoledge was sold by a forum member.
Very nice bike
is that a hyperpro suspension unit?
Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2012 9:20 am
by wayno
It's a Maxton according to the listing and sticker
Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2012 2:00 pm
by wayno
i believe I may have just purchased one of the few still restricted Falco's in history. I need to investigate fully but a quick glance under the seat and the wires all looked intact
I'm almost tempted to get it on a dyno as I bet there aren't many restricted ones have been run up on one.
Pics to follow, but it is the fastest colour, metallic red.
