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Originally Posted by NeverAgain
Hello everyone
My name is Ben, 29 years old, 5”7 190 LBs and I have a 3 year old son.
I just bought my first bike ever 08 GZ250 on 6/28/08 a day after my MSF and I already put 500 miles on it.
My experience is neutral at the moment . there are many things I did not put to count when I decided to fight the $4.38 gallon.
1. 25 miles each way (1:10 minutes) is not comfortable
2. Fun in the morning ( 70F ) hell in afternoon (100F )
3. Freeway is out of the question (5 line each direction in Los Angeles )
4. Gear box gives me a hard time down to 1st and up to 2nd
5. $3620 out the door (good or bad?)
I have 3 question please
1-The break use to make a lot of noise, so I use little bit of WD-40 and the noise stop but the breaks require a lot of effort now (a lot). Is there a way to undo this ?? (I can wait till the 600 miles service ($150))
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Seems like pretty much all your questions have been answered, but I'll add my $.02.
1. Yeah, I have to get up and stretch after about 45 minutes, so I can imagine what more than an hour in the saddle must feel like. Maybe just leave a little earlier and plan on stopping for coffee halfway.
2. Try living in Phoenix. It's 85-90 in the morning and 110+ in the afternoon.
3. I try to stay off the freeways too. Too many lunatics and I can't stand gridlock (at least y'all in CA can get away with lane-splitting).
4. I'm pretty sure that shifting down to 1st is a problem on all GZ's. There's a thread around here somewhere that addresses this. Mine also has the problem from 1st-2nd occasionally, but not all the time.
5. $3620 out the door is less than you'd pay for a beat-up used car. I'd say that's pretty good.
If you sprayed WD-40 on the pads themselves, change them immediately. You can ask for help around here and people will be able to suggest websites, manufacturers, etc. that you can pick up pads pretty cheap from.