Got this after 20 years of riding smaller bikes, good all rounder especially women as lighter and low to the ground. good first bike but does have to work hard on the motorway.
light, easy ride, basic
Warrenty or lack of it always fobbed off with 'wear and tear' even though it has only done 9k
Bought a 97 R reg ER500 with 27000 on the clock last January. Now she's at 43000 and still going strong. She's not had it easy with me as I weigh 18 stone and she is my first and only motorised form of transport. So far she has - Handled the M4 London to Bristol many many times, even in the lashing rain last winter which was quite an experience. - Done 1000 in a weekend (Friday-Sunday) on a trip to Wales. 400 miles on the Saturday as I felt the need to see Snowdon and Tenby in the same day and go back again. If you havent been, you have to check out those roads. - commuted everyday to work (5 miles) no matter what the weather. - provided a whole host of very enjoyable weekend mornings scratching in Surrey in all seasons. - gone 2 up on day trips quite happily.
The usual things have worn out - bearings, fork seals, sprockets, tyres - but no major breakdowns. I do all the servicing myself (Get a haynes manual and dont pay your local garage a fortune just to change the fork oil seals!) I think anyone could pick up a spanner and give it a go. Not a bike for those who intend to use it plenty and not have to pick up a spanner now and then.
In reply to one of the other posts, my bike also jumps out of 5th, but only when you change up from fourth at about 8000+
Recommendations: A nice sized screen A Scottoiler - no chain adjustment for the last 8000 miles. New shocks if you weigh as much as me! Handlebar muffs and removable heated grips - it's what makes long distances on the motorway possible in winter. Extra lights or brighter bulbs - the standard ones don't let you see very far at night or in the rain.
Secrets to happy ownership... Make sure you always change the oil and filter every 3000 miles. Make sure you use bike oil and NOT car oil (there is a difference) Rev her up to the red line once she is warm. It cleans the engine and is good for it. It may sound like it is hurting, but trust me - I spent most of a day and 400 miles at over 7000rpm and the next day the bike felt better than ever. Lubricate your cables!
I probably wont ever get rid of my ER5, although I will be looking at a bigger engined bike soon (The 1200cc Kawasaki looks nice...) to have as well.
I have just read some of the comments regarding the Kawasaki ER-5, and I have got to add my own comments. I purchased mine in October 2003, a fortnight after I passed my DAS test, from TAZ Motorbikes in Peterborough, and although the bike is old, and the dealer did not want to show it to me, I decided that I wanted the Bike. It is a 1998 R registered model that does not have any history, and in the 16000 miles that was put on it before I purchased it I do not feel that any care was taken with it. I had a 16000 mile service done where I paid to replace some suspension parts and wheel bearings on the front, and it took a full working day to service the bike, I have also had the side stand switch removed - DO NOT MOVE OF WITH THE SIDE STAND DOWN if you have yours removed - because the switch had bent and was fooling the gearbox into thinking that the stand was down, I have also had the regulator (Rectifier) replaced, as my (new) battery was not charging. At the 20000 mile service I had the back end replaced, that is I had new shocks, chain set and drive cogs fitted, along with some more bearing sets. I have also had a new Radiator fitted (£360.00), and in the process, Pidcocks of Derby fixed a leaking fuel pipe and replaced the throttle opening cable. On the plus side I have put 7000 miles on the bike since I got her, I find that she is a comfortable bike to ride, yes she is not quick, but she will sit at 80mph quite happily, and I find 90mph a bit of a struggle (the bike doesn't!) I have done York, and return in one day, The Llyn Peninsular in a weekend, and Swanage in a weekend, all from Grantham! I have replaced the indicators on the rear, as the OE indicators are to far forwards for the larger Oxford panniers to fit without rubbing on the back of my legs. I am very pleased with my bike, and I would not hesitate to recommend an ER-5 to any one looking for a docile first bike, and I feel that it is certainly a better bike than the Suzuki GS500, and I can say that having learned on a GS, and had one as a loan bike when mine has been fixed on the last three occasions.
(p.s. at the time of writing this my bike is laid up with a snapped clutch cable that should be fixed by the bank holiday weekend!)
I bought a 1997 er5 with 22k on the clock for quite cheap. BIG Mistake. The motor all looked fine but it was just a bit tatty all over. Just the usual corrosion on casing's, exhaust, etc. Someone who said replace the regulator near 18k was on to a good thing there. I must have only done 600 miles on it before the regulator went and has taken out the battery, alternator and CDI. Total cost of arround £300 with used parts. For the sake of a £50 regulator!!!! I have really lost all trust with this bike and will only use it to go to and from work (5miles). It will be up for sale after winter, if it lasts.
overall a good bike for the price if you want a better bike you got to pay more. mine is a 1999 t reg 3,500 miles the battery has just been replaced as i kept letting it go flat and the rear tyre only lasted 3,000miles so far so good.
Good first bike / commuter. Reliable and cheap to run. No fairing means if you drop it / get knocked off the bills are low. Restrictor kit fitted by dealer for me for £200 - bit of a rip off, the kit is only a few washers apparently. But you get a certificate if anyone asks questions. I use plenty of WD40 after washing and rust hasn't been a problem. Brakes are adequate to stop the bike. Six gears give you more comfortable riding. And the engine is quite torquey so you don't need to keep chaging gears all the time. The bike is well balanced with no nasty surprises. The seat is very comfortable, as is the riding position. Givi box bought and fitted for £200, looks good as well. Overall a good modest bike that is more practical than a pose.
just one thing to ask. I'm just about to do me bike test but as im only 18 i can only ride up to 33bhp. does any1 know if the er 5 is 33bhp or less? also if it is slightly over, how much do restrictor kits cost? and how much would this affect the performance? if not an er 5 wot other good bikes can i ride that are 33bhp or just under? any help would be appreciated. happy riding.
Got my ER-5 with 7000 miles on the clock.. Initial impressions were of lumpy acceleration below 1000 revs to 2000 but then when it hit 3000 it was pleasingly smooth. As for problems....well, at 13,000 miles the regulator blew (£70),(seems to be quite a common occurence) this totally frazzled the battery (a further £65). Then a broken clutch cable greeted me at 19,000. Easily repaired but annyoing all the same considering it was well lubed. New shocks were required at 20,000 miles. Now i've just reached 30,000 miles i've been experiencing unknown problems with starting the once loved machine.. After several checks and many hours covering all components in the garage it appears the CDI unit has gone kaput! A further £295 new. Alternatively i could just spend the rest of my time with the ER-5 just bump starting it everywhere! Who would have known that exercise comes as standard when owning an ER-5...! 2yrs of trouble free motorcycling! mmmm!?
I've had mine 30 months, 20000k on the clock, its had new exhaust, front brake disc, new radiator and fan, clutch cable snapped, rear shockers, new ignition relay, and the ignition is still playing up.
When its running its fine, the handling is nice and light when filtering through traffic.
The bikes seen two winters and the engine casing is looking a little worse for wear, the paint work and chrome still looks good as do the wheels, the rear swing arm has degree of rust developing along the seams.
I bought the bike because it was cheap, but I,m paying the price now. I wouldn,t buy another one.
Horrible bike had mine for three months in that time it had three speedo cables, three batteries, two rectifiers and failed its first mot cos the shocks had gone all this from a bike that had only 14k onthe clock and was only 3 years old, the only upside was the economy i got 125 miles to a fivers worth of petrol once. handling is appaling as its very top heavy bad on oe bridge stone bt45's tyres. Reliabilty is rubbish also ive heard engines giving up at only 20k miles due to pitted cams and cam chains snapping at 25k and dont negelect oil changes as the engine aint that tough. bad bad bike go for the better GS500E from suzuki has abetter engine which is more proven.
ive had my er5 from june 99 so far its clocked 20000 with no real problems. new fuel tap[ under warranty ] plug cap and thats it.54-60 mpg is normal but i did get 78 mpg while running in but you dont ride like that often do you? its ok for long ish runs ive done 400 mls in a day and felt ok at the end of it. ive fitted a scott oiler and havent had to touch the chain in 5000 mls.anyone fitting one will find there is room under the seat cowling on the n/s. i use mine all year round and the finish has stayed good thanks to pro prep.i think they are a good bike and ime hooked on mine & cant bring myself to get rid of it even after three and a half years.stay upright Dave. F
Kawasaki's ER-5 is somewhat of a forgotten bike - certainly the conventional press don't go out of their way to write about it. Whilst Suzuki's GS500E was greeted with joy when it was launched, and the Honda CB500 is regularly shown due to the one-make race series, the little 500 twin from big K has rarely even been tested (as far as we can recall).
Nevertheless the ER-5 has sold very well, and is, at the time of writing, top of the UK sales charts in its class. So maybe the ER-5 is one of biking best-kept secrets? We took a look.
Sweet memories Takes me back, you know. The first "big" bike I ever owned (and bought new) was an eight-valve, 500cc, vertical twin. 17 years ago, I was one of the few who bought a Yamaha XS500 twin - at the time the very pinnacle of engine development for a twin. 105mph, 55mpg, disk brakes front and rear, took me and the missus to Le Mans for the first time, and was sold with a tear in the eye three years later.
Anyway, enough of the rose-tinted sentimentality - how have things progressed in 17 years? Well actually not very much - if the ER-5 is anything to go by. It's got eight valves, 500cc, two rear shocks, clocks with chrome surrounds, a real seat - and even a drum brake on the rear! OK the engine is liquid-cooled, and the styling's more up to date, but other than that there's not a lot to surprise the average time-traveller from the 80s.
Personally, I think the ER is the prettiest of the 500 twins around today - certainly it looks more "modern" and purposeful than Honda's CB500, for instance. The tubular cradle frame wraps around the engine, but as it's a twin it doesn't actually make the bike any wider. The tank and sidepanels have waisted shaping, which suits your knees when riding, and makes the ground easier to reach for the shorter riders. Pushing the bike around it felt light, and yet when examining the specs it was surprising to find that it was only 2kg lighter than Hondas Hornet!
As already mentioned, it has a "proper" seat - a rare luxury these days - and a passenger grab rail, so pillions are well catered for. The switchgear is in the strange khaki/green colour that all Kwacker switches seem to come in, and the ignition switch/idiot light arrangement is perfect for a key fob to obscure the lights - just like the Hornet, in fact. However it does have a fuel gauge, and there's a centre stand (another rare feature these days).
The forks and shocks are very basic - 37mm conventional and unadjustable forks, and twin shocks with just preload adjustment. The disk front brake is a twin-pot sliding-caliper design, while (as already mentioned) there's a genuine drum brake at the rear. Clutch and brake levers, as with all Kawasaki's, are span-adjustable, which is great for those with smaller hands.
Overall the quality of finish seemed high - Kawasaki claim to have given the engine case screws an anti-rust coating to help keep the bike looking good - let's hope the rest of the bike lives up to that.
Whirring away Wot no kickstart? Well OK, that would be going back a bit. The bike fired up easily with a bit of choke, yet didn't really give any hints that it was running - it's certainly no Triumph Bonnie, either in vibration or sound! Clunk into first (the only clunk you'll hear - usual Kawasaki gearbox) and away we go...
Coming from mega-powered four-cylinder sports bikes, the ER-5 doesn't take your breath away, but nevertheless it was capable of reasonable acceleration, and with a good stirring of the box and handlful of revs, was surprisingly quick. The engine was slightly lumpy down low, just to remind you that it is a twin, before it really smoothed out - probably due to the heavy flywheel which Kawasaki have given the bike over it's ancestor, the EN500, from which the engine is derived. It's certainly a very well developed powerplant, with no carburation glitches are any real power bands to speak of.
Of course with only 50PS to play with, and a broad power band, you can be deceived into thinking that it's a bit flat (or in the Deputy Ed's case "boring"). I disagree here - perhaps because of my fond memories - but I actually thouroughly enjoyed riding the ER. Wind 'er up, and I saw 115mph on the clock, and that with the engine barely run in - not bad at all. Furthermore the engine seemed so understressed that 90-100mph cruising would not be out of the question. Naturally a pillion or some hills knocks this down a bit - but what do you want from a 500 twin?
Where the ER really deceived was in the handling, which on the standard Dunlop GT401FG tyres was amazingly quick and nimble. You didn't have to make any effort to turn corners - just think and it was there. In fact it was so quick that initially I oversteered and cut corners! The way that it was possible to change direction was also ahead of any four cylinder bike - the centre of gravity is concentrated so low and close to the axis of the bike that it just flicked from left to right as fast as you could manage it.
Surprisingly the engine actually contributed to the bike's handling. Perhaps due to the heavy flywheel, it seemed that engine braking was less violent that a four - there was less chance of locking the rear wheel changing down into a corner, for instance, which meant some fairly serious liberties could be taken.
On the down side, the basic suspension and brakes are not really up to being pushed hard. The forks and shocks worked smoothly over bumpy roads at steady speeds (miles ahead of my old XS) but start to up the ante a bit and they got all hot and bothered - initially there was not enough damping, and then the forks started to bottom out under hard braking, and the shocks started to pogo. And "hard braking" is relative too - the front disk is barely up to the job and takes a good strong squeeze to make an impression - no single-finger stoppies here.
Those Dunlops aren't the grippiest tyres around, but in the dry it was possible to drag the footrests, so there's not too much wrong there, and we are talking about a bike that will primarily be used for commuting, not tearing round a race track.
Economy? Yes, plenty thanks. Oh - you want to know how much? Well frankly we've lost the receipts because it was so far between fill-ups - around 200 miles per tankful is possible, which for the 16 litre tank is 56mpg, and that was with all the knee-down, 100mph plus stuff too. One reader/owner we know gets around 65mpg!
The Verdict I liked the ER-5, and as Editor I have the final say. The Deputy Ed on the other hand, didn't like it much, but that's probably because he had to run it in (Kawasaki didn't have time before the bike was booked out) - 4000 rpm on a bike with 50 PS and a redline at 10,500 is a little tedious.
The ER is a capable, sorted, lightweight twin. It handles really well, and around twisty smooth roads I reckon you could give 600 four-cylinder bikes a run for their money. If I had to commute daily in traffic, or dispatch, it's the sort of bike I'd get - it'd grow handlebar muffs in the winter, possibly a half fairing, some throwover panniers in the summer for camping and I would potter about happily knowing I was using very little fuel and little effort to get around. I suspect ER-5 owners get to love their bikes too - we've had more mail about why this test was late than any other!
On the other hand, being used to so much more, it doesn't have enough performance for me, so I wouldn't have one as an only bike.
What it won't do is improve your street cred, pose, or increase the size of your balls compared with the average Fireblade owner - but then if you're thinking about buying an ER-5 I'm sure that's of little consequence...
Engine:Liquid-cooled, 4-stroke, Parallel Twin,8 valves Bore x Stroke:74 x 58mm Displacement:498cc Compression ratio:9.8:1 Carbs:Keihin CVK34 x 2 Max. Power:50ps Ignition:Digital Starter:Electric Transmission:Six-speed Final Drive:Chain Wheelbase: 1,430mm Seat Height:780mm Fuel Capacity:16 litres Wheels:3-spoke cast
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Front - 110/70 l7 54H Rear - 130/70 17 62H Suspension: Front - 37mm telescopic fork Rear - Dual Shock with preload adjustment Brakes: Front - Single 280mm disk with slidingdual-piston caliper Rear - 160mm Drum Dry Weight:174kg
Well I've now covered just over 12ooo miles on my ER5 from new. So far I'm still very pleased with the bike, although it must be said my Honda Dominator was more fun. I've opted to go to a non-Kawasaki dealer for my 12K service, mainly because my local (not so local if you've to go to Cupar) Dealer wanted over £155 for this. It kind of grated on my nerves, as it was the same service (according to the schedule) I'd had earlier the year before, but it now cost over 50% more (even allowing for the air filter required this time). Not that I wouldn't trust them to do it. I'd always got exactly the service I'd asked for in the past & felt sure I could trust them to have done what they said they'd done. It's just I feel they are playing a bit on their popularity over the last couple of years in "Ride" magazine. It should be said though, that as my ER5 is hardly a "Flagship" model in the Kawasaki range, I wouldn't expect a "rocketship" shop loan bike. I would however expect (if not least, to maintain the business' integrity) to be given shop bike that was roadworthy and road legal. This unfortunately was not the case, 66% of the times I required such a service. For these reasons, I chose to entrust the service to my local ex-Honda dealer whome I've dealt with over the last 20 years & whome I trust emplicitely. It also cost a mear £90 for the same service. Since my last review, I've had no problems with the bike although I'm seriously considering replacing the regulator as some of you appear to have had major bills about 18K with knackered CDI's & batteries due to the regulator. Corrosion is not that bad for 2 Scottish winters. Some light rust on the top of the swing arm in front of the rear wheel;- perfectly understandable (an N.W.S. hugger may be on the cards). The tops of the rear shock absorbers are in need of some Solvol & the fork legs are slightly pitted. The L/H engine casing was replaced under warranty last January due to excessive corrosion but the new one seems perfectly O.K. this year. One indicator light bulb blew & Supplying dealer (surprise...surprise) didn't have one in stock! took 2 weeks to source one! (Powerbronze Cobra fairing with "cats eye" type indicators). Still on original chain & sprockets. Lots of life still apparent but we've not had the worst of the winter crap yet!. I used to have a two piece all-enclosed fibreglass chain guard on my CB650z, which was excellent in this crap weather. Anybody know whow still makes such un-fashionable things!. 2 year warranty up in April. See how it goes till then !. Happy biking!.
Owned for 1 year.
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Nod pad performance from this 500cc twin, I owned one for 18 months, and had no trouble with it (3,000 miles when bought, 9,000 when I sold it).
Ideal commuter, accessories are limited, and it gets a little bit choppy over 80Mph.
Acceleration is very good, it seems to reach 70-80mph in a matter of seconds, but from then crawls up to a top speed of 110Mph. A very strong headwind can see the bike max out at about 85Mph.
Brakes are good enough, My bike occasionally (rarely) jumped out of 5th gear, but thay may have been a fault on my bike.
I got the ER5 after passing my full license, having owned a CG125 before. I would recommend this bike to anyone as a first big bike.
Had mine from new after passing D.A. test 1998. Yes, corrosion & rust is a pain, but no more than expected considering it is used all year round and in all weathers. Biggest cost so far has been to replace one maliciously damaged radiator. Spare parts are getting easier to obtain. It's reliable and dependable, handles lightly and easily, with enough scope in the eager engine to allow the rider to go a bit mad & let off steam as the occasion allows. I have no complaints! Non-tall lady rider (6th January 2004)
Owned for 5 years.
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I've owned a 2002 model from new for the last 18 months. I ride 35 miles a day, summer & winter. So far, I've found it reliable transport although I have had a broken l/h chain adjuster plate (sheared across bolt hole) after 3 weeks & a wiring fault (which left me with no lighting, rev. counter, gauges or horn (same dodgy connector) within 4 months. both problems were repaired under warranty without any hastle. The Supplying dealer isn't worth mentioning though, as their incompetence shouldn't have surprised me in knowing of them (although never having dealt with them) in my 22 years of motorcycling. I ordered a Powerbronze Cobra fairing with the bike which was to be colour matched & fitted from new. It was not however available at the time I picked up the bike but was available some 3 week later. when the bike was put in for its first service, the fairing (having been at the dealers for some 2 weeks since) was to be fitted then. The dealer did the service and proceeded to strip off the existing headlamp / indicators etc. in readiness for the new fairing. Having spent considerable time fitting up the fairing framework & securing the plastic, they then discovered the actual headlamps weren't in the box!. Thus;- off comes the fairing & frame then on goes the original headlamp & indicators. wrong!. on goes the headlamp without the only two bolts holding it all together. result;- near catastrophic accident when riding home as I try to catch my headlamp as it suddenly tries to head-butt the road in front!. Neadless to say, I trust my servicing to a known more reliable source.!. The only other problems are corrosion on the exhaust after one year (which thankfully was replaced due to an accident claim, after some dovey bint ran up the back of me!) & l/h side engine casing & both bar end weights replaced due to corrosion after 1 year. The Cobra fairing is very good at taking the wind off you, but needed additional bracing brackets from lower side connections onto existing rear radiator shroud securings, to stop annoying vibration. Mirrors & fairing shook like hell. The mirrors supplied are also just a little bit too short to allow you to see past your elbows. Also, because of the acute angle of the fairing at their mounting point, the mirrors cannot be adjusted to see directly behind you. They point slightly outwards. Longer stems & greater sweep-back angle are required. It's also not worth the extra to get the Manufacturer to colour match the paint work. I could have done better job myself. lots of missed areas on the inside & runs along edges. Supplying dealer (for once) did a better job of re-spraying it (although they could have spent some of the two weeks they had it prior to fitting, to check).) Things to look out for;- (i) THe swinging arm appears to be prone to filling up with water. This is only discovered when you slacken the chain adjuster off, allowing the trapped water to run out. (ii) Metzeler 550/330 combination is good. Better than original Dunlop rubber. (current servicing dealer uses these on their shop / training bikes, so they can't be bad). (iii) Throttle cable seized & was replaced under warranty at second service. (iv) I keep hearing of dodgy voltage regulators packing in at about 18000 miles, taking out the battery, alternator & other precious ingition bits. This could be something worth replacing yourself, before 18000 miles. (v) Horn is crap. It's something off a kiddies tricicle, No, it's not that loud!.
Owned for 1 year.
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Reviewed August 2003.
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(Portugal) i just brought one ER5, second hand a very gooooood deal to me! hehe
The bike is... amazing, absoluty amazing, i lovit! its blue got 9400 Km and 1 year old. Its my first "real" motorcycle and iam very happy with the bike.
Its a KAWASAKI what else!!!
Owned for 1 month.
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Reviewed August 2003.
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Bought my 2002 ER5 new as first proper bike. Has 33 hp kit fitted but is still plenty quick enough up to 90-95 mph. Does around 70 mpg on daily commute too. Mine has engine bars fitted, which are well worth £45 when you fall off. A fender extender helps keep the crap off the engine and your ankles too. I have also fitted a flyscreen to reduce wind a bit, but the best thing I did was to fir heated grips. Fantastic! After using every day in all weathers there is a little corrosion on some nuts and bolts, but otherwise regular cleanin has paid off. One tip. I had a low speed "off" which left a nasty scrape along the nice shiny stainless can. Rather than pay about £400 for a new one, I had a local engineering shop copy the stainless cover for £70. It's only tacked onto the can around the edges, so you can easily remove it and weld a replacement on. Just remember to have the "e" narkings stamped on it or you might fail an MOT. Overall I'm well pleased with my ER5 and would reccomend one to anyone.
Owned for 2 years.
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Got my ER-5 new in November 1999. It's done 19,000 miles and the only problems have been a snapped clutch cable at 16,000 miles (badly routed at the lever if you ask me!)and the fan now appears to have dropped forward out of it's housing and will not turn. Now that's annoying; ok if I keep moving though.
I've been to two Bat rallies in Holland on it and my wife and I have just come back from the Triumph trident Owners Club rally in St Molf, France. We were well loaded and after the rally we went to Paris and toured the Normany beaches before retuning home via Cherbourg/Portsmouth. We did 1,600 miles in a week with only the fan stopping working at Portsmouth (on the way out). This didn't stop the little Kwaker and it ran as smooth as a baby bum all the way!
Problems with rust over the winter? Cover the entire bike in Supertrol 001 (not bits that get hot!) and leave it. Clean off with paraffin in April for a nice clean bike.Get Supertrol from Action Can Ltd (01942) 713667.
Can't fault the bike really, well worth £3000. Got a new Guzzi Breva 750 too and the ER-5 easily out-handles it (and it's faster).
Owned for 5 years.
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Reviewed June 2003.
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Got my ER-5 new in November 1999. It's done 19,000 miles and the only problems have been a snapped clutch cable at 16,000 miles (badly routed at the lever if you ask me!)and the fan now appears to have dropped forward out of it's housing and will not turn. Now that's annoying; ok if I keep moving though.
I've been to two Bat rallies in Holland on it and my wife and I have just come back from the Triumph trident Owners Club rally in St Molf, France. We were well loaded and after the rally we went to Paris and toured the Normany beaches before retuning home via Cherbourg/Portsmouth. We did 1,600 miles in a week with only the fan stopping working at Portsmouth (on the way out). This didn't stop the little Kwaker and it ran as smooth as a baby bum all the way!
Problems with rust over the winter? Cover the entire bike in Supertrol 001 (not bits that get hot!) and leave it. Clean off with paraffin in April for a nice clean bike.Get Supertrol from Action Can Ltd (01942) 713667.
Can't fault the bike really, well worth £3000. Got a new Guzzi Breva 750 too and the ER-5 easily out-handles it (and it's faster).
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