Advantages: Good Solid bike Disadvantages: Can become quite uncomfortable on long journeys
...About a year ago, my husband and I purchased a Triumph Daytona 900. M registration in Teal green, in very good condition. The mileage was quite low and the price was right.
Since that day my husband has taken it to work everyday with no troubles at all, apart from the right hand switchgear going all wrong and the starter button stopped working but we got a new switch for it.
Finding parts secondhand or from breakers can prove difficult for Triumphs because they seem to still be on the roads rather than crashed! I would say this is the case because they are definitely not the sort of bike that you throw around like you would a Hyabusa or GSXR 1100 etc maybe!?!
This bike is comfortable for both rider and pillion although after riding for a long period of time, you tend to find that the next day your arms are killing you. I can...
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Advantages: excellent fast bike with good handling Disadvantages: only one radiator
...engine was useless and that it was a 1990 KMX and had a DEP race exhaust and Renthal handlebars it turns out the oil tank had also been taken off to save weight so you have to mix it with the petrol before putting it in the bike, I set about stripping it down and rebuilding it. Now 6 months later and me about £500 poorer it's running fine. It's had a whole new water pump, cleaned piston and bore, new air filter box and element, new forks new sprockets, new wheel and tyre and various other engine parts.
The Kawasaki KMX was basically a road going version of the KX. The styling of the bike, the frame and the suspension made them ideal for offroad use. There is a 125cc model and a 200cc model.
The engine is a liquid cooled single cylinder 2 stroke with reed valve induction and kawasaki's KIPS system (kawasaki integrated power system) which...
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Advantages: Amazing power, super light weight, stable, GREAT FUN! Disadvantages: fork oil seals and spark plugs need replacement often, cold legs
...(the fore-runner to the YZF bikes) can be thrown around with ease!
Use it for commuting, its the thinnest bike I have ever seen. And with the six speed gearbox and powervalve system fitted, leaving traffic at the lights is childs play. The bike doesn't pull wheelies well at all, the low torque and long wheel base prevent this.
Just imagine overtaking BMW's, rudeboy novas and saxos on a bike that is over 14 years old. Good fun : )
The bike is sadly no longer in production, but you can pick one off ebay for a few hundred quid. The parts are easy to find and easy to replace, ebay, Yamaha dealer or a breakers yard will have what you want.
In all, the bike is a good fun ride, it just needs to be treated well....
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This is a spectuacular album, brought together from the concept band Nouvelle Vague. Basically, without being too 'cover disasterous', this band have manipulated songs from other artists and subverted them to the Bossa Nova style. Infact, in some cases... more
Easy to use and very easy on the eyes, and easy to get results , very effective.Looks stylish, with a color choice of Black/orange and Black/blue.
There are two models , I bike and , I bike+. The difference is in the color.The Black/Orange is the, I... more