Well i sold the Road king and had some but not all of the money burning a hole in my pocket.
Idly leafing through the interweb used bike pages of ebay , gumtree, etc etc i could not decide what to get - even though i wasn't looking for anything specific.
I went onto 'Bikepoint'...which i hardly ever go to and found that someone had put an 1100GS on the day before for $1900.
This is almost an unheard of price over here as they are usually starting at around 5k and still reach around 10k for good ones.
The pictures looked ok, it had cases and a topbox, so i rang him up and we agreed on $1500 on the phone. I picked it up at the weekend and set about cleaning it up. it was tatty for sure, but all the right things are there. It runs very well, has new brake lines and newish tyres too. It is also a 95 model with a plastic tank ( slightly larger than the std metal tank ) and bare ally wheel rims and has 140000kms on it....the engine is as sweet and noise free as a new one.
However, the gearbox has a bearing noise that is likely to be one of the older style taper rollers fitted to each end of the input shaft. This is a relatively easy fix and the parts are cheap enough.
Prev Owner said it cut out a few times, but it looks like the ignition loom is ok and the hall sensor usually means they don't start - so i'm guessing at the moment its the sidestand switch - which i will bypass.
Even the ABS still works.
Out for a ride and it feels much quicker than my old 99 1100...there is a power step at 5000 revs that made me think the clutch was slipping...it wasn't - but it does seem quick.
( most things are quick after a harley..).
I thought long and hard about an airhead and also a K-bike, but to be honest, i think they are overpriced for what they are. I couldn't go past this bike at this price, so i'm pretty happy.
If i'm honest, i think it could do with a rear shock at some point in the future, so I'm looking around - anyone got anything lying in a shed ?
here's the old girl...it really feels like getting on an old comfy sofa again...
Idly leafing through the interweb used bike pages of ebay , gumtree, etc etc i could not decide what to get - even though i wasn't looking for anything specific.
I went onto 'Bikepoint'...which i hardly ever go to and found that someone had put an 1100GS on the day before for $1900.
This is almost an unheard of price over here as they are usually starting at around 5k and still reach around 10k for good ones.
The pictures looked ok, it had cases and a topbox, so i rang him up and we agreed on $1500 on the phone. I picked it up at the weekend and set about cleaning it up. it was tatty for sure, but all the right things are there. It runs very well, has new brake lines and newish tyres too. It is also a 95 model with a plastic tank ( slightly larger than the std metal tank ) and bare ally wheel rims and has 140000kms on it....the engine is as sweet and noise free as a new one.
However, the gearbox has a bearing noise that is likely to be one of the older style taper rollers fitted to each end of the input shaft. This is a relatively easy fix and the parts are cheap enough.
Prev Owner said it cut out a few times, but it looks like the ignition loom is ok and the hall sensor usually means they don't start - so i'm guessing at the moment its the sidestand switch - which i will bypass.
Even the ABS still works.
Out for a ride and it feels much quicker than my old 99 1100...there is a power step at 5000 revs that made me think the clutch was slipping...it wasn't - but it does seem quick.
( most things are quick after a harley..).I thought long and hard about an airhead and also a K-bike, but to be honest, i think they are overpriced for what they are. I couldn't go past this bike at this price, so i'm pretty happy.
If i'm honest, i think it could do with a rear shock at some point in the future, so I'm looking around - anyone got anything lying in a shed ?
here's the old girl...it really feels like getting on an old comfy sofa again...
