New Member in Kent

Hi All
I have just joined today and i live in Folkestone Kent.
I took a 2004 Blade for a test ride today but it had a handling problem so i am not quite an owner yet

The dealer said he would change the tyres and have it serviced by next week end. March 18th but i am
not sure tyres will sort the problem. It was great in a straight line' plenty of power and very smooth
acceleration but on bends and roundabouts it was a constant battle with the steering wanting to do its
own thing. I put a small deposit on it so hopefully it will be ok next week.

Looking forward to visiting the forum often and hopefully join in some ride outs too.

Steve
P.s Here is the bike pic.

 

Welcome along Steve ,sure you will have a good time on here and with bike when sorted plenty of good peeps on here and a abundance of advise

 

Welcome Steve..hope the dealer will sort it out. Otherwise there are plenty out there

 

Welcome mate, be amazed how much shot tyres affect a bike.... Fingers crossed as looks a lovely bike

 

Thanks for all the Welcome's

Yea i know how tyres can effect the ride but this is really severe and i had it before with a Kawasaki. Never did get to the
bottom of it because i got rid of it for a dirt bike in the end.

 

Welcome mate, I'm not too far, just past Canterbury and have a gym in Whitstable if you are ever passing.

 

Welcome Steve

 

Hi & welcome

 

Hello there . if you can get another blade rider to try it

 

Thanks for the comments everyone.

Thanks Nytol that should be a great ride out. When the summer gets here I'm sure we can manage that

Hi Slimwilly my mate who has an 02 Blade came with me and said exactly the same thing when he tried it. He did comment
on the front forks being really hard to compress as if there was a non standard oil in there or too much oil in them.

 

Hi and welcome Steve!

 

Hi and welcome !!!!

 

Update:
The dealer eventually put tyres on the bike and as expected the bike handled slightly better but still
not right.
Lost all faith in the dealer and got my deposit back.

Decided to go back to my usual ride which is er dare i say it Kawasaki. I pick up a 2010 ZX10R this
Friday.

I really wanted to have a change this time as the majority of my bikes have been Kawasaki. I took my
mate with me who owns a Blade and he agreed that the Blade did not handle correctly and the dealers response
to sorting out the problem was not right as if they were hiding something.

Hope to stay on this forum as long as i can dodge the bullets lol

Be Safe

 

Not much perseverance there mate if you tried one, then sacked off the whole idea