I've just sold my 1999 Kawasaki KL250g Super Sherpa and bought a 04 TTR.
I know a couple of members on here. One kindly let me have a little spin on his a while back and since then I've been on the hunt. Picked it up this afternoon.
Yeah Port Talbot does have a massive steel works that Tara keep trying to close, It'll kill the town when it happens.
My TTR does have a few spots of rust on the welds on the frame and on the exhaust box, but the bike will be stripped in the summer and given a good going over and new exhaust.
For now I'm planning on doing the basic bits I need, then spending some time bonding with it.
First things first, replace the ignition switch (only have 1 key), tail tidy, and number plate light, larger flush mount rear indicators (nearly got rear ended outside work today)
The back end is a bit of a mess, front end is much better.
My avatar was made by a lady on the V-Strom owners forum, I've looked for different images to swap to but this one makes me chuckle every time, so I've kept it.
I nearly forgot, I'm fitting heated grips... because I'm a big girls blouse and it's chuffing nobbling on my commute to work atm.
Just posting to say goodbye as I've sold the bike.
I'll say the TTR was the easiest bike to work on and most fun to ride out of all the bikes I've owned
BUT
I've ridden it 3 times since January- One of those times was the Taffy Dakar where I did sod all riding.
So not using it and having other things to do and other bikes to maintain and ride brought forth the sale.