The danger of wet grass. - darn it all

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The danger of wet grass. - darn it all

Postby Dnaj11 » Wed Dec 31, 2014 4:17 pm

I just dropped my MZ 1000s stopping on wet grass today. I cracked the left side fairing, upper fairing on the left side and broke a clutch lever on an otherwise like new and one of the few examples in the USA. I know the dangers of wet grass but this bike is just two tall for me! I went to park it in the barn and slipped when I stopped to open the door. This is actually the second time I did this with this bike. I replaced a lower panel last time.

I got a call into Grahams. I expect the fairing pieces will be expensive, especially the top one which looks like one piece surrounding the head light. I expect I will just throw money at it and fix it with new original parts. Then I'll probably never ride it again! Is Grahams my only option? Well at least the exchange rate is better somewhat better.

If anyone wants to make me a lowball offer before I spend way too much on it, I'm open to offers which will make it go away. One could turn it into a naked street fighter or repair the fairings. It has less than 3000 miles and was on ebay recently with no takers at $4500. That was before It fell over on wet grass.
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Re: The danger of wet grass. - darn it all

Postby DAVID THOMPSON » Wed Dec 31, 2014 5:23 pm

wet grass is slicker than ice

i spun the back tire on my rt 125 going up a hill

by the time i was at the bottom i had broke a clutch lever and blew out a starter sprag clutch

how i got the motor to run backwards and blow the sprag i will never know

the only thing that was hurt was the back pocket to the tune of about almost $300 usd
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Q bond welds plastic good my traveller faring is full of it

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Re: The danger of wet grass. - darn it all

Postby Dnaj11 » Wed Dec 31, 2014 11:20 pm

DAVID THOMPSON wrote:wet grass is slicker than ice

. . .

Q bond welds plastic good my traveller faring is full of it


Yeah, I've heard that 3 Bond stuff works well to. I'm just so angry at myself, so I'm likely to blame the bike. I call it the devil bike. Up till now it was a near perfect bike. I have now it parked in the corner of my garage under a sheet so I don't have to look at what I'd done.

I've got several bikes so I don't have to ride the MZ. It really is too tall for my small aging frame anyway. I also have an R1200c with the optional low seat, a coupla older ducks and a few early Electra glides. I especially like the BMW with its low center of gravity.
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Re: The danger of wet grass. - darn it all

Postby DAVID THOMPSON » Thu Jan 01, 2015 8:27 am

i have several older bmw bikes 1953 1963 1971 need to get busy and get one on the road

i find my mz 660 traveller is way to tall and i am not a short fellow
it likes to fall over in the driveway and destroy the faring parts and clutch and brake levers
when i am not around
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Re: The danger of wet grass. - darn it all

Postby Dnaj11 » Thu Jan 01, 2015 11:11 am

Has anyone ever got MZ parts from any place *other* than Grahams in the UK? I got a line on parts coming from Germany, but I thought Grahams was an exclusive spares supplier for MZ. Is that the case or no? Anyone know?
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Re: The danger of wet grass. - darn it all

Postby MJ310 » Fri Jan 02, 2015 3:54 am

Grahams is the sole importer into the UK, there are a couple of German dealers but they don't sprakenzee English, have a look online. Good luck with the bike, they are getting rare, there are less than 20 of all models in the UK and I believe there are only around 50-60 in America.
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Re: The danger of wet grass. - darn it all

Postby Dnaj11 » Sat Jan 03, 2015 4:16 pm

I found the German sources unt Ich Sprehe ein wenig Deutch auch! Toll!
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Re: The danger of wet grass. - darn it all

Postby Guesi » Sat Jan 03, 2015 4:26 pm

MJ310 wrote:Grahams is the sole importer into the UK, there are a couple of German dealers but they don't sprakenzee English, have a look online. Good luck with the bike, they are getting rare, there are less than 20 of all models in the UK and I believe there are only around 50-60 in America.



Surely some of us dealers speak english.

I am sure that we are more people speaking english in germany than otherwise english speaking people speak german :-)

I have many customers in english speaking countries.

And also in french speaking countries.As I also speak french.
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Re: The danger of wet grass. - darn it all

Postby Dnaj11 » Sat Jan 03, 2015 8:25 pm

Truth be told, your English is much better than my German!
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Re: The danger of wet grass. - darn it all

Postby MJ310 » Mon Jan 05, 2015 4:08 am

Guesi wrote:
MJ310 wrote:Grahams is the sole importer into the UK, there are a couple of German dealers but they don't sprakenzee English, have a look online. Good luck with the bike, they are getting rare, there are less than 20 of all models in the UK and I believe there are only around 50-60 in America.



Surely some of us dealers speak english.

I am sure that we are more people speaking english in germany than otherwise english speaking people speak german :-)

I have many customers in english speaking countries.

And also in french speaking countries.As I also speak french.


I am sure you are right, but I tried to contact two German dealers a couple of years ago and they did not speak any English.
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Re: The danger of wet grass. - darn it all

Postby Guesi » Mon Jan 05, 2015 11:27 am

Then you contacted the wrong ones :-)
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Re: The danger of wet grass. - darn it all

Postby MJ310 » Tue Jan 06, 2015 11:58 am

Guesi wrote:Then you contacted the wrong ones :-)


I know better now, where are you in Germany?
I changed myfork oil today and unfortunatly marked the top nut, even though I taped it up to prevent this. I am looking for new top nut (item 27 on the spares fiche), do you have one and if so how much is it?
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Re: The danger of wet grass. - darn it all

Postby Guesi » Wed Jan 07, 2015 1:36 am

Hello
It would help if I know for what model .....
And to what country it would be shipped......
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Re: The danger of wet grass. - darn it all

Postby MJ310 » Thu Jan 08, 2015 4:27 am

Sorry, its for an SF and I live in the UK but am working in Germany at the end of this month and the end of next month, thats why I wanted to know where you are.
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Re: The danger of wet grass. - darn it all

Postby Guesi » Thu Jan 08, 2015 7:10 am

Hello
This parts is only available as a complete set (Nr. 35 in the picture).
And it is not cheap....
95 Euro incl. german taxes....

I know why I drive 2-stroke MZs :-)
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