Norway calling

[JohnnyTh]

Hello from Norway. I feel like i should say somthing here as i have been lurking the forum for a while and read it all soon. Hope you are able to read my limitd english.

Bought a 08 GTR last week. As a nice upgrade from my 92 zzr1100. Each mile i spend on the GTR the more i love it. Sure there is some issues but overall im extremly happy.

[O.C.]

Welcome JohnnyTh, if you have been lurking for some time you will already know that you have just joined the Asylum 

Where abouts in Norway are you ...I have a good friend outside Oslo

Nice ZZR BTW 

[Lonewolf]

  Johnny, a great looking black GTR there. 

[JohnnyTh]

Hi
Thank you for the welcomes. I live way south in norway about 6 hr from Oslo. Less on a GTR:)
I like this forum, very informative. I already learned that the black GTR's is faster:)

One thing i would like to know is how to adjust the mirrors. Think mine is stuck.

Already had some of it in bits as i instaled my 660 and autocom. Thanks to the helpfull post here i was suprised to find so much room under the seat.

The bike have had two previous ovners, first one was Kawasaki Norway and used as a demo bike. Then it was bought by a Kawasaki dealer and used by ovner as his private bike/demo.
The seat is kawasaki gel and at first i did not like it but now its ok. Also came with a kawasaki gtr cover. Witch is handy as i work on oilrigs and park at the airport for 2 weeks at the time.

Im sure il have loads of questions in the future

Somthing funny.. Im slling the ZZR on a norwegian site. And today i was contacted by this dude in Manchester. He want me to give him my paypal and then have the bike shipped to UK. Funny thing is that you can buy a ZZR for 1/3 of the cost in norway. If its to good to be true it most likly is to good to be

Cheers
Cheers

[viper]

hi, my mirrors , just push the glass around with your fingers, mine were a bit stiff the first time i did this

[Hans]

Hej Johnny.

Velkommen til 1400GTR UK forum. Dejligt med nogle flere deltagere som taler sammen sprog! Jeg har fulgt dette forum i snart 2. år - tja, siden jeg købte min nye GTR1400. Har forsøgt at finde nogle gode Fora på nettet, men må blankt erkende, at dette site er langt at foretrække. Der findes et andet UK site, men der sker ikke så meget der. Og så findes der også et tysk forum, men der føler man sig bestemt ikke velkommen.

Dette fora er meget informativ og alle er meget flinke - både til generel snik-snak men også når der skal drøftes tekniske ting. Jeg håber du nyder din GTR og får kørt nogle herlige ture i det norske. I har jo mange skønne veje oppe hos jer. Jeg plejer som regel at sætte kursen sydover til Tyskland eller alperne. Harzen er også et område jeg elsker at besøge.

På grund af vores høje afgifter på BIL og MC her i danmark, så findes der ikke så mange GTR-ejere. Og bare for at give dig en ide´om hvilke priser vi betaler for en ny GTR1400 her i landet, så skal du smide ca. dkr. 320.000,- inden du forlader butikken. Det er en vel fair pris hvor man virkelig skal have lysten. Og i den prisklasse finder du jo mange alternativer, f.eks. BMW's K1300GT samt den nye K1600GT.  Jeg valgte GTR'en pga. den overall performance og ikke mindst for det flotte design - som jeg personligt synes er langt pænere end f.eks. BMW, Yamaha mv.  Jeg har forøvrigt kørt Honda i mange år (VFR800) og købte den nye Hayabusa i 08'. Busaen solgte jeg og skiftede til GTR, idet "touring" kom mere i fokus, men stadig opretholdt mulighed for "hurtig kørsel" - hvilket GTR'en jo i den grad kan gøre!

Jeg har haft min GTR siden maj måned 2011 og har aldrig fortrudt ét eneste sekund. Det er en herlig MC!

Jeg har dog foretaget nogle ændringer på cyklen. F.eks. har jeg monteret en GPS (TomTom Urban Rider EU) på et alu-rack ved styret. Så har jeg skiftet frontglas til en 11cm højere røgfarvet model, hvilket giver bedre beskyttelse for vind/regn. Jeg har tilkøbt den store topcase til vores lange ture. Har tilføjete varme til sæde - og min model har jo standard varme i styr, hvilket du ikke har std. på en 08' model. Det kan varmt anbefales. Ellers har jeg holdt cyklen nogenlunde standard for at opretholde stabil drift.   Arbejder meget med MC dæk og har prøvet forskellige løsninger på GTR'en. De org. Bridgestone dur' bare slet ikke. Hvis man skal anvende Bridgestone til sin GTR, så skal man vælge BT23, men jeg vil faktisk anbefale at du overvejer Michelin PR3 - hvis du da ikke allerede har dem monteret? De dæk passer perfekt til cyklen og gør, at dens performance går hånd i hånd med den adfærd man typisk bruger til cyklen. Dvs. lange stræk, kurvekørsel, godt grip i både vamt, koldt og vådt vejr. Det er og bliver de bedste dæk!

Velkommen til og hyggeligt at hilse på dig!

And now... let's change back to English! The above was just a short intro to Johnny about this GTR forum in our "nearly" native lingo... Denmark and Norway lingo is just like south & north in UK! After all... we're all viking's - and you guys - are just the leftovers from one of our many visits to UK!

Enjoy! 

[JohnnyTh]

Takk mosegaard

Price on a new GTR in norway is about 288 000nkr so expensive here to.  And is not common here.    I would love to try a GTR with a higer screen. As the one i have feel to low.

Might need to push harder on the mirrors

[mecki]

Might need to push harder on the mirrors

Hi and welcome.
I thought the same about the mirrors at first and was afraid to break something if I push too hard.

[Rusty]

Hello Johhny .. you are of course most welcome... nice to have you here ... shame you got the wrong coloured Gtr but never mind !! 
Norway sounds nice on a Gtr ! 

[JohnnyTh]

Pop over here on your GTR il give you a tour of the south west bikeroads:)

We have places like this here. Even if its not a perfect bike road its still impresive.

[Kwikasfuki]

Hi and welcome Johnny.

[Mean1400]

Hi Johnny and welcome to the forum!

I'm from Stockholm, Sweden so if you or anybody else go pass Stockholm, please call. Also nice to here from Mosegaard. I'm also new to the bike and the forum and have spent some time buying gear to mount during the winter.

Terrible prices on the GTR in Norway...! I bought my 2011 with 495 km on meter for 112.000 SEK.

Regards

[Ros]

Welcome Johnny!

Glad you're enjoying your GTR - and I must also agree that the ZZR was also a cracking bike 

Cheers from Italia

Ros

[JohnnyTh]

Hi Johnny and welcome to the forum!

I'm from Stockholm, Sweden so if you or anybody else go pass Stockholm, please call. Also nice to here from Mosegaard. I'm also new to the bike and the forum and have spent some time buying gear to mount during the winter.

Terrible prices on the GTR in Norway...! I bought my 2011 with 495 km on meter for 112.000 SEK.

Regards

Thanx for the invitation. Actuly i was in Stockholm 6 weeks ago. But next time il give you a shoult. Maube il go back to buy a Rukka Armas jacket as its £300 cheeper in sweden

[Rusty]

Hello Johnny and WELCOME to our madhouse ... nice looking bike you have there ... goes with those nice looking roads