Just before I left I spotted a kinked fuel hose. The alternator is said to put out 210 watts.īrit buying a bike in Arizona, USA (in 2016) You need to remember that the US is like 50-something small countries each with their own laws. They also say the tank is some 1.9 gallons US or just 7.2L I thought it was smaller as the best I got from reserve was 15 miles (125 best total). But it’s not a heavy bike, according to my bathroom scale trick was 131kg wet with the Barks and the rack. Brakes are OK – I put new EBCs on the front, perhaps a steel hose and fresh fluid would help. The gear change is a bit crunchy at times and clutch a bit juddery at low revs, just like the Honda, iirc. Gearing is 15/42 – a tad on the high side for dirt roading there was a case saver round the front sprocket. But it ran back down to Phoenix at up to 75mph with no issues. The side stand mount had been welded, the owner warned me the stand- and clutch cut-out switches played up and the tickover was set high (Flagstaff is 7000′ asl). The bike came with a tail rack, Barkbuster Storms, newish wide bars and battery, plus scratches on all corners. After a test run in the California deserts, I took it on a short run to Baja. It seems about what that go for and anyway, I only had so much time to buy something, get it prepared and go riding. I bought my 2009 with 8000 miles for $2900 in Flagstaff (see blue text, below).

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