My GZ has no spokes

[alantf]

It had a Honda engine. That was the only thing that gave no trouble. First off, the front brakes were juddering, so they (the local bike shop) ordered & fitted a new brake disc. This caused a clicking when the front brake was applied, so they fitted a complete wheel/ brake disk assembly. No better, so they sent it to the main importer/dealer. It came back minus the ABS unit. Then the temperature gauge stopped working. After that the fuel guage would stop on "full" until the tank was nearly empty, then drop suddenly to zero. The main fuse blew a couple of times for no apparent reason. The plastic was a joke. Then it started overheating. which for some reason overheated the brake fluid to the back brake, so that it became useless until it had been switched off for a couple of hours. They found that the cause of the overheating was a lack of water caused by a hole (which appeared to be a drilled hole!) just below the coolant pressure cap. They bunged the hole with epoxy & ordered a new part. A couple of days later the temperature shot up, & when i stopped & checked, there was no water in the system. I walked to the nearest garage & got a gallon of coolant, but as fast as I was pouring it in, it was pouring out from somewhere in the system that I couldn't see. Add to this tyres that would puncture if you put a nail a yard away from the tyres, & didn't have much traction, plus other problems that I can't remember.

It took me a couple of hours to get the 2 miles to the bike shop, riding until the temperature went up, then letting it cool down. When I got there, he said that he couldn't do anything until tomorrow. I told him not to bother, as there was no way I was going to take it out of the shop. He agreed that it was the biggest piece of shit that he had ever seen, & that my experience had convinced him to stop selling that make. He got me my money back, & for an extra €500 got me the GZ.