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So a couple of weeks before christmas i was having a yarn with a guy who lives down the road from me, he had just bought a new bike, a very nice m109r, and i asked what was the gameplan for his old bike. I hadn't seen his old bike in ages and was convinced it was an early 2000s 750 katana, but all i really remembered was a yellow suzuki. I didn't go any further with it than expressing some interest, until he saw my neighbour and passed on the message i need to go see him. So i did. And i was met with this. Well yeah ok lets talk. Turns out has had cluth issues which started with it slipping, then he replaced the clutch but it would never fully engage and would creep forward at idle with the clutch in. Tyres are old and borderline, but the funniest bit, is that we couldn't start it because last time he tried, the fuel tap started leaking everywhere. Reg on hold since 2022. So we had a beer and a yarn, i offered a lowball price and he accepted. Then came 2 weeks of trying to sell random falcon parts to fund the idea. Long story short i ended up selling a full set of seats to one guy yesterday, and got over double of what the bike was gonna cost. So that makes the bike free. Wife does not understand basic maths when i explained this fact this morning... as i walked down the road to pay for and bring bike home. 350 meters is a long way to push a 240kg bike apparently, at least for my lazy arse. But pushed it home and looked over the bike again. Old mate had found the box and the broken part of the mount so that will be an easy fix. Will drill some holes and put a rod inside it, plugweld and repaint. Nice and easy fix.
