My new whip!

[The Tot]

Ladies and gentlemen,

i've finally sold my XR, which will be sorely missed. However it had to go because i cannot be doing a 100 mile trip in 1 hour 40 mins, of which 4/5th of it is sitting on the motorway at 65-redline mph. Some geeza's going to be collecting the bike this tuesday for his son's 17th birthday, but for some reason or another, i don't think that it's going he's going to be maxxing out the bike to its full potential.

So it gives me the pleasure to present to you my new whip, ready for collection on wednesday. Insurance is piss cheap on this and after having test ridden it, the ergonomics are spot on for a person of my size. Stepping up from a 125, the power is just right and the fact that it's derestricted at 40bhp, i don't really have to bother much with the restrictors as there's very little difference. I had 110mph out of it today which is more than enough for me . Very friendly power and like with all kwak engine's it's got enough oomph for those long overtakes down the motorway. 8000rpm in 3rd gear feels soo dastardly good.

It's a ZXR250. Yes i know, some of you would tell me "err nah, get a 400", but this thing ticks all the right boxes

fairing
screen
100mph performance
40-70mph rush @8000rpm
low weight

It's had a new engine put in by the owner, 6000 miles old, so it will see good use by me. If ever i need parts, my cousin whose currently living in thailand can sort me out with something.

Anyway here's the pic. Let's see what a male owner for 2.5 years will do to it . It's a 94 reg 1200 quid and considering what's been done to it, it's a bargain.

Remember guys, it's not the size of your piece, but how you use it
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[Black Knight]

Looks nice

250cc is plenty bud.

[Tom C RX50]

Bloody nice bike!!! Quite fancy one for my next bike, either that or a 400, i personally feel, however, that gradual progression in a way would be more fun. Hopping from a 50 to a 250 wud be an immense difference, and then you would get another wow when you progress from 250-400.

How much did you pay for the little red rocket then? many around? etc, have fun and be safe dude

TC
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**FOR SALE** Aprilia RX50, full system gianelli exhaust, 70cc MK big bore, MK pro race filter, 20mm Dellorto carb, aftermarket sticker set, small plate, carbon look indicators, new rear tyre, years tax and mot, new chain and sprockets, very fast bike. 1200 ono **FOR SALE**

[The Tot]

Basically all i'm paying to upgrade is 2 weeks worth of shopping as a uni student, i.e. 40 quid. So i can make up for that by eating cheaper beans of having fried rice every night as i still have 7 kgs of rice in the larder lol!

I sold my XR for 1200, and got this for 1240. Payment and delivery is going to be made this wednesday. The only thing that needs doing is new chain and sprockets. So seeing that winter is setting it, i may do that in november once my loan's come through. For those who are interested in insurance comparisons, i'm getting a refund from my insurance company because i've changed location and also changed bike. Seeing that my XR was insured in London for 380TPO, they're giving me 20 quid back and also adding Fire and Theft cover on it . If you want to know a rough comparison, TPO on e-bikeinsurance, the difference between this and the ZXR per month is 20 quid Go figure where the smart money is at if you're a student on a restricted A license

Tom, i'd suggest that a RX50 up to a 250 won't really be too much of a shock. You'd get used to it after the first week. 250-400 isn't that much different. The power's all above 8000rpm and when i test rode a vfr 400 and then the ZXR250, it felt pretty much the same. Except that the 400 has about another 10-20mph on the top end. so 130mph on the 400, 110-115 on the 250.
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www.youtube.com/Titot182 for your bike gear reviews and pop punk covers
Earl Of Easycore Pop Punk Will Never Die!

[McGee]

Bufug!
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Its pronounced Jixxer!

[instigator]

Looks like a nice bike, infact, I'll go all out and say I'm jealous. Looks like great fun.

Tick, tock, tick, tock....BOOM

Uh oh, I said the loud part quiet and the quiet part, loud. Oh, what a day.



I do hope she's everything you want her for buddy. Certainly looks the part.

[Groove]

OMG!

you so gotta tell me how this is like. i should be getting one in 11 days LOL, mines white and blue tho. yours got any mods on? race can on this one is niiiice, very loud
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|| Past: 1991 Kawasaki ZXR 250 ~ 2003 Honda CBR 600 F Sport ~ 2004 Kawasaki ZX6R B1H 636 ~ 1999 Yamaha R1 ~ 1999 Kawasaki ZX6R J ~ 2004 Kawasaki ZX6R B1H 636 ~ 1998 Honda VTR1000F Firestorm ~ K1 GSXR 600 Track bike ~ K6 GSXR 1000 ~ 2006 Speed Triple 1050 || Current: 2005 R1 https://www.adrucore.co.uk

[The Tot]

It's a timeless look i would say. I'd look back on a 91 ZXR400 and still think that it looks pretty modern. You can't really put a finger on how old the bikes look. For a bike that's spanned almost 14 years of production and barely had a facelift along the way, i guess that's saying something that it doesn't really need a facelift. Look at all the other 400's/250's out there of the same era?
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The Tot 2007 Yamaha R1 4C8 2002 Yamaha FZS1000 Fazer &
www.youtube.com/Titot182 for your bike gear reviews and pop punk covers
Earl Of Easycore Pop Punk Will Never Die!

[McGee]

WTH Look at the 2002 zxr 250 in the usa :

https://i12.ebayimg.com/01/i/05/1d/86/4c_1.JPG

Thats an 2002 and they still look like that in 2005 >.<
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Its pronounced Jixxer!

[instigator]

[McGee]

But here they call it a zxr 250 as well .
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Its pronounced Jixxer!

[Jrod]

err nah, get a 400


Seriously tho I'd like a 250, just for a bit of fun.

[The Tot]

Don't they call the old ZX-6R G model the ZXR600 too? The septics like to mess about with the designations of their bike purely to confuse us.

My bike's standard, has a stainless steel aftermarket system whci sounded good and it likes to roar. The suspension didn't feel rock hard when i tested it and it didn't feel underdamped. So i guess it's sorted. It handled well and it pulled cleanly.

The only niggles with the bike were its cosmetics. Furring and rust in the occasional place, but nothing new washers and elbow grease and emery cloth couldn't remove.

These bikes are rarer than their 400 sibling's but i was willing to go for it because it was cheaper to run (excluding parts and parts availability which is comparable to some italian bikes) and the fact that the current owner had guaranteed me a reliable kwak importer. Groovearmarda, gimme a p/m sometime to let me know how you're bike's doing. I've also taken the liberty to download the maintenance manual for it so anybody can know what they're doing.
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The Tot 2007 Yamaha R1 4C8 2002 Yamaha FZS1000 Fazer &
www.youtube.com/Titot182 for your bike gear reviews and pop punk covers
Earl Of Easycore Pop Punk Will Never Die!

[Vespa]

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[Spiral]

Nice bike mate


100 mile trip in 1 hour 40 mins, i thought this was good going it takes about 1 hour 30 mins here to get from belfast to enniskillen and thats only 80 miles.
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[R4nger]

[McGee]

Kinda clears it up, but why keep such a ghey design
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Its pronounced Jixxer!

[colin1]

not a competitive market so need to be good
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[RobB]

Nice new bike Titz. I like the look of that a lot.

If you'll excuse my obvious pun, I hope you thrash the Titz off it

Means you'll have to find a new excuse for not being able to keep up though. How does it sound when you killswitch it?
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[MarJay]

Titz,

Can I have a go (before it goes pop! )?

I have a TZR250 and I've ridden Lauras CBR250. I fancy a go on a GSXR250 if someone has one too...

[edit] I realise the FZR250 is the equivalent bike and they are all old, plus there are very few newer ZXR's out there, and the gixxer revs to 21k .

I'd also like a go on an NSR250 and an RGV250. KR1S's all went pop a while ago [edit]
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Remember kids, bikes aren't like lego. You can't easily take a part from one bike and then fit it to another.

[Robby]

[The Tot]

Haha Mark, course you can have a go . It has a new engine which is 6000 miles old because a dumb mechanic who didn't know how to work with this engine fucked it up when doing the valve clearance checks so consequently got a new engine put in. This has been guaranteed to me by the owner. So, i guess i'm going to abuse it till it dies at about 20,000 miles, so it has a good 2 years of service left in it. I can honestly say that i fancy making it into a track bike once i have other bikes in my collection. It steers superbly.

I reckon i'm going to keep this bike for longer than my XR because it's a bargain and i think it's a special bike because it's "rare".

[Keen]

[Groove]

still waiting for that manual titz
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[NSR125-Kid-UK]

I read "ZXR" and was feeling threatened
Then I read the "250" and "40BHP" bit

I'm still the king 250
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