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well ive finally done it and traded my gtr caf in for a 2018 z1000sx. i rode to view it  on the gtr  and i tried to move it to upright off its sidestand perch and was amazed how light it was. that was it, i was sold. ive often missed a turning on the gtr  and gone on for up to 4 miles looking for somewhere to turn around or find another route.
i have avoided riding the big old dumpling the last couple of years of my 7 year ownership purely because i fear dropping it whilst manoevering it at slow speed.

80 kgs lighter which is 12 stone!!!! i was actually buzzing after id made the deal.

i loved the gtrs luggage space but might not miss it so much

youre not supposed to put top box and panniers on with a pillion on the new kawaskis -think the total recommended weight of pillion plus luggage is 200kgs?
well my wife is tiny and so her lack of pounds = 1 top box. plus ive gone for givis 37 litres. i do like throwing my bikes around, i once arrived at willy woods with tyres blistered to the edges like on a track day on the gtr but you had to keep remembering when hammering the gtr that it took a lot more stopping.
bought it 2 yrs old for £8k plus and just sold it for £5250 so ive had my moneys worth and i will always remember it for good reasons as well as bad. (got done last year 111mph in a 70!!! )
fantastic quality of paintwork apart from one tiny over enthusiastically  jet washed rusty bare patch on the frame.
i didnt make any mates on this forum and kept myself to myself but got plenty of help and advice so thanks chaps.
you never know we might meet on the sx forum
take care y'all

tried that
like £20 plus postage for the smallest amount.
im a yorkshireman
boot polish might have to do ....

lol I know this is an old topic but I need some touch up paint for  my gtr 1400 caf frame
its rusting at a joint near the swing arm ish

is there such a thing and what colour?
im in east Yorkshire uk
I need enough to cover a 10p piece
ish

to be fair I had an old sd card in so ill try the unit without card and do a factory restore

just had a look at waze, much better than google maps impossible to see white roads in sunlight

instead of £300 plus for a newer sat nav im now thinking cheapo android tablet with that waze app

ive got 6 bikes and only one of em's got shaft drive

I was sold on the versys but now im looking at the z1000sx
still yet to test ride either

I bought it 6 years ago without a care what value it would be at when I sold it.

I have a couple of  classic 1970's 2 strokes but im not prepared to wait another 45 years before selling my gtr...

 

I love chains, I can see them and touch them, clean them, tinker with them, replace them, upgrade them,
I am at one with them, I know how old they are, how long they've got left before they die and you just know where you are with them. they give you loads of warning when they are about to die and even then you can still use them past their sell by date (if careful) ive had a new chain and sprocket set for the zx6r on my shelf for 5 years!!! bought as I detected wear but 6000 miles later its still going strong.

this is my first shaft drive and ok ive stripped it and moly greased it (thanks to the how to on here) but im almost scared of it and I know that one day it could just die and that's it, marooned without any warning
ring the aa.

its like my plasma tv

I cant do anything about it and one day it will just fail and I cant afford to have another on a shelf

whereas with a chain its serviceable at a reasonable cost, I have a splitter/riveter and do it myself.
15-25000 miles for a chain if looked after 5 mins every month and  a few hundred miles before it needs replacing it will let you know compared to  half a day researching and stripping and greasing the shaft drive and still not knowing when the bomb is gonna go off. and I dread to think at what cost?

I hate all this constant technological advancement they force onto motorbikes rendering my bent spoon and fag paper toolkit useless.

I was a bit concerned when Yamaha say they don't recommend using a top box with the tracer 900 as it would make the bike too unstable

on youtube I liked some foreign dudes versys test ride (complete with wheelies!!) but the 142 horses of the z1000 sx combined with the mere 235 kg weight (80kg lighter than our gtr!!!) sold it to me.

up until 12 yrs ago I was a dyed in the wool Yamaha fan. but the gtr and my pld zx6r have weaned me onto Kawasaki. hence my zx9r also added a while back.
my 9 yr old gtr has two rusty bolt heads and some brake dust on the front wheels and that's it. a few swirls/ scratches on the paintwork but its in vg condition, almost in spite of my ownership - ok - only 7000 miles in 5 years. but then again ive owned at least 4 bikes since 2010 and 6 atm.  but the build quality is amazing.

weird how a lot of touring bikes nowadays only have small panniers and  no top boxes?

is the gtr gonna become sought after and keep its price? or drop like a stone discontinued/dinosaur/yesterdays chip paper?
I asked for a px value today on my 2010 caf candy Neptune blue 14800 miles, vgc and was told £5800
but that's by a local dealer who is know to offer much more in px because their bikes for sale are overpriced

otherwise i'd have snapped his hand off.

so do we think the gtr1400 is gonna become a sought after classic?

is the answer bobby's?

lol ive only had the bike 6 years and ive just noticed there is a car type cig lighter I can use in the cockpit area. dunno if its oem or previous owner mod?

my zumo 660 seems really slow to respond as in if I get to the map screen while on a route if I try scrolling the screen left to right etc by stroking my finger, the screen doesn't follow if I move at even a slow speed, I have to move at a snails pace and even then there is lag. is this normal? or does mine need wiping factory reset etc?
I have a 32gb v fast micro sd card fitted too.

thanks for input chaps, I was drawn to the versys 1000 only thing was lack of litres in luggage
I thin though if I could live with the lack of space then the tracer 900 gt might be worth considering
but then I saw a z100sx for sale and quite fancy one of those now.

I once tried asking a pal why he bought an old fazer 600 as opposed to a zx6r- same as mine that he'd test ridden and enjoyed

he said he thought the front was ugly

I replied you cant see it whilst you are driving  just the clocks bars etc so it doesnt matter what  the front looks like. he looked at me funny.

his 2nd gear went (common fault) and then his next bike was a zx6r same year as mine


as to what it looks like whilst you are off it,  that kind of thing is irrelevant to me. once ive got past the initial few glances. I am ugly and have got used to living with ugliness (my wifes pet name) and so I downplay looks all the time. if anything the uglier the better. for styling effect I once rammed a bog brush under the seat of my rd350

wooden, none of your cheapo ugly plastic garbage

I don't want to buy new and prob around 8k tops. I might get 5k for my 2010 caf gtr as its nice and tidy and lowish miles I do like the look of the versys and as ive recently bought a green aria rx7 helmet it fits the bill

ill just keep my eyes open
cheers for the recommendations