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Ditchfinder
Carlotto
Posts : 44
Join date : 2019-07-04
|  Subject: Soon to be 1100 owner  Mon Aug 05, 2019 6:55 am | |
| Found a nicely looked after 1100 on Saturday which after a quick 20 minute ride I ended up trading my KTM Duke 390 in for.
Can't pick it up until I get back from my trip to France but something to look forward to post holiday is always good.
Whilst I was in the shop they had a call from a guy willing to buy it over the phone who lived 3 hours away which knackered any opportunity for a haggle but hey ho
It has a Mass end can so I guess I'll be looking at instructions for a Beetle map before long - it seemed to pop a lot on the overrun which might annoy the neighbours a bit!
After riding a revvy single for a few years having that lazy grunt out of the bends was what had me hooked! | |
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paulbrice
GRiSO Capo
Posts : 1471
Join date : 2015-01-04
Age : 63
| | Subject: Re: Soon to be 1100 owner Mon Aug 05, 2019 8:59 am | |
| Congratulations and welcome - post some pics once you get it....your going to love it ! | |
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Ditchfinder
Carlotto
Posts : 44
Join date : 2019-07-04
| | Subject: Re: Soon to be 1100 owner Mon Aug 05, 2019 9:24 am | |
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Street
L'Innominato
Posts : 3344
Join date : 2013-05-29
Age : 64
| | Subject: Re: Soon to be 1100 owner Mon Aug 05, 2019 12:46 pm | |
| Welcome to the Ghetto, nice looking GRiSO. (Aren't they all?) Just keep her out of the ditch!
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paulbrice
GRiSO Capo
Posts : 1471
Join date : 2015-01-04
Age : 63
| | Subject: Re: Soon to be 1100 owner Mon Aug 05, 2019 1:09 pm | |
| Nice pics - are you around Preston/Lancs area ? | |
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Ditchfinder
Carlotto
Posts : 44
Join date : 2019-07-04
| | Subject: Re: Soon to be 1100 owner Mon Aug 05, 2019 2:09 pm | |
| I'm over near Skipton so just over the hill from you by the looks of it. (Ditchfinder is reference to a particularly unfortunate but incredibly slow journey into a ditch in a Nissan Almera, it just seems to have stuck:-))
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wardentm
GRiSO Capo
Posts : 904
Join date : 2015-05-16
Age : 71
| | Subject: Re: Soon to be 1100 owner Mon Aug 05, 2019 3:59 pm | |
| G'day DF
welcome ......from us all down under in beautiful Tasmania
I too have a 1100, great bike .....
You will have a few jobs to do when you get her/him .....greasing ect ..
Anyway for now dream on ....
Have a great day | |
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Richard
GRiSO Capo
Posts : 621
Join date : 2018-10-04
Age : 60
| | Subject: Re: Soon to be 1100 owner Mon Aug 05, 2019 10:47 pm | |
| Hello ! Bienvenue. Nice GRiSO. Enjoy and drive safe  | |
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Guest
Guest
| | Subject: Re: Soon to be 1100 owner Tue Aug 06, 2019 1:17 am | |
| Welcome from the boring Midlands. Black 1100 a man with taste.
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GHTE
Nibbio
Posts : 573
Join date : 2015-02-09
Age : 70
| | Subject: Re: Soon to be 1100 owner Wed Aug 07, 2019 3:35 pm | |
| You will love the 1100, nice torquey motor and a delight to ride. | |
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Paggers
GRiSO Capo
Posts : 45
Join date : 2018-08-05
| | Subject: Re: Soon to be 1100 owner Wed Aug 07, 2019 11:30 pm | |
| Welcome. Nice bike, you will love it, and in black. Definitely get it Beetleised. | |
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Ditchfinder
Carlotto
Posts : 44
Join date : 2019-07-04
| | Subject: Re: Soon to be 1100 owner Thu Aug 08, 2019 5:00 am | |
| Thanks all, not had time to go through all the receipts that the previous owner has but if he's not balanced the throttle bodies and remapped then it will be on my list of things to do.
Pick it up on the 19th after I get back from the Massif Central, it definitely needs to get ridden over here! | |
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finsbury
Montanarolo
Posts : 24
Join date : 2019-06-11
| | Subject: Re: Soon to be 1100 owner Fri Aug 09, 2019 7:15 am | |
| Welcome, from the Fens. Nice looking GRiSO (of course  ) | |
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Griso Lad
Carlotto
Posts : 42
Join date : 2019-03-02
| | Subject: Re: Soon to be 1100 owner Sat Aug 10, 2019 5:09 pm | |
| @Ditchfinder Welcome to the ghetto.  | |
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Ditchfinder
Carlotto
Posts : 44
Join date : 2019-07-04
| | Subject: Re: Soon to be 1100 owner Mon Aug 19, 2019 4:32 am | |
| Picked it up this morning - why does it always rain on new bike day for me?!
Despite it being wetter than an otters pocket still loved the ride to work, that torque is just creamy and the noise coming out of the Mass pipe is just lovely - felt like I was doing everyone a favour who I passed on the way although I might have to put the DB killer back in if I don't want the neighbours to fall out with me!
Fuelling seems really good - only a tiny momentary hesitation somewhere between 3 and 3,500 and the box of stuff that came with it looks like it has the cables for Diag so it may be that the previous owner has already mapped it for the pipe.
Pics will be along later | |
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Richard
GRiSO Capo
Posts : 621
Join date : 2018-10-04
Age : 60
| | Subject: Re: Soon to be 1100 owner Mon Aug 19, 2019 11:44 am | |
| Congrats  | |
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Ditchfinder
Carlotto
Posts : 44
Join date : 2019-07-04
| | Subject: Re: Soon to be 1100 owner Mon Aug 19, 2019 12:05 pm | |
| Merci Richard already started plotting a tour of the Auvergne for next year  . | |
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Richard
GRiSO Capo
Posts : 621
Join date : 2018-10-04
Age : 60
| | Subject: Re: Soon to be 1100 owner Mon Aug 19, 2019 3:34 pm | |
| Nice places to visit in Auvergne. | |
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Street
L'Innominato
Posts : 3344
Join date : 2013-05-29
Age : 64
| | Subject: Re: Soon to be 1100 owner Mon Aug 19, 2019 3:58 pm | |
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Ditchfinder
Carlotto
Posts : 44
Join date : 2019-07-04
| | Subject: Re: Soon to be 1100 owner Mon Aug 19, 2019 10:50 pm | |
| My daughter has a house in a small town called Pleaux (15700), handy for Rocamador, the Dordogne gorges, Puy Mary etc. | |
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Richard
GRiSO Capo
Posts : 621
Join date : 2018-10-04
Age : 60
| | Subject: Re: Soon to be 1100 owner Tue Aug 20, 2019 1:57 am | |
| Lucky she is to leave there | |
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