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New guy here just bought a 400.
Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 2:52 pm
by spoonaltap
Re: New guy here just bought a 400.
Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 3:29 pm
by jake
hello and welcome mate.
its certainly a stunner, nice paint scheme and looks mint. Whats the mileage? is it an import or uk? and how much( if ya dont mind me askin) did you spend?
Re: New guy here just bought a 400.
Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 3:59 pm
by spoonaltap
Yeah it looks really good in the flesh couldn't find anything wrong with it, bad for haggling tho. Think it's a uk as it has a MPH speedo but could have been replaced, never found out but will know tomorrow. Milage wise is a bit high at 50000 but pistons and rings were replaced about 1000 miles ago and all receipts were there to prove whats been done, started first time and sounded good. Costing me £1200, was wanting to spend around a grand but finding a decent bike in that price range is a lil difficult think it's an alright price tho but still a bit more then I wanted to pay. Saw another one a bit further away at under a grand but something about it I didn't trust but think that was because it had a different seat section.
Re: New guy here just bought a 400.
Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 4:36 pm
by masterofinsanity
welcome to the forum, and a very nice looking if different zxr! bet ya can't wait til tomoz then?
Re: New guy here just bought a 400.
Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 5:19 pm
by jake
i think thats an ok price mate. It looks very well looked after. If the engine is a bit on the high mileage side, if its been looked after then i think its ok. gut feeling is always good i think, let us know what its like after a good thrash tomorow!
Re: New guy here just bought a 400.
Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 6:55 pm
by RedexRobB
yeah that is a nice paint scheme! Welcome to the forum mate

Re: New guy here just bought a 400.
Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 10:31 am
by spoonaltap
Woot it has arrived, haven't got my license yet so no thrashing at the mo

but sat on it for about 10 minutes and started it up a few times lol. Glad I went for a smaller bike seems to fit me quite well, going to go book my training on monday hopefully.
Re: New guy here just bought a 400.
Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2008 12:23 am
by Vard66
That looks lush, I like. Hope she proves to be a good'nn for you!
Welcome to the forum, also.
Re: New guy here just bought a 400.
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 9:29 am
by lindaloo
really nice colour that.... welldone on your buy, hope everything goes well with training and the bike

Re: New guy here just bought a 400.
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 8:31 pm
by SOILZX
WOW. Looks realy nice that. Good luck with the training.
Re: New guy here just bought a 400.
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 9:05 pm
by spoonaltap
Cheers for all the comments I'm still really happy with it but ofcourse not been able to drive it but looks like it's been really looked after and everythings appears good so far, usually I'll buy a vehicle and once I've had it a couple of days I start to notice things that are wrong with it and just keep finding more crap but not with this so far

. Must admit have sat on it almost every day I've had it so far, cbt's on sunday and then I'll sort dates outs for lessons.
Re: New guy here just bought a 400.
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 11:12 pm
by Tyrant
Where was this advertised?
I've been on the hunt for a tidy ZXR 400 and didn't spot this one.
Looks like a good buy! Good luck with the test.
Re: New guy here just bought a 400.
Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2008 2:41 pm
by spoonaltap
Ebay mate, had been looking every day for a couple of weeks with the search set to closest first so saw it pretty much as soon as it was advertised as it was only 20 miles away but didn't go see it till a couple of days later.