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#1 Post by wayno » Thu Jun 28, 2012 11:04 am

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.
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#2 Post by MartDude » Thu Jun 28, 2012 11:12 am

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#3 Post by Aladinsaneuk » Thu Jun 28, 2012 11:14 am

welcome back

you going for a slow colour or black this time?


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#4 Post by wayno » Thu Jun 28, 2012 11:27 am

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 :smt003
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#5 Post by Aladinsaneuk » Thu Jun 28, 2012 1:20 pm

oooo


I like your style

your banned, but I like your style :)


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#6 Post by randomsquid » Thu Jun 28, 2012 5:53 pm

Sir want's a nice brown one, sir does.
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#7 Post by wayno » Thu Jun 28, 2012 8:21 pm

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
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#8 Post by DavShill » Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:12 pm

Hi Wayno, welcome back and good luck with the falco search
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#9 Post by Aladinsaneuk » Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:17 pm

Clocks are, to best of my knowledge, very difficult to clock


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#10 Post by D-Rider » Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:44 pm

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 :smt017
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#11 Post by blinkey501 » Fri Jun 29, 2012 4:13 am

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 :smt002
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#12 Post by wayno » Fri Jun 29, 2012 7:50 am

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.
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#13 Post by Gio » Fri Jun 29, 2012 9:06 am

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 :smt002
is that a hyperpro suspension unit?
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#14 Post by wayno » Fri Jun 29, 2012 9:20 am

It's a Maxton according to the listing and sticker
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#15 Post by wayno » Sat Jun 30, 2012 2:00 pm

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.
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