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Rocket Gone

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Well after deciding to eat it's own gearbox the Rocket has gone to pastures new Picking my new ride up next week...
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Wow sorry to hear that! :shock:

What actually happened? :boat:
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Shifted from 2-3 Shift lever bounced back and it sounds like a bag of spanners in the gearbox
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joolz wrote:Shifted from 2-3 Shift lever bounced back and it sounds like a bag of spanners in the gearbox
Wow! Well I'm glad you are ok; the bike grenading didn't result in any accident.
Looks like you wasted no time getting a new bike, congrats and best of luck with your new ride. :)
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Been in the garage for 3 months while I've been trying to sort it..Managed to sell it for repair :D
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#6 Unread post by blues2cruise »

I see by your picture you are getting a Kawasaki. It will probably get better gas mileage. :)

Too bad about the Rocket though. How much mileage did you put on it?
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Only had 23K on her Quotes for getting it fixed were silly money The guy that bought it is a bit of a spanner monkey and reckons he can do the job..Good luck to him :)
Still getting a Kawasaki..but the guy I was buying off hasn't returned calls or texts Then I got a message from the seller of one that I liked even more, offering it at a better price- I took his hand off

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#8 Unread post by sapaul »

Now that looks pretty neat
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Nice looking bike
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#10 Unread post by blues2cruise »

It has very short pipes. It's going to be loud. Better get some earplugs. :P
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