Goodbye old girl. You will be missed.

[Canuck]

Well it happened. She bit the biscuit today. Front end is totally mangled.
Had to put er down when a woman drove out in front of me at an intersection. "didnt see me coming" stops and i hammered her front bumped. tons of people came running, called ambulance. My braces jammed my lower lip, sore shoulder ankles an other wonderful bumps and bruises.
Her fault but as we all know somehow i should have prevented it.. i hammered on the brakes hard for sure and got helicopter whipped.. luckily i had full face but no body armour. JACKASS

Lesson learned.

[alanmcorcoran]

Glad you are well enough to post about it. Sorry for your loss.

[geezer]

at the very least at least you can be proud to say it wasnt your fault. horrible happend to my friend just the other day

[blaine]

Sorry to hear about your accident and loss.Glad to hear your o.k.
:cool:

[Water Warrior 2]

Ouch and ouch again. Glad you weren't hurt more. The bike will be written off but there will be another bike waiting for a good home.

[5th_bike]

Well bummer for your bruises and the bike but glad you're in one piece.

Just today was a motorcycle accident right in front of where I work, the motorcyclist drove through a red light and then through the cars that were crossing the intersection, he hit one, and his one leg was quite a mess I heard.

[BillInGA]

Sorry to hear about your accident - a total bummer.

So what's your next bike gonna be?

[Canuck]

SUZUKI BANDIT 600 with 3 Givi trunks pre mounted. taking it in for a pre payment inspection just to be sure. its got 23000 kms mostly from a cross canada trip.
Excellent condition for a 2001 But we will see what the dealer has to say about it
paying 4000 with the givi trunks.

If nothing pops up i think its an excellent deal
nice Red color

lots of power :)

[burkbuilds]

Glad you were not hurt any worse. Sorry about the bike. Hope the Suzuki Bandit 600 works out well for you Canuck.

[Water Warrior 2]

A small Bandit should be a fine replacement. The 600 should be very entertaining for a long time.
Last week I saw a 400 Bandit from another part of the world. A really neat little bike.

[Canuck]

Thanks guys for all your sympathy. I was thinking of going for a 1999 suzuki with 30,000 for 2000 bucks.. same color but i thought ya know.. insurance is only 150 a year more then the 250, and this is one nice machine with 3 Givi trunks so i couldnt resist and the people im dealing with are good folk so i feel rest assured.

wish me luck, ill pop n every now and then to see whats happening in the GZ world.. who knows i may be back on another one day

I was more sentimentally sad after i realized my bones were intact that the GZ had bit the dust.
So many chain cleans, valve adjustments, wash downs.. ahhh those sunny days. hahahha

Its been an educational experience sharing this forum with others users. Cheers guys .

[JWR]

You don't have to quit posting just because you have a different bike.
Tell us about the new one when you get it...


Enjoy.

[burkbuilds]

I echo JWR's statement. Many of us on here no longer ride the GZ, but it is a great community of people that I like to stay in touch with and I hope you will as well. :2tup:

[Water Warrior 2]

Yeah, stick around. Your views of a different bike will be good for members who want to upgrade in the future.

[Canuck]

Oh ill be around fellas
I guess that last message sounded more like a send off haha..

The bandit is a whole new world to me and i treat it with respect. 4 cylinder 4 carburators. Holy moly no more carburator tinkering. this thing is power and more. Im speechless when i ride it and compare my old bike. But all i have to say. The GZ WILL be missed. undoubtedly. It was simplicity fun and economy in a classy little package. I often wonder if one day ill go back . Seriously.

But i will enjoy this beast for now. heres a pic

[blaine]

Nice looking bike.A frind of mine has a 1200 Bandit,same color.Very dependable and fast.
:) :cool:

[BillInGA]

Very nice indeed - I like the hard bags. :2tup:

[Water Warrior 2]

Sharp looking Bandit you got there. A word of caution though. The stock signals should be classified as useless. Same as my Vstrom signals. Do yourself a favor and line the inner surface of the housing with white reflective tape as there is nothing in there but a bare bulb in a black housing. That will make them somewhat more visible. As my Vstrom has 4 way flashers I took advantage of the extra flasher capacity and installed 50 watt halogen super bright back up auto bulbs in the signals. Muuuccch better and I do feel safer. Can't use the 4 way now because of the draw from 4 bulbs but so what. Or go to a Buell dealer and get their signals. They are more flexible and don't break off readily while being quite bright and using less power than the 50 watt bulbs I use. Many Vstrom riders have done just that with good results.
Oh, the back up bulbs are at Canuckie Tire.