Holy mother of god.

[moppy]

New bike arrived

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Coming up from a VL 125, this bike is absolutely mental! It is restricted, but jesus, this is crazy, the acceleration is ridiculous. I'm sure this is just because I'm coming from a 125 (and a cruisery 125 at that) but still...I feel like a little kid

The bike does have some cosmetic damage. Don't think I'm gonna replace any of the outer fairings, fairly sure I'll drop this at some point, thing is bloody heavy! But if anyone has those inner fairings (around the clock & glovebox section) I would be interested.

Overall: very pleased, annoyed as hell that I have to do revision for my exams that come up in a week instead of going and emptying the tank!

[JoeDougieDoug...]

Nice ride! Like the colour.

Happy New Bike Day!
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[Babba]

Enjoy it, I remember my days of working up the performance ladder.

The jump from 125 to 600 is NOTHING compared to getting your legover your first 1000cc+.

Try not to throw too much money at any new bike untill you're sure you're keeping it & it's worthy of spending £wonga on.

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[Pete.]

Tidy enough bike - great for a first big bike I'd say. If you have cracks in the fairings and don't want to bother changing them, get down to your local double-glazing shop and buy a pot of their cyano glue, it's just thick superglue but it cures more slowly and is a lot stronger. I glued my ZZR1100 fairings up with that stuff and they were badly cracked like a spiders web.

Go easy on it until you get used to the speed and keep your stopping distance. Enjoy.
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[kawashima]

Nice bike and nice color! ZZR600 is one of the best middle class long tourer. Shame kawasaki doesn't make it anymore.
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[moppy]

[Sload]

Nearly soiled myself with glee after my first go on the bike schools XJ6 after coming from a 125 vero.

[Rogerborg]

Looks lovely, probably more bike than I'd ever use though.

[Seb]

That plastic panel just below the little glovebox thing cracks at the first sign of any pressure on the side of the bike, as mentioned above, glue it and don't worry about it, you'll just crack it again the first time you clip something or drop the bike

Pps good choice, they look a little old and lardy but the motor is right up there with the GSXRs and ZX6s of the day. Wait till you take the restriction out, the mid range/top end rush on it will feel insane.
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[Polarbear]

Lovely, a ZZR without a psychadelic paint scheme, how did that slip through!

I wouldn't change it unless you are getting it professionally done or are very good at spraying. Even with scratches, it will look better than a home paint job.

Nice 1st big bike
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[moppy]

@Roger - It is a lotta bike, but it makes biking so much more pleasurable than pushing a 125 to 60mph with a full throttle just to keep up on fast A road. Not checked if it's restricted, but the guy who sold it to me seemed genuine, and it seems to have been restricted for a while too (according to the certificate). Also it seems to struggle to rev past 10K. Which is not what I've heard about the bikes.

@Seb, cheers for the heads up, I was considering replacing it, but if it is that delicate, might as well just glue it and live with that. And the old and lardy nature is exactly why I wanted this bike, I can't stand all the pointy fairings and stuff, need to be comfortable

@Polarbear - Yup, I consider myself very lucky, not a fan of those garish reds & purples I usually see on this bike!

[johnsmith222]

[Blau Zedong]

Looks decent enough. Only thing I don't like is the awful "el-cheapo" EBC front discs which look fuck all like the OEM ones.
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[G]

Wait until you try and an actually fast (not restricted bike)! Modern litre bike will accelerate at least as fast faster at 100mph as yours does at 10mph I reckon .

[pinkyfloyd]

Grats on the bike. Looks tidy enough. And as many said, dont worry too much about the cosmetic side of things. The chances are it will get dropped or laid down at some point until you get used to the extra weight and higher seat.

I came off a 125 cruiser onto an old 750 unrestricted and I would imagine even restricted there is something special about riding down the road overtaking the traffic rather than being overtaken by the traffic.


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[ninja_butler]

You won't damage it, especially not with it being restricted so rev the nuts off it if the situation calls for more power!

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[Nick 50]

[DrDonnyBrago]

Nice bike .


I loved my first ride on my (unrestricted) CBR600, came back grinning like a pedo at playschool.

Very nearly shat myself tbh, I couldn't believe bikes were allowed to be that fast, still riding it now and it still surprises me how quick it can move when revved up properly.


That said, it isn't a race, enjoy the bike as a learning tool, take it steady and increase your pace gradually or it can quickly get out of hand. Have fun .

[johnsmith222]

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[chris-red]

I found the jump from 33bhp-98bhp was far more impressive than 10ish to 33.

Wait till you take the restrictors out.
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[moppy]

Starting to wonder if it is actually restricted, found a very open stretch of road today and it certainly revved up to 14K (only in 1st mind, too scared to do it in 2nd) and seems like it will crack 100 fairly easily. But I expect it would be a bit madder if it wasn't restricted.

About the exhausts, the back is definitely very shiny, washed the bike today and was surprised myself. And there certainly is a flat spot around 3.5k - 4k. So further pointing towards restrictors.