After some months of rebuilding in the freezing in the garage I finally got my VTR1000 back on the road.
So this afternoon I took a 30 miles round trip ride to my local dealer for a coffee, a chat and maybe some news of my new bike ..... Kawasaki Z1000sx due on the 1st of March.
Broadly I've been told there is a delay on ABS models and no one knows when my bike will arrive or even be shipped. Salesman also says Suzuki have run out of the new DL1000, Kawasaki have run out of Versys 1000s and even the new 300 scooter can no longer be had with ABS. Word is that if you wanted a Z1000 in Green with ABS ( only the green ones have ABS option) you'll have to wait until 2015!!! Yamaha have also run short of stock on some models. It seems there are two issues at work.
The UK economy was on the slide so stock for the UK has been diverted to other shores and now that the economy is picking up demand for new bikes is outstripping supplies.
So if you're thinking of a new bike, and the dealer has one in stock, then get a move on or be prepared for a long wait. Those of you that jumped ship for Super Tenere land did well as by Easter, due to scarcity they may have increased in resale value (ooooooooh!)
And now the bit you've all waited for: todays pic of the VTR complete with new Beowulf end cans. other mods over the winter include manual CCTs and new bearings in SA and suspension linkages ( I Copied Juv's 'fit grease nipples' wheeze)
I'm far too fat and old to go far on it but it goes well and with those pipes is sounds really fast.
