08-12-2008, 12:09 PM
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Can barely walk after Day 1 !!
I just purchased my GZ250 on Sunday night 8/10/08 and yesterday I was out and about bright and early. I live along the lakeside in northern ohio, and I went from one end to the other and back, cycling for around 8 hrs. I had breaks in between of course, but my legs are like spaghetti today. I never had rode before and it was too much fun to stop. I took a couple of pics along the way, check the links below.
I got the bike for a steal, my buddy just purchased a new Boulavard and was looking to put the bike on eBay, for around $1200 bucks,as he wasn't able to get it started. The bike was almost new, a 2004 with around 700 miles on it. I became interested and asked how much would he take right now for it, he said $1000 bucks, I said SOLD :2tup: I said I would come Sunday with a my meter and tools and try to get it started. I then found this website and got the schematics for the electrical system. I showed up Sunday and within 15 minutes found a blown 20 amp fuse on the starter relay :neener: . Replaced the fuse and she started right up, the look on his face was priceless. He is a good friend though, and seemed pleased with how excited I was. Looking forward to riding and sharing on here, this site has already helped me out and I am much appreciative of that. Login or Register to Remove Ads |
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08-12-2008, 12:17 PM
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Heres some pics along the way:
 
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08-12-2008, 01:22 PM
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Hello
Welcome brother, beautiful color. And that ache thing will go away with time.
Now just practice, practice, practice. 
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08-12-2008, 05:32 PM
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Re: Can barely walk after Day 1 !!
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I am curious how you found the blown fuse. Were you able to eyeball and see it or did you check from the battery side of the fuse to ground? O_o Thanks,
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08-12-2008, 09:00 PM
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Welcome from Newbie with just over 100 miles !! Of course, now I gotta get new tires.....DAMN !!
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08-14-2008, 04:41 AM
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I'm jealous...
...Except for the color, your 2004 looks identical to my 2008, that I just forked over $4500 for. You got in at a very good price. If you decide to sell for any reason, you can probably get twice what you paid. In this part of the country smaller displacement bikes are at a premium (new and used) cause they didn't ship enough of 2008 250cc's.
I've had mine two and a half weeks and I'm almost at 400 miles. Lost a couple days to the service department (I'm also a little envious of your mechanical skills - I tightened my own mirrors and was damn proud of myself!) I'm impressed you rode the thing for eight hours on the first day. What's the ride around the lake like?
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08-14-2008, 07:44 PM
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08-14-2008, 08:06 PM
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Great find and nice story. Welcome to the forum.
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