1000sf

[boilermaker]

To all
I saw a black/orange 1000sf with a Devon registration (WA) , at the recent Paignton bike week-end. Does anyone know who it belongs to?

[iceman]

I wish it was mine...

[iceman]

Well,not as I've picked it up yet but I just bought <EBAY>which is why I'M still a little Leary until I get my hands on it .

THE ONLY 2005 MZ 1000 SF in the USA !!!

7,500 miles and I just got plane tickets to go 2,000 miles to pick it up and it has the optional bags and came into the USA from a guy that bought it new in Germany where he was stationed.

[boilermaker]

Iceman
Good luck with your journey. If you can obtain a spare pencil coil before you set out then that should be your only worry. Oh and check for loose engine casing screws etc .
Regards
George

[tomtom]

Have a good journey, it goes like sh*t off a shovel.

[Nozz]

Do you mind if I ask about the outcome of the 1000SF sale? I think I saw this bike on Ebay last week in Texas. It did not meet minimum, and I am considering it as well as a different MZ. Thanks in advance.

[iceman]

The reserve was not met,I was the high bidder at $3050.00 after the auction I sent the seller a message that he could send me a buy it now.

Which he did and I accepted.I looked at what he purchased lately through ebay and it was a bunch of carbon fiber parts for a Ducati 1098

[iceman]

Iceman
Good luck with your journey. If you can obtain a spare pencil coil before you set out then that should be your only worry. Oh and check for loose engine casing screws etc .
Regards
George

Thanks for the tips George

Have a good journey, it goes like sh*t off a shovel.

Thanks TT,Taking my 13 year old nephew <he doesn't know yet > It should be an adventure.A hot one as Texas right now is like Italy in August HOT
I will take lots of pictures and post later.

[iceman]

Here is the paint on the bike I"M getting.

[Nozz]

That's a great move. Enjoy it! I was very tempted by this listing.

-=jn

[boilermaker]

Iceman
Your comment on the temperatures in the "Lone Star State" this time of year prompts me to warn you that the cooling system on these machines would seem to have been designed for a Northern European summer and was filled at the factory with 100% coolant solution. The engine seems to run quite warm even in a British summer!. The saving grace is that the radiator has TWO cooling fans. Y ou should be fine whilst underway but stay away from congested city centres. I do not know which state you live in but if you are travelling North I would monitor the running temperature until you are North of the Mason-Dixon line. You will have no problems in more temperate regions.

[boilermaker]

iceman
Sorry for my ignorance, just noticed you live in Vermont! no problems there in summer then!

[boilermaker]

Well iceman have you collected your machine yet?

[iceman]

Yes,in Tennessee now and I love the bike still have 1000 miles to go check it out here.

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthre ... st10168364

[IlPrincipeBrutto]

Iceman,

I've just finished reading your thread on advrider. What you are doing is just great, and very uplifting. I'm sure your nephew will thank you for the rest of his life.
And you are going through some very beautiful places. As an Italian, born in a city where buildings are built one on top of the other (literally!) the scale of landscapes in the States never ceases to enthrall me.
Did you go through the Cheroala Skyway ? that road, and the nearby Tail of the Dragon, are two of my dream roads. I really hope one day to be able to ride them.
Keep the posts coming, good luck for the rest of your journey.

Ride Safe,