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Sun was shining - break out the Zed

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Sun was shining - break out the Zed

#1 PostAuthor: Tonto » Wed Jun 20, 2012 5:18 pm

It seems ages since Ive been out on the Zed, due to the Monsoon and her ongoing "issues": so today as the sun was shining I decide to ignore the clutch slip, hardly any front brake (well she has a good back one) and the oil leak, and go and explore the back roads of quite old Lincolnshire - so glad I did.
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50 miles later - big smile and happy Zed owner - still not sure how they designed something so right all those years ago !

Bring on the summer (and some front brakes)
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#2 PostAuthor: z1bman » Wed Jun 20, 2012 5:57 pm

i do like that colour scheme :) :) :)
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#3 PostAuthor: Padders » Wed Jun 20, 2012 7:33 pm

Me too very nice bike Tim.
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#4 PostAuthor: Taffus » Wed Jun 20, 2012 7:50 pm

sweet!
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#5 PostAuthor: paul doran » Wed Jun 20, 2012 8:03 pm

yes that paint scheme is lovely
way too many Zeds
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#6 PostAuthor: 000zeds » Wed Jun 20, 2012 8:20 pm

Tonto What is wrong with front brake ?

Is that piston on the master cylinder big enough to cope :?:
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#7 PostAuthor: RogerJ » Wed Jun 20, 2012 8:30 pm

That is a seriously pretty Z. Love it :D
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#8 PostAuthor: Tonto » Thu Jun 21, 2012 4:51 pm

Thanks for the comments guys: glad I went out yesterday as its thrown it down all day today !
Twozeds: the brakes are a real bitch: maybe a candidate for the "bike help" pages. I recently changed from alloys to wire wheels, and since then I get really bad symptoms of a warped disk when applying the brake (almost un-rideable at low speeds); but the calipers are in good trim and the disks are true ? So I am flumoxed, and being "mechanically impaired" :oops: can't seem to fix it - arghhhhh :evil: it really does spoil the ride every time I go out on her.
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#9 PostAuthor: coldsummer » Thu Jun 21, 2012 6:16 pm

Tim those calipers look huge compared to the std ones, I wouldn't be surprised if you had a bit of a balance issue with so much weight hanging off the bottom of the forks. I agree with the other comments about the paint, it looks fantastic.
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#10 PostAuthor: mutz-nutz » Thu Jun 21, 2012 9:04 pm

:D very nice love the colour :D
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#11 PostAuthor: samspoons » Thu Jun 21, 2012 9:15 pm

Thats fu8ing lovely especially, as you described it as a complete knacker :lol:
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#12 PostAuthor: scott » Fri Jun 22, 2012 7:10 am

Lovely colour.
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#13 PostAuthor: Pigford » Fri Jun 22, 2012 10:06 am

That is pure under-stated class :twisted:
And on the 7th day... Zeds were created!
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#14 PostAuthor: irhobotolo » Sat Jun 23, 2012 6:27 pm

Makes you wonder why Big K didnt paint them in that colour from the factory ?
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