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[O.C.]

I certainly wouldn't recommend Daytona to anyone but having spent last Sunday having a very careful look at the bike I think the bike itself is OK. I have a 3 month guarantee and will be doing at least 1000 miles during that time so I'll soon find out if I'm right. I must admit looking at Bristolrobs bike, a 2009, I was surprised at how much better it was but I'll soon have it up to scratch and enjoy a challenge.

Well, I wish you well, it sounds like you are determined to 'make it work'  and I heartily applaud your attitude

Good luck, enjoy your trip and don't forget to keep us posted       

[ray1151]

Last Saturday my lovely green Kwak was dropped off with a promise for new front discs and pads to come as they felt bad about the whole thing and felt there was a bit of warping. I spent a very nice Saturday afternoon taking bits off and adding bits like the wifes electric jacket wiring, the pyramid bits and so on. I also noticed the clutch fluid had still not been changed. Sunday we headed out from norf lundun planning basically a circular route via Downham Market.
We stopped in Thetford for a spot of lunch and that's when we noticed the bike was leaking petrol through a myriad of pin holes in the tank. 
We got home and composed an e-mail about this bike that I had owned for a month and only actually had in my garage for two days.
They collected it on Tuesday, I am now the proud owner of a 17 plate blue 1400gtr that as you can imagine I got at a keen price and was dropped off this morning with 16 miles on the clock.
I never found out the truth about this bike but I do think now had I kept it the accelerated wear on every part would have kept me poor and very busy in the garage.

[beegee]

Guess blue is better the. Green
Good luck with then new one !

[pross]

It's a shame about the problems you had but now you can enjoy the newer version 

[Icefever]

It's great that you now have a brand new bike, did Daytona just drop the 17 plate off with no other ££££ changing hands??? if so you got the sale of the century...

The other side of the coin is now will someone else finish up with this bike and not be aware of its history??.....the problems with that 11 plate were OTT, it should be scraped.

[O.C.]

Last Saturday my lovely green Kwak was dropped off with a promise for new front discs and pads to come as they felt bad about the whole thing and felt there was a bit of warping. I spent a very nice Saturday afternoon taking bits off and adding bits like the wifes electric jacket wiring, the pyramid bits and so on. I also noticed the clutch fluid had still not been changed. Sunday we headed out from norf lundun planning basically a circular route via Downham Market.
We stopped in Thetford for a spot of lunch and that's when we noticed the bike was leaking petrol through a myriad of pin holes in the tank. 
We got home and composed an e-mail about this bike that I had owned for a month and only actually had in my garage for two days.
They collected it on Tuesday, I am now the proud owner of a 17 plate blue 1400gtr that as you can imagine I got at a keen price and was dropped off this morning with 16 miles on the clock.
I never found out the truth about this bike but I do think now had I kept it the accelerated wear on every part would have kept me poor and very busy in the garage.

I'm sure that others share my view that you have got rid of the bike that seemed to be a bad deal

Congratulations on your new bike and I'm sure you will enjoy it      

[Brizzlerob]

Congratulations Ray on the birth of your new baby. We will need to meet up again so I can have a look. 

[ray1151]

Ah well.......
Just returned from a nice round trip avoiding motorways, Shrewsbury, Chester, York, Whitby & Lincoln.
800 miles, ran the bike in nicely, felt the engine loosen off around 200 miles.
We were waiting to pull into a filling station outside Whitby while a truck pulled out when its rear end swung right out and knocked us both off the bike.
I've priced the bits and its about £2k of damage + labour. Carol Nash's approved repairer are collecting the bike on Thursday.
They say it shouldn't be a problem as we were stationary.
Stone me!
Could have done without it. Can I change my avatar to "Lucky" Ray?

[Longtom]

Stone the Crows !  - I hope you guys are ok...

[Icefever]

Jezzeeee  dude your sure having some bad luck sunshine...at least your safe...did the truck stop??? or are you claiming on your insurance??

[shaggs147]

Good grief Ray, I hope you are both ok. You are having a real bad run of luck, hope all goes well with the repairs and insurance.

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[ray1151]

Yes, we're OK thanks. The young lad driving the truck stopped and apologised a lot, could have been a lot worse.
The insurance people seem to think it's fairly a open and shut case against him, we'll see, these things are rarely without problems.
More worried about getting it back for our holiday to Spain at the end of July. Paid for a load of stuff already, ferries, hotels and so on.

The green bike still intrigues me, while we were away the logbook turned up and sure enough only one owner in Peterhead (AB42 postcode), north of Aberdeen.
I still don't understand how you get 20 years wear on a bike in 6 years. Don't like to stereotype but the only thing I could think of is that he worked on the rigs, earned loads of money and left the bike on the keyside everytime he went to work for a 3 week stretch? I know I haven't been told the whole story with this bike but hope Daytona do the right thing and put it into an auction.

Lastly I did have to put a couple of quid on top for the blue one but to be fair Daytona gave me a very good deal and I can't believe all their sales go like this as they've been there since I was a kid pressing my nose against the window yearning for an H2 (the old 2 stroke one that is!). A new H2 with my back and where do I put me luggage????

[O.C.]

So sorry o hear of your misfortune Ray, at least you are both ok.

Lets hope that the bike is fixed in time for your holidays, I reckon it should be     

[PRD]

What rotten luck. Glad you are both ok.

[PaulB]

Bloody hell Ray!! Glad to hear you're both ok.

Do you get the impression that the universe is trying to tell you to ride a different bike?

Cheers

Paul B.