New GZ Owner!....pics

Smitty908 · 08-20-2008, 05:35 PM

Hello everyone! I have been needing an excuse to get back on a bike, and high gas prices have finally given me a 'reason'! I had not ridden in a few years, but it all comes back fast. I picked up my '07 very lightly used last week, and have put about 300 miles on it so far. :2tup:

I am usually into bigger bikes, but I love the fuel economy of this thing! My first tank I got 67 mpg!

Anyway, it will be my daily commuter, and I am also teaching my wife how to ride it (she's doing great!).

Seems like a great forum you have here, and I hope to become a 'fixture' for a while! Here's the bike:

-Tim S.

music man · 08-20-2008, 05:47 PM

I hope you haven't put 300 miles on it with no mirrors. Other than that welcome to the forum, and be careful out there, and that is a very nice bike.

Later :rawk:

Sarris · 08-20-2008, 05:50 PM

Welcome brother. You've got great taste in motorcycles...... it looks just like mine.

Ride safe.

Smitty908 · 08-20-2008, 05:57 PM

musicman,

hehehe...I wondered how long before someone noticed that....I wouldn't have guessed the first post...LOL

Nope, I just loosened one while I was washing it, and decided to see how it would look without them. I kinda like it (although I'm pretty sure it's illegal)....Oooo rebel without a cause...(or view behind him)... :rawk:

Thanks for the comments though!

-Tim S.

music man · 08-20-2008, 06:00 PM

Oh I like the way it looks like that too, I took mine off when I first got it just checking it out, but I wouldn't ride like that.

Later

alanmcorcoran · 08-20-2008, 07:33 PM

..I've seen 'em with just one mirror, but I don't know if it's legal. Probably a state-by-state thing.

Easy Rider · 08-20-2008, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Sarris

Welcome brother. You've got great taste in motorcycles...... it looks just like mine.

The black ones are faster, you know !! :roll: :lol:

patrick_777 · 08-20-2008, 09:37 PM

...and taking the mirrors off reduces drag.

rusty rider · 08-20-2008, 11:39 PM

Looks great. Enjoy your ride. :cool:

Blues · 08-22-2008, 09:59 AM

I'd have to agree, the black ones are faster! Seriously though, I'm surprised by how many compliments I get on this bike. I really figured I'd have to take loads of crap from everyone for riding a 250, but quite the reverse. Women like 'em and my Harley riding friends like it. I do have to hear some S&^$ about the little exhaust sound tho. The only people who have given me any static about my little bike are people who don't have a bike or know how to ride. If ya ask me, they don't get an opinion!.

Even for the highly rare black GZ250's, yours is quite good looking with the single seat and clean and shiney.

Happy motoring

08-20-2008, 05:35 PM	#1
Smitty908 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Wetumpka, AL Posts: 5	New GZ Owner!....pics Hello everyone! I have been needing an excuse to get back on a bike, and high gas prices have finally given me a 'reason'! I had not ridden in a few years, but it all comes back fast. I picked up my '07 very lightly used last week, and have put about 300 miles on it so far. :2tup: I am usually into bigger bikes, but I love the fuel economy of this thing! My first tank I got 67 mpg! Anyway, it will be my daily commuter, and I am also teaching my wife how to ride it (she's doing great!). Seems like a great forum you have here, and I hope to become a 'fixture' for a while! Here's the bike: -Tim S. __________________ • "An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject." Login or Register to Remove Ads
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08-20-2008, 05:47 PM	#2
music man Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Hot Springs Arkansas Posts: 1,127	I hope you haven't put 300 miles on it with no mirrors. Other than that welcome to the forum, and be careful out there, and that is a very nice bike. Later :rawk: __________________ "Tell me what kind of wreck you're going to have and I'll tell you what type of helmet you need." [Author Unknown]
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08-20-2008, 05:50 PM	#3
Sarris Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: New Port Richey, Florida USA Posts: 1,348	Smitty908 Welcome brother. You've got great taste in motorcycles...... it looks just like mine. Ride safe. __________________ Prudent riders live longer than moron riders. Login or Register to Remove Ads
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08-20-2008, 05:57 PM	#4
Smitty908 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Wetumpka, AL Posts: 5	musicman, hehehe...I wondered how long before someone noticed that....I wouldn't have guessed the first post...LOL Nope, I just loosened one while I was washing it, and decided to see how it would look without them. I kinda like it (although I'm pretty sure it's illegal)....Oooo rebel without a cause...(or view behind him)... :rawk: Thanks for the comments though! -Tim S. __________________ • "An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject."
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08-20-2008, 06:00 PM	#5
music man Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Hot Springs Arkansas Posts: 1,127	Oh I like the way it looks like that too, I took mine off when I first got it just checking it out, but I wouldn't ride like that. Later __________________ "Tell me what kind of wreck you're going to have and I'll tell you what type of helmet you need." [Author Unknown] Login or Register to Remove Ads
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08-20-2008, 07:33 PM	#6
alanmcorcoran Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Anaheim, CA Posts: 2,926	I like the black... ..I've seen 'em with just one mirror, but I don't know if it's legal. Probably a state-by-state thing. __________________ [hr:5yt6ldkq][/hr:5yt6ldkq] http://alanmarkcorcoran.com Motorcycles, Music, Musings and More…
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08-20-2008, 09:37 PM	#8
patrick_777 Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 1,763	...and taking the mirrors off reduces drag. __________________ ]I am hiding in Honduras. I am a desperate man. Send lawyers, guns and money. The shit has hit the fan.
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08-20-2008, 11:39 PM	#9
rusty rider Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: terre haute Posts: 142	Looks great. Enjoy your ride. :cool: __________________ Live life simple, so that others can simply live.
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08-22-2008, 09:59 AM	#10
Blues Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Blytheville, Ar. Posts: 22	...on black bikes I'd have to agree, the black ones are faster! Seriously though, I'm surprised by how many compliments I get on this bike. I really figured I'd have to take loads of crap from everyone for riding a 250, but quite the reverse. Women like 'em and my Harley riding friends like it. I do have to hear some S&^$ about the little exhaust sound tho. The only people who have given me any static about my little bike are people who don't have a bike or know how to ride. If ya ask me, they don't get an opinion!. Even for the highly rare black GZ250's, yours is quite good looking with the single seat and clean and shiney. Happy motoring __________________ Sometimes it ain't the size of the dog in the fight, but rather the size of the fight in the dog!
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