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Teaman World Chat Champion
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Posted: 18:48 - 21 Mar 2006 Post subject: |
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thing is,, Do i get rid of my zzr 1200 and go for the 14?
mines stupidly quick and powerfull and comfy so dylemma ot what
and yeah it looks like a spider,,
my bike looks like a startled alien from the front,
and angry one from the back (which is what most people see )
its heavy but not noticable ____________________ There is no point in ranting about someone stupid because there is nothing u can do about it. There is no cure for stupid.
Someone stupid does not realise they r stupid.stupidity is indistinguishable from malice U just have to accept that some people are thick as p1gsh1t and work around them. |
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Flip Super Spammer
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carlnicholson... World Chat Champion
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Posted: 06:23 - 22 Mar 2006 Post subject: |
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Safe to say, that is a monster of a motorbike.
Best bet is to wait six months and build one from all the bits you'll be able to get from breakers. How many people are going to get seriously hurt, or worse, acting like a twat on one of them?
IMO, I would be more likely to go for a nice, low mileage Blackbird. The ZX14 seems to be just a little too extreme for my liking, but, each to their own. ____________________ "THOSE WHO RISK NOTHING, DO NOTHING, ACHIEVE NOTHING, BECOME NOTHING." |
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feef Energiser Bunny
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DukeRed World Chat Champion
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Posted: 15:45 - 22 Mar 2006 Post subject: |
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I heard theres no bunjee hooks anywhere on the bike + the riding position doesn't sound like it will be a good tourer which is the only "real" reason to buy one. As said before seems like an exercise in willy waving. ____________________ Enjoy Life There's Plenty of Time to be Dead
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NC30UK Scooby Slapper
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Posted: 22:42 - 27 Mar 2006 Post subject: |
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The back of it looks alright, which to be fair is all most people are ever going to see |
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riichy World Chat Champion
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i bet thats fast as fook ____________________ .......... PLOD ............ zx636 2004 |
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Simple World Chat Champion
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craigs23 Mr Muscle
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nrml76 Brolly Dolly
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Posted: 21:51 - 11 Apr 2006 Post subject: |
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Oddly enough, from the front, the headlights remind me of a pair of boobs, and the ram airduct a clevage |
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Teaman World Chat Champion
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Zoffo Brolly Dolly
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Posted: 11:31 - 19 Apr 2006 Post subject: |
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The fins on the side pannels remind me of the RF900.
I'm told they look better in the flesh than on pics but I remain unconvinced. It even looks lardy.
It will still be restricted to 186 mph so the only improvement over the current hyper-sports bikes will be in acceleration and since Birds, Busas and ZX12's already shred tyres it will just mean more expensive upkeep.
And it has one major disadvantage.....It's a Krapisaki ____________________ https://hyperbikes.forumsplace.com/ |
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Zoffo Brolly Dolly
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I bought my Blackbird when it was the top of the pile but to be honest you always want more. There will always be people that want to push further than they have been before. If they can afford it they will always be willing to pay for that feeling. ____________________ https://hyperbikes.forumsplace.com/ |
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fire World Chat Champion
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Posted: 15:49 - 21 Apr 2006 Post subject: |
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WOAH......i think if the 14 hit one of these.......
the bike would come off better ____________________ Write off! Honda NSR150 RR ('01) - Sold Cagiva Mito Evolution ('00) - Sold Honda NSR125 ('01) - Current Gasgas TXT 250 ('98) - Sold Kawasaki Z750 ('10) - Write off! Yamaha FZ1 ('09) - Current Ducati Streetfighter 848 ('14) |
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stevo as b4 World Chat Champion
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Posted: 23:20 - 21 May 2006 Post subject: |
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Yes it's kinda a pointless bike, in just the same way to gradually lesser extents that the 12R,Busa, Bird all are. There is however a market for super mega powerful sports tourers with musclebound ball breaking engines. You can't say kawasaki just built this bike because they wanted to, or could.
Look in the U.S. Where one of the most popular street bikes are Busa's etc. They have some of the best reasons to want this kind of bikes, in that most of the riding is done in a straightline, and between sets of traffic lights. There are few decent roads that demand good handling, and fast steering and most American riders can't ride for shit anyway! They can however go fast, they have the room and the roads, and they also have the money to buy and tune bikes to levels that are way in excess of what we would want for road use.
Speed and bhp and 1/4mile times are all that there is to brag about. They will love the ZZR14 over there, and there will be people who will mess with them, and want far more than the 197bhp std, because thats just what those guys do!
Look at alot of turbo'd superbikes, in some ways they are a crazy stupid and sometimes, far less ridable machine than the std bike, but the Americans started it, and will continue to do so, in the single minded pursuit of speed! Im sure that by this winter, we will have heard about the first ZZR14 turbo, it's irrelevant but also inevitable!
Back to the ZZR14, im sure it will make a nice docile tourer over here just as the Bird or Busa can be. People won't buy them for handling, or image really, because they are nothing like a superbike, to look at, to ride, and can't get anywhere near the usual litre rockets on a track! It will be a small seller overall, some people will buy it purely as a fast comfy tourer, and a small number of people will buy it just because it's the biggest most powerful bike there is!
Id much rarther have seen Kawasaki fit the bored out ZX12 engine into a naked TNT beating streetfighter. Again a totally pointless bike as would be any 150bhp+ naked machine, but it would at least have been a better looking bike i would expect! Maybe we will see a ZRX14, and a Z1400 in a year or so? |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 17 years, 344 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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