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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 23 February 2013, 17:40:40
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I've been offered a 2001 Yamaha Thunderace 1000 for £1800. It's been dry stored in a garage for the last three years, but I'm told it's started ( but not ridden/piloted) once a week.
I'm 53, but Mrs Opti has told me to "grow up", whilst Junior members of family Opti have cruelly told me that I'm "past it". ::) ::) ;)
I suppose I could be sensible and buy a caravan instead ::) ::).......and as soon as I stop having sex, that's exactly what I'll do. :'(
Okay, so I may be getting on a bit, but I think I'm right in saying that I'm still a couple of years younger than The Boy and that Chrisgixer fella. Furthermore, old Albs still rides a bike and he must be at least eighty by now.
Some say he dons his pudding-basin helmet and goggles and blats around the Essex countryside in the dead of night on his 1949 Royal Enfield, shouting at the world. ::) ::) ;) :)
Sensible or irresponsible?.....That is the question.
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Go for it. :y
Then sell me your MV6!
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Go for it. :y
Then sell me your MV6!
Now that is a tempting offer. I could always use Mrs Opti's Corsa.......she'll be fine taking the bus. :y
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Do it Opti. You are still young (at heart) and you'll regret it later if you don't. I'm slightly older than you but I still haven't given up on a last fling with something fast and loose.
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Do it Opti. You are still young (at heart) and you'll regret it later if you don't. I'm slightly older than you but I still haven't given up on a last fling with something fast and loose.
You're 112. :y
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Go for it. :y
Then sell me your MV6!
Now that is a tempting offer. I could always use Mrs Opti's Corsa.......she'll be fine taking the bus. :y
Let me know when to pop round to pick up the MV6 then, would cash be OK? ::) :)
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Go for it :y
Might be changing bike myself, can't really justify the GS really. Its not used that much :(
Might get a cheap to run Crapasaki ER5 :-\
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what are you saving yourself for,the second coming of christ?give it up and get the bike :y
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Get the bike. :y :y :y
I ridden motorbikes since I was 17, and have no intentions of giving up anytime soon. :y :y :y
My older brother as a youngster had a number of small bikes the biggest being a Honda CB200. About 5 years ago he decided to get another bike and bought a Kawasaki ZZR1100 and since then has been out most Sundays on his bike with a group of like mined friends. They go on ride outs all over the country with him typically doing about 1,000 miles a month. :y :y :y
Where he walks to work, the car is mainly for his wife's benefit.
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What was the last bike you had? :)
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go for it opti im 52 and still ride my z650 and thats 38 yrs old :y :y :y :y :y
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I've been offered a 2001 Yamaha Thunderace 1000 for £1800. It's been dry stored in a garage for the last three years, but I'm told it's started ( but not ridden/piloted) once a week.
I'm 53, but Mrs Opti has told me to "grow up", whilst Junior members of family Opti have cruelly told me that I'm "past it". ::) ::) ;)
I suppose I could be sensible and buy a caravan instead ::) ::).......and as soon as I stop having sex, that's exactly what I'll do. :'(
Okay, so I may be getting on a bit, but I think I'm right in saying that I'm still a couple of years younger than The Boy and that Chrisgixer fella. Furthermore, old Albs still rides a bike and he must be at least eighty by now.
Some say he dons his pudding-basin helmet and goggles and blats around the Essex countryside in the dead of night on his 1949 Royal Enfield, shouting at the world. ::) ::) ;) :)
Sensible or irresponsible?.....That is the question.
Your 5 yrs older than me mr opti and if in your shoes would go for it , sadly not in your shoes and cant get my leg over anymore :-[ so caravan it is for me :( Thunderace is a good reliable bike but think of your back ::)
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Totally irresponsible if you ask me.So go for it!!If I had somewhere to keep one I'd have another bike like a shot and I've not ridden one since 1973!
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Go for it.Nice old bike is the blunderbus,but dont tell Loo-Knee I said so.
I no longer ride one btw.I think Im finished with them now,for various reasons. ;)
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I'm 51 & have a bike that mostly sits in my garage doing nothing ....... :( :(
(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k17/Tiff4327/TDM850_zps3d215360.jpg)
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The "Bogger" as DLK calls it for some reason still stands on my drive,but the only time it has turned a wheel in about 18 months was a trip to the MOT station last September.
(http://i1238.photobucket.com/albums/ff500/Albs59/SpecialFX.jpg)
Come spring time it will be tidied up and moved on.Probably.
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Why not get a mountain bike ;D ;D ;)
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Miss me ZZR :'(
(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc41/milleblack/01042009210-2_zpsae6e528a.jpg)
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Do it Opti. You are still young (at heart) and you'll regret it later if you don't. I'm slightly older than you but I still haven't given up on a last fling with something fast and loose.
Your arse judging by your other thread :-X ;D
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It's been dry stored in a garage for the last three years, but I'm told it's started ( but not ridden/piloted) once a week.
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The Thunderace is an excellent bike, but if that's what this one's been subjected to for the last three years, then leave it there !!
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It's been dry stored in a garage for the last three years, but I'm told it's started ( but not ridden/piloted) once a week.
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The Thunderace is an excellent bike, but if that's what this one's been subjected to for the last three years, then leave it there !!
Actually, yes, Indeed, almost the worst thing you can do to a stored bike.
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Yeh! Just do it or regret it!! :y :y :y
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Mine is ONLY half as old as me, but just as stiff, I think it has gone and seized???
(http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n539/v1c3nz4/14thBike.jpg)
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Mine is ONLY half as old as me, but just as stiff, I think it has gone and seized???
(http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n539/v1c3nz4/14thBike.jpg)
Sell it, worth a tidy sum I would think?
Although it would be a shame to let it go obviously. :)
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My GS, love it, do 400+ miles in a day easy on it. But not sure how much longer I can keep justifying something I barely use :'(
(https://dl.dropbox.com/u/803897/Motorbike/Scotland/P1010956.JPG)
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Sell it, worth a tidy sum I would think?
They seem to be Tunnie, until you want to sell them?? Just paid Steve Linsdell at Flitwick Yamaha £1,000 to do some work on her, switched on last week, power valves didn't move ?? Then found I could stand on the kickstart... Sounds expensive to me.. :'( :'(
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(http://i344.photobucket.com/albums/p326/chrisgixer/e438e6ca.jpg)
Gsxr1000
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If your going for the last whole hog you mite as well have this ;D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQfI6TPbIfg
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Slow ,heavy,awful handling and no brakes. It does sound nice though.
Btw, WSB season starts tomorrow morning at Philip Island.Checa on pole. :y
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... Then found I could stand on the kickstart... Sounds expensive to me.. :'( :'(
out plugs & pour a little diesel & oil down the bore & leave it a few days/week. Put the bike in top & GENTLY rock the bike back or forth. That's how I freed off my GT250 about 40 yrs ago (Christ ..... was it really that long ago? ??? ???) It filled the street with black exhaust when it eventually started! ;D ;D ;D
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Sell it, worth a tidy sum I would think?
They seem to be Tunnie, until you want to sell them?? Just paid Steve Linsdell at Flitwick Yamaha £1,000 to do some work on her, switched on last week, power valves didn't move ?? Then found I could stand on the kickstart... Sounds expensive to me.. :'( :'(
Bought it in 2009, if I sold it this summer, I think I could get close to what I paid for it. Maybe just loose around £500
They hold their value really well :)
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My current steed.
(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k281/dcwo/20120728_200437.jpg)
Me in a former life. Donnington
(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k281/dcwo/DSC_3390.jpg)
Nippers new bike. 1985 PW80 with matching numbers. Goes like stink for a small bike.
(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k281/dcwo/T2eC16RHJGkE9no8hmYBRBuYiz1M60_12_zps48eea28d.jpg)
And some of damage from when I had the big one
(http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k281/dcwo/81455.jpg)
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I've just bought a ThunderAce - seems a great bike. Mine is an ex-police one, 51k on it - Akrapovic Titanium can & stainless downpipes - two new Pilot sport tyres, very good condition despite the mileage.
Seems to be very planted, pulls well from about 3-4k upwards. Feels a fair bit heavier than my old blade (had an RR-w blade before - last year)
I'm not sure I'd like a bike that had been sat so long, only started and never ridden - cant be good for the engine.
oh, I paid £1050 for it :)