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1/4 Million Miles + !!
I thought I might share this with you guys.
I knowthis guy and he rode this bike to work everyday from the day he bought it new. It has been around New zealand at least 30 times as he is a Ralley nutter, attending up to 15 ralleys evey season
The old girl finally broke down this week.
This is his posting in our NZ Kiwi Biker forum this morning.
Bollocks...!
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It had to happen one day...................the old girl has had a terminal seizure... after 28 years of good hard riding and over 5 laps of the planet...i think the poor old girls crank has parted company in the centre....shes been a bit smokey too in the last 10 000.
I'm going to write to that nice Mr Yamaha and ask if he'll find me a new lump for a well loved and rather used XS1100 ...after all....when i got the old girl on 2nd Aug 1980 the advert said
"A BIKE FOR LIFE"....i've still got the ad, and i'm still alive.......Christ its only done give or take 340,000 k's...........I'M PISSED OFF........GOING TO THE PUB......................Who can lend me $25K ish for another toy, as my other is in bits awaiting surgery.
We are going to replace the crank, fit new rings to the OME pistons, lap in the valves and put her back togeather this weekend.
She will be ready for work on monday!
I knowthis guy and he rode this bike to work everyday from the day he bought it new. It has been around New zealand at least 30 times as he is a Ralley nutter, attending up to 15 ralleys evey season
The old girl finally broke down this week.
This is his posting in our NZ Kiwi Biker forum this morning.
Bollocks...!
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It had to happen one day...................the old girl has had a terminal seizure... after 28 years of good hard riding and over 5 laps of the planet...i think the poor old girls crank has parted company in the centre....shes been a bit smokey too in the last 10 000.
I'm going to write to that nice Mr Yamaha and ask if he'll find me a new lump for a well loved and rather used XS1100 ...after all....when i got the old girl on 2nd Aug 1980 the advert said
"A BIKE FOR LIFE"....i've still got the ad, and i'm still alive.......Christ its only done give or take 340,000 k's...........I'M PISSED OFF........GOING TO THE PUB......................Who can lend me $25K ish for another toy, as my other is in bits awaiting surgery.
We are going to replace the crank, fit new rings to the OME pistons, lap in the valves and put her back togeather this weekend.
She will be ready for work on monday!
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