Author Topic: The Gun Metal Grey.....Part 2  (Read 2791 times)

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wildbill

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on: December 16, 2018, 04:37:04 am
picked this one up today. no idea how it rides but I guess I will soon....LOL










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Reply #1 on: December 16, 2018, 08:19:16 am
So Bill ????Tell us, New, Used, Re-purchase? ????
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Reply #2 on: December 16, 2018, 03:31:57 pm
Sweet looking Enfield, but not sure about the glitter ball.


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Reply #3 on: December 16, 2018, 03:44:09 pm
That'd be the Ramflo air filter made by Lynx in Australia... The pretend air filter box in front of it now houses something else, can't remember what the factory put there.

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Reply #4 on: December 16, 2018, 09:28:02 pm
its a 2018 abs model with 900 miles or roughly 1500 klm on the clock
extras included exhaust/bar end mirrors/air filter different tyres
all factory parts included
this is a more of an experimental bike as it will depend upon how it runs and rides and eventually what colour I will re-paint it.....LOL


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Reply #5 on: December 17, 2018, 02:37:34 am
Wildbill, I hope your dealer gives you a really big Christmas gift. You deserve it as you are probably keeping him in business.


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Reply #6 on: December 17, 2018, 11:55:38 am
That one looks nice. Bob it out.
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Reply #7 on: December 24, 2018, 08:49:14 am
today I removed all the go quicker crap off the bike and returned it to stock standard form. my overall impression was that the eoro4 spec bikes run quicker than a spec 3 bike.
I noticed it immediately in the first gun metal job I purchased a year earlier.
never really tested the Pegasus due to bad vibration but did try the redditch out.
overall these euro 4 jobs are quicker in performance especially from 50 mph onwards and sit on 60 mph very easy in stock form.
now the big question - is it as good as the first gun metal job.
I don't think so because that bike ran 10/10 till the motor let go ;D but its far ahead of the redditch so the move to shift was a good one.
as for braking and the abs system....no drama there its very good with plenty of bite especially on the rear disc.
overall no really bad complaints about this bike ;D which to some may be a disappointment!...LOL but I can only tell it as I see it.
as usually I just type away in the lower case and just tell the story. to some the grammar may be out but fortunately I do have pretty healthy pockets to combat my downfalls which i'd prefer any day ;)
great xmas to all.



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Reply #8 on: December 24, 2018, 11:52:53 am
today I removed all the go quicker crap off the bike and returned it to stock standard form. my overall impression was that the eoro4 spec bikes run quicker than a spec 3 bike.
I noticed it immediately in the first gun metal job I purchased a year earlier.
never really tested the Pegasus due to bad vibration but did try the redditch out.
overall these euro 4 jobs are quicker in performance especially from 50 mph onwards and sit on 60 mph very easy in stock form.
now the big question - is it as good as the first gun metal job.
I don't think so because that bike ran 10/10 till the motor let go ;D but its far ahead of the redditch so the move to shift was a good one.
as for braking and the abs system....no drama there its very good with plenty of bite especially on the rear disc.
overall no really bad complaints about this bike ;D which to some may be a disappointment!...LOL but I can only tell it as I see it.
as usually I just type away in the lower case and just tell the story. to some the grammar may be out but fortunately I do have pretty healthy pockets to combat my downfalls which i'd prefer any day ;)
great xmas to all.

    Glad you are happy with this one so far.
When Life hands you lemons, Squeeze them in his eyes and take his wallet.


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Reply #9 on: December 24, 2018, 10:45:10 pm
bmadd44
true I am running out of options.
all the best for xmas and I hope you score your 4000 hours.
ive looked at your videos a few times over to hopefully get the minutes/hours up - either way I hope you crack it!


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Reply #10 on: December 25, 2018, 11:15:01 am
now the big question - is it as good as the first gun metal job.
I don't think so because that bike ran 10/10 till the motor let go ;D

I don't know, wildbill... I think there's a reasonably strong argument that the bike with the self-destructing motor perhaps wasn't  the better of the two...  ;)


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Reply #11 on: December 25, 2018, 11:46:55 pm
i guess I was a bit too hard on that first one  ;D and didn't give it any respect on the run-in.....LOL