New owner from Hampton

[Andrew-MP]

I hired a 2008 model three weeks ago to go on holiday to Cornwall and loved the bike so much that I came home and bought a new 2011 model last Saturday.

[Nok12rs]

Welcome Mr A-MP.  This, as you will find, is an excellent forum.  I am also quite new year.  Congratulation on your GTR acquisition.

One question please:  Where did hire the 08?

[Andrew-MP]

Thanks Nok12rs.

Hired from About Town in Wandsworth http://www.abouttownbikehire.co.uk
Found them very friendly and helpful. Cost was £590 for the week plus £60 for comprehensive insurance.  They also hire helmets and sat nav if needed.

[Kwikasfuki]

Hi and welcome to the forum.

[Nok12rs]

Thanks Nok12rs.

Hired from About Town in Wandsworth http://www.abouttownbikehire.co.uk
Found them very friendly and helpful. Cost was £590 for the week plus £60 for comprehensive insurance.  They also hire helmets and sat nav if needed.

Ah Ha! Andrew M-P so did I.  Did they explain that the £60 for comprehensive left you with a £2,000 excess plus cost of repatriation if involved in an accident? 


I am very interested to hear?   

[Andrew-MP]

They did mention the excess and repatriation  Not very comprehensive then eh?
There was no where else locally who were hiring the GTR so I went with them.

[2kwacks]

Mr Andrew-MP.. welcome to the forum sorry madhouse! were a friendly bunch on here! a few of us are off to the cotswolds end of june for the weekend, check it out in this link http://www.gtr1400.co.uk/forums/index.php/topic,807.0.html hope you can make it. what colour gtr did you plum for?

[Lonewolf]

  Andrew, congratulations on your new bike. You might want to review your postcode in your profile so that people dont know exactly where you live. Just a thought, unless its already a red herring. 

[Andrew-MP]

Thanks for the tip Lonewolf. I also keep the key fob under the front doormat for safety!!

[Andrew-MP]

I went for black, 2kwaks.  Do you know if there is any difference between the 2012 model and the 2011 apart from the colour?  According to Kawasaki, who the dealer called, the only difference is the colour.  The 2012 comes in blue or red whilst the 2011 comes in black or green.  Don't know if I've missed something but as I wanted black I got a great discount so I was very happy.

[2kwacks]

Thanks for the tip Lonewolf. I also keep the key fob under the front doormat for safety!!

thats very decent of you.. don't forget to leave your garage key as well

[2kwacks]

I went for black, 2kwaks.  Do you know if there is any difference between the 2012 model and the 2011 apart from the colour?  According to Kawasaki, who the dealer called, the only difference is the colour.  The 2012 comes in blue or red whilst the 2011 comes in black or green.  Don't know if I've missed something but as I wanted black I got a great discount so I was very happy.

As far as I'm aware, there's only a colour change between the 2011 and the 2012 model

[O.C.]

A number of members of this forum ask the question "what's the difference between mine and previous models? "

This may help with model I.D ....click the model year option toiwards the bottom of this page 

http://www.kawasaki.co.uk/1400GTR

Oh...nearly forgot.. A big welcome to the forum Andrew 

[100milesaway]

  Andrew you are in the right place as a GTR owner, lots of help and info if needed. I am sure that you will enjoy owning one of these great bikes. Enjoy your time with us.  cheers Geoff.

[Rusty]

Welcome AMP .. so glad to hear you have made the right choice !
Look forward to hearing all about your new experiences ... and you are from down here in the Souffff .. that in itself is great news !
Check out the link for the June Cotswolds meet ... it will be just fantastic