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Title: new here !
Post by: shanered6 on Wednesday, 17 January 2018, 07:36 AM
Hi all new to the forum bought my 14 a 2006 in mint condition with 17000 on the clock back in august after wanting one for years !
and i have to say i love it warts and all , i have a tiger 955i as well as my winter bike as i cant bring my self to ride the 14 on the salt riden roads of winter.
But im looking forward to putting some miles on it next summer in the meantime some mods and light customisation , and im looking forward to learning more about the 14 and getting to know so like minded owners .  :)
Title: Re: new here !
Post by: Kiwifruit on Wednesday, 17 January 2018, 07:50 AM
Welcome from the best place down under. Good of you to join us.  :cheers:
Title: Re: new here !
Post by: seth on Wednesday, 17 January 2018, 08:04 AM
 :welcome1:
shanered6
im in the shire too if you need a hand with anything give me a shout i have done a few mods myself over the years.

welcome to all things 1402

seth
:cheers:
Title: Re: new here !
Post by: Andre on Wednesday, 17 January 2018, 08:06 AM
Welcome  :hat:
Title: Re: new here !
Post by: shanered6 on Wednesday, 17 January 2018, 08:16 AM
Thanks for the welcomes guys im looking forward to getting to know some of you and finding a few local owners like Seth  :hat:
Title: Re: new here !
Post by: Andre on Wednesday, 17 January 2018, 08:50 AM
You are lucky to have Seth in the neighborhood. Sure you'll find this out yourself.
Title: Re: new here !
Post by: shanered6 on Wednesday, 17 January 2018, 09:02 AM
Ive just been reading some threads and yes it looks like ive dropped lucky being so close to seth  :cool:
Title: Re: new here !
Post by: KiwiCol on Wednesday, 17 January 2018, 09:10 AM
Gidday mate, welcome along.
Title: Re: new here !
Post by: Endless on Wednesday, 17 January 2018, 11:24 AM
Welcome to the virtual bible mate  :onya:
Title: Re: new here !
Post by: Sweaty on Wednesday, 17 January 2018, 12:23 PM
Welcome aboard  :cheers:
Title: Re: new here !
Post by: grog on Wednesday, 17 January 2018, 12:33 PM
Welcome mate from the real best place downunder.
Title: Re: new here !
Post by: T 24 on Wednesday, 17 January 2018, 02:03 PM
Welcome!
Title: Re: new here !
Post by: Timothy Spencer on Wednesday, 17 January 2018, 08:23 PM
Welcome.
Yes unless very well protected the 14 will melt like a slug in salt.
I have toured Scotland a few times on my 14, with wife and full luggage too, and it works great up there. Had a mate, former Yamaha employee and experienced rider, follow us once on his BMW RT tourer in Scotland and he admitted he had to work hard to try to keep up (couldn't quite manage it) and could not understand how I could ride the 14 like a 250. Explained it did take time to get the set up spot on but after that It was one hell of a road bike in day to day real world use.
Title: Re: new here !
Post by: Blubber on Wednesday, 17 January 2018, 09:01 PM
Welcome  :cheers:
Title: Re: new here !
Post by: lil4399 on Wednesday, 17 January 2018, 09:15 PM
Bienvenue!   :boogie2:
Title: Re: new here !
Post by: Notty on Wednesday, 17 January 2018, 10:02 PM
Croeso  :smile2:
Title: Re: new here !
Post by: shanered6 on Wednesday, 17 January 2018, 10:37 PM
Hi Notty im am actualy welsh as well i moved to Scotland 9 years ago to work im from north wales glyncariog nr Llangollen originally  :hat:
Title: Re: new here !
Post by: Notty on Wednesday, 17 January 2018, 11:03 PM
Quote from: shanered6 on Wednesday, 17 January  2018, 10:37 PM
Hi Notty im am actualy welsh as well i moved to Scotland 9 years ago to work im from north wales glyncariog nr Llangollen originally  :hat:
Missionary work? Lol  :smile2:
Title: Re: new here !
Post by: KiwiCol on Thursday, 18 January 2018, 02:02 AM
Yeah, on a mission to save the Haggis!
Title: Re: new here !
Post by: seth on Thursday, 18 January 2018, 02:47 AM
no haggi near where he lives they are all up in the high mountains  :whistling:
only thing good to eat in that part of scotland is a coo  :stir:
Title: Re: new here !
Post by: KiwiCol on Thursday, 18 January 2018, 03:22 AM
Or certain bits thereof anyway.
Title: Re: new here !
Post by: seth on Thursday, 18 January 2018, 03:26 AM
the rest of this part of scotland eat sheep like you upside down folk  :stir:
Title: Re: new here !
Post by: KiwiCol on Thursday, 18 January 2018, 03:27 AM
We eat anything Seth!   Hell, the 'locals' even ate each other only 160 odd years ago.
Title: Re: new here !
Post by: seth on Thursday, 18 January 2018, 03:37 AM
 :doh:
must be getting quite civilised down there thesedays col :stir: :whistling:
Title: Re: new here !
Post by: Red Biker on Thursday, 18 January 2018, 03:54 AM
Hi Shane, Although not happy with you muscling in on my forum handle  :furious:


True Red (there can be only one as they say in the highlands)

PS
Welcome on board  :salute: is it a Black one or standard?
Title: Re: new here !
Post by: shanered6 on Thursday, 18 January 2018, 04:25 AM
 :rofl2: no missionary work in these parts ! ... no i came up to run a saw mill on an estate but have since moved on and now manage another estate , and seth is right nothing but coo's round here and they take some bringing down as there more like wooly mammoths  :imrgreen:
Title: Re: new here !
Post by: Doc_Rossi46 on Thursday, 18 January 2018, 05:55 AM
Hi Shane.  BTW I have no idea wtf I'm doing here ... ie posting or uploading or whatever. Anyway I'm also new here. I got my 02 plate 1400 in September 2017 .. mint condition and good miles on the clock for an almost 16 year old bike 26000+ .. I'm owner number 9 and got it with some excellent add ons.
Title: Re: new here !
Post by: Kiwifruit on Thursday, 18 January 2018, 06:14 AM
Quote from: KiwiCol on Thursday, 18 January  2018, 03:27 AM
We eat anything Seth!   Hell, the 'locals' even ate each other only 160 odd years ago.

Still not that house trained Seth.......things just changed when KFC and McDonalds got here.
Title: Re: new here !
Post by: Andre on Thursday, 18 January 2018, 06:18 AM
At least them locals knew what they were eating :whistling:
Title: Re: new here !
Post by: shanered6 on Thursday, 18 January 2018, 06:22 AM
Quote from: Doc_Rossi46 on Thursday, 18 January  2018, 05:55 AM
Hi Shane.  BTW I have no idea wtf I'm doing here ... ie posting or uploading or whatever. Anyway I'm also new here. I got my 02 plate 1400 in September 2017 .. mint condition and good miles on the clock for an almost 16 year old bike 26000+ .. I'm owner number 9 and got it with some excellent add ons.
Im on another forum for triumph's as well you will soon get the hang of it !  sounds like you got a good deal on her and not a lot of miles  for an 02  :onya:
Title: Re: new here !
Post by: seth on Thursday, 18 January 2018, 07:36 AM
as always if anyone is stuck just ask im sure someone here will be able to help
:cheers:
Title: Re: new here !
Post by: Andre on Thursday, 18 January 2018, 08:59 AM
Quote from: seth on Thursday, 18 January  2018, 07:36 AM
as always if anyone is stuck just ask im sure someone here will be able to help
:cheers:

That's been my observation! Also the forum contains loads of information nobody here gets uptight if that question has been answered somewhere on the forum before. In that case you'll get a link to that info.

I do find the forum search function a bit lacking. You get often more results when just typing into the browser address field:

site:gsx1400owners.org/forum_test/ followed by the search term(s)
Title: Re: new here !
Post by: gsxbarmy on Thursday, 18 January 2018, 09:00 AM
Quote from: shanered6 on Thursday, 18 January  2018, 06:22 AM
Im on another forum for triumph's as well you will soon get the hang of it !  sounds like you got a good deal on her and not a lot of miles  for an 02  :onya:

That's what I like to see a fellow Trumpet owner (yes that's what I own - Explorer 1200).  :clapping:
Title: Re: new here !
Post by: Andre on Thursday, 18 January 2018, 09:06 AM
Quote from: gsxbarmy on Thursday, 18 January  2018, 09:00 AM
Quote from: shanered6 on Thursday, 18 January  2018, 06:22 AM
Im on another forum for triumph's as well you will soon get the hang of it !  sounds like you got a good deal on her and not a lot of miles  for an 02  :onya:

That's what I like to see a fellow Trumpet owner (yes that's what I own - Explorer 1200).  :clapping:

Don't get fooled by that Trumpet owner stuff. Barmy really knows his way around the 14. And around the forum. Think he is our main "Link-Provider"
Title: Re: new here !
Post by: seth on Thursday, 18 January 2018, 09:06 AM
Quote from: gsxbarmy on Thursday, 18 January  2018, 09:00 AM
Quote from: shanered6 on Thursday, 18 January  2018, 06:22 AM
Im on another forum for triumph's as well you will soon get the hang of it !  sounds like you got a good deal on her and not a lot of miles  for an 02  :onya:

That's what I like to see a fellow Trumpet owner (yes that's what I own - Explorer 1200).  :clapping:

thats only cause your old dave and needed a trumpet zimmer  :stir:
you had 14's long enough to know your stuff and think your quiet good at the computer stuff too . :cheers:
Title: Re: new here !
Post by: VladTepes on Thursday, 18 January 2018, 09:49 AM

Quote from: Andre on Thursday, 18 January  2018, 08:59 AM
I do find the forum search function a bit lacking. You get often more results when just typing into the browser address field:

site:gsx1400owners.org/forum_test/ followed by the search term(s)


True, and its not limited to this forum. A mate runs a forum using VBulletin software (a commercial product) and has the same issue.  No idea why.....
Title: Re: new here !
Post by: Andre on Thursday, 18 January 2018, 10:04 AM
@VladTepes  You are right about it not being better on other forums. The reason is that they don't have the algorithms as google or, to a lesser degree, other search-specialized companies have.
Title: Re: new here !
Post by: GSX1400OZ on Thursday, 18 January 2018, 11:20 AM
Quote from: shanered6 on Wednesday, 17 January  2018, 10:37 PM
Hi Notty im am actualy welsh as well i moved to Scotland 9 years ago to work im from north wales glyncariog nr Llangollen originally  :hat:

My mum is living in Llandudno and her and Dad lived several years in Dumfries, well Maxwellton... Loved Scotland ( Visiting, touring around ) and Wales, Lived there 17 years.. Love Australia too.. anyhow, enough reminiscing, sorry guys..  :)
Title: Re: new here !
Post by: shanered6 on Thursday, 18 January 2018, 05:58 PM
Quote from: gsxbarmy on Thursday, 18 January  2018, 09:00 AM
Quote from: shanered6 on Thursday, 18 January  2018, 06:22 AM
Im on another forum for triumph's as well you will soon get the hang of it !  sounds like you got a good deal on her and not a lot of miles  for an 02  :onya:

That's what I like to see a fellow Trumpet owner (yes that's what I own - Explorer 1200).  :clapping:
Ye im on my 5th triumph and second tiger 955i  ,...  and for any body that thinks the 14 is a heavy bike it is like riding a scooter compared to the tiger 955i  :grin:
Title: Re: new here !
Post by: Kiwifruit on Thursday, 18 January 2018, 07:57 PM
5th Triumph and second Tiger........... why don't they fix them instead of just giving you another one ?
:stir:
Title: Re: new here !
Post by: shanered6 on Thursday, 18 January 2018, 08:13 PM
Quote from: Kiwifruit on Thursday, 18 January  2018, 07:57 PM
5th Triumph and second Tiger........... why don't they fix them instead of just giving you another one ?
:stir:

:rofl4:
Title: Re: new here !
Post by: seth on Thursday, 18 January 2018, 08:15 PM
Quote from: shanered6 on Thursday, 18 January  2018, 08:13 PM
Quote from: Kiwifruit on Thursday, 18 January  2018, 07:57 PM
5th Triumph and second Tiger........... why don't they fix them instead of just giving you another one ?
:stir:

:rofl4:

donald is a very good saleman  :doh:
Title: Re: new here !
Post by: Mick_J on Friday, 19 January 2018, 01:56 AM
Welcome to the forum shanered6  :onya: I used to live in Peterheeed but I am okay now  :whistling: