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 Posted: 12:55 - 02 Mar 2021  Post subject: Oh, go on then! (for Z900RS fans) |
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Feck it, yes please! :
https://www.bemoto.uk/blog/custom-kawasaki-turbo-z900-rs-cafe
Just to sedately commute on, you understand.
Another article on same bike:
https://bikereview.com.au/tweaked-200hp-turbocharged-kawasaki-z900rs-cafe/
So for about £12-15k, depending on whether your base bike is new or used.
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| Vracktal wrote: | that air filter placement concerns me but the bike looks an absolute riot to ride |
You'd think it'd be liable to catch a bit of a pounding from road debris, but it's not the first road bike I've seen like that, so maybe those filters are pretty tough. Something I'd keep an eye on though - I have had the experience of debris going into a turbo intake - expensive! Could maybe affix some kind of mesh cage around it.
Road water intake? I wouldn't ride it on wet days anyway. The Kawasaki 750 Turbo filter was mounted in the sprocket cover and still used to get pretty clogged, needed a regular wash out, being low mounted with the intake aperture facing downwards. You'd know it needed a clean cos the bike would lose about 20mph off the top end.
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| wr6133 wrote: | Not sure if I'd want to own it but I really, really, really want to launch it down a runway. |
Thing is, it sounds like it is perfectly rideable in a 'normal' way. And it has an adjustable wastegate, so you could dial the boost down if you weren't in the mood - I'd want it sensibly...well, not exactly sensibly  but I'd want an upper limit that wouldn't just melt the piston crowns or throw a rod out of the cases. My brother had an adjustable wastegate fitted to his 750 Turbo when he had it bored out to 810, forged pistons. Had the boost set too high on one of his first runs out on it after tuning and promptly holed a piston.
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Looks like it, but you'd think they'd mention it if so.
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