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I hung around for a while to see if you showed up but gf was  giving me earache she rides pillion all of the time but doesn't have the enthusiasm I have for looking at bikes

Spotted in Scarborough the unmistakable gtr belonging to Deb I strolled past it while parked up in the sunshine 

Ah!!! The zx9r I had the last model made think it was the F2 only made them for about 6months wish I'd held on to it probably the last sports bike made that wasn't designed to suit the vertically challenged. It's a shame so many good dealers have closed down over the years Sunderland hasn't had a main dealer for more than 20 years with the closure of Hendersons of Holmeside and Cowies 

They were unfortunately known as lead coffins because so many inexperienced riders lost there lives on them.

Spent my youth on an rd250lc or lead coffin as they were known what a bike!
The st1100 was a fantastic bike too shame Honda didn't inspire us with a worthy replacement.

I agree I never tire of looking at pictures of these beautiful machines it brings back some good memories I'm not even afraid to admit I owned a cx500

Can't see what it's doing for the fog in Sunderland   

Thanks for the welcome! Yeah bought it from Viva Moto was very happy with the deal they gave me.

I read that but I'm nearly sure that mine is the later version I'll read back through the thread again though to be sure.

No nothing wrong with Bradford as long as you're just passing through or picking up a bargain GTR mine also came from viva moto 

Thanks for your help guys

O2 sensor is present and I'm going up to the hill in Newcastle tomorrow so I think I'll have a word with the dealer up there.
I live nr Seaham just south of Sunderland we usually manage to get 2 or 3 sunny days a year on the coast so we tend to ride west to get away from the fog   

Thanks!
       The bike is a 2010 model grey but looks brown it was originally from George whites who from what I can gather imported bikes for the uk market not sure of the implications of this if any don't know if anyone can enlighten me on the subject it would be appreciated (dealer only advised me once I handed him my wad of hard earned cash but bike was well priced so went ahead with purchase).
Cheers

Hi all
Can I just say I've never felt the need to actually join a forum before but there is so much info and good advice on here I thought I'd take the plunge.
  I live up in the the cold damp northeast of England and only recently purchased my gtr from a dealer in Bradford after trading in my St1100. I've given up on trying to adjust the rear suspension now after reading the article on seized adjusters but apart from that I'm very happy with the bike.

          Regards!