As some of you may know, pending the sale of my mother's house, I've been waiting to retire all summer. A bitter / sweet pill obviously, but being able to retire has given some meaning to her death for me. Anyway, it all finally went through at the end of September and I thought I was going to be left with about 5k for retirement toys, that was until the step son and his girl friend announced they were buying a house, and you guessed it, the retirement toys fund went towards their deposit
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I'm very happy for them obviously, but this meant a complete change in my plans. I sold the little MZ150 for £720 and this was the best I thought I was going to find in my price range. MCN hate them, so I knew I'd probably like one! £845 inc 12 months MOT seems great value to me. A genuine 21k miles on the clock, so should be mechanically fine, though it does need a little bit of cosmetic work, mainly a damn good clean and polish, and maybe some silver paint for the spokes. I rode it home last night from Nottingham, which is about 70 miles and it really does go very well for what it is. Performance is easily on a par with the F650 I sold earlier this year, though being a twin, it's obviously a lot more revvy.
I just wish I could do something about the 80's shell suite paint scheme, but beggars can't be choosers.
