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Post  ballio Mon Jul 12 2010, 23:52

going to see potentially my first big bike tomorrow.

gonna go check out a nice 1999 cat in black and silver at ESB motorcycles in Bolton, its £2000 and looks the nuts and very clean.

will give it a right good going over tomorrow afternoon. Im hoping to P/X my current bike in for a few hundred poonds.

check it out - Cat Link

i will obviously be letting you know if i get it, im hoping for £1600 with P/x and some haggling but will see.

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Post  weasley Tue Jul 13 2010, 13:01

Looks nice! It has had a paint job at some point, so make sure this was for aesthetic reasons and not following a big off.

Good luck!
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Post  ballio Tue Jul 13 2010, 16:45

the advert i saw was out of date and the bike had been sold. awesome schoolboy error.

ah well i didnt want a black and silver one anyhow.
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Post  Panzerbuilder Tue Jul 13 2010, 19:42

Don't give in and keep on looking.

And what is wrong with the black and silver ones.fuming

The're rarer and faster..... thundercat
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Post  Guest Tue Jul 13 2010, 21:05

Panzerbuilder wrote:

The're rarer and faster..... thundercat

just not as fast as the red/black/white Very Happy
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Post  Wild-Kat-Wolf Tue Jul 13 2010, 21:46

Ezzy's Mum! wrote:
Panzerbuilder wrote:

The're rarer and faster..... thundercat

just not as fast as the red/black/white Very Happy

Both of which, of course, are marginally slower than the Black/Silver/Gold ones shit happens Twisted Evil
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Post  ellie Wed Jul 14 2010, 14:05

Hear Hear Paul, Black & Silver is far and away the best...

Very Happy I always find wringing the throttle helps me go faster, more than the colour... green smile


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Post  Wild-Kat-Wolf Wed Jul 14 2010, 14:10

Yet I seem to go well beyond the speed limit without wringing anything ponder must just be talent pinkelly
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Post  greencat Wed Jul 14 2010, 14:24

Hmmm, from Ellie's post it's obvious that size does matter!

Just you be careful once that pussy's de-restricted. Owhhhhh, Matron!

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Post  Guest Wed Jul 14 2010, 14:46

i was about to say maybe ellie has to do it because the bike is restricted but i've never ridden one so i don't kno or maybe its because underneath its not really black and silver but still brum Wink plus of course you have the Ace too lucky cow
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Post  ballio Wed Jul 14 2010, 18:13

cheers for all the off topic comments lol

im looking at another tomorrow a mainly black with the lower silver fairing a 99 one.

needs new pipes and an alarm and is £1200 but does look very clean.

gonna try push for £1100 if i can find some problems when i view it.

wish me luck
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Post  Radar Wed Jul 14 2010, 20:43

ballio wrote:cheers for all the off topic comments lol

im looking at another tomorrow a mainly black with the lower silver fairing a 99 one.

needs new pipes and an alarm and is £1200 but does look very clean.

gonna try push for £1100 if i can find some problems when i view it.

wish me luck

Good luck with the Cat, but don't fit an alarm they are pain in the arse generally
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Post  Wild-Kat-Wolf Wed Jul 14 2010, 20:57

Good luck - hope it all goes well for you

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Post  yamahamad Wed Jul 14 2010, 21:22

Hope it is good one & you get it.
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Post  Guest Wed Jul 14 2010, 22:41

Radar wrote:
Good luck with the Cat, but don't fit an alarm they are pain in the arse generally

and anyone who's heard Ezzy's will agree with that - plus i've found on quotes it makes no difference - the only reason i still have mine is i'm too tight to pay £80 to have it removed!
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Post  ballio Thu Jul 15 2010, 20:00

the latest viewing was a pile of absolute plop.

the bike was a dog, really tatty, lots of bodging and spraying.

i was not impressed to say the least. The seller told me it was mint. i could have punched him.

plenty more fish in the sea and all that.

im quiet kean to get an alarm cos i live in the armpit of the rat that is wrotting in the anus of manchester which worries me slightly.
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Post  Guest Thu Jul 15 2010, 21:02

pmsl - it could;ve been worse - my mate just bought an MV Augusta only when it got delivered it wasn't the bike he'd bought - he rang the dealers up to let them know they'd sent the wrong bike - they told him the picture they put on the ad wasn;t the bike he'd bought (no shit sherlock!! Shocked ) it was just to illustrate the ad! Needless to say trading standards are now involved
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Post  SteveCat Thu Jul 15 2010, 21:38

ballio wrote:
im quiet kean to get an alarm cos i live in the armpit of the rat that is wrotting in the anus of manchester which worries me slightly.

I'd rather get a dog, even a Labrador would be more effective than an alarm. I had my alarm taken out and just chain the bike up. Am also worried about some of the characters that walk past it.
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Post  ballio Wed Jul 21 2010, 21:42

this one tomorrow night.

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hopefully will be the one, has all the bits and bobs replaced that i can think of.

and it has an alarm too! bonus.

new tyres as well Dunlop Qualifier's, any good?

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Post  Guest Wed Jul 21 2010, 21:53

await the shrieks of Dunlop are sh!t - i know nothing but i always got on ok with my dunlops but then - i ride slow
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Post  Wild-Kat-Wolf Wed Jul 21 2010, 22:43

Ooo shiny thing.... and Rosco will love it if you get it, cos that's his fav colour scheme Laughing

Good luck... really hope it's 3rd time lucky for you... remember to keep us informed

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Post  ballio Thu Jul 22 2010, 22:56

i have bought the Cat!

very nice bike, goes well and is really mechanically sound.

has a few scratches and stuff but is to be expected. gonna spend a few hundred getting some paint work done then shes good to go.

so happy, been waiting for this day since i was about 12 years old, finally got a big bike.

hopefully will be hassling people all the time now about different bits and bobs.

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Post  Rosco Fri Jul 23 2010, 03:17

ballio wrote:i have bought the Cat!

Woo Hoo.....Great news - Enjoy.

Wild-Kat-Wolf wrote:Ooo shiny thing.... and Rosco will love it if you get it, cos that's his fav colour scheme Laughing

Yep...B&Q colours are the best, fastest, etc, etc..


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Post  Guest Fri Jul 23 2010, 07:46

great news - have fun

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Post  SteveCat Fri Jul 23 2010, 08:55

Congrats, was worth waiting for.
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