another bike question. ZXR 400 ?

[greatmoorred]

J reg 11k miles
opinions please.

[bish777]

And?

Is it mint, or is it a ragged to death shitpile thats been run inbto the ground?

Most will tend to be veering toward the latter by that mileage.
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GSXR1100J

[Flip]

Ah, another Kwak clitoris 400...

Mine is a J reg with 28,000 miles on it. Going to have a few hundred quid spent on it next month. Again. Shoud be sorted soon. It was a cheap bike because I was broke at the time. Prob would have spent fixing things what the bike cost in the first place.

I wouldn't worry about the age, just the condition.

11,000 miles. I'd have thought that was safe but you need to check it first. Valves, head gasket can be £££. Also Kwak cltuches rattle. A lot.


F*ckin' fun bikes though.

[The Tot]

If you hear noises, they're meant to be on a kawasaki. My camchain is noisy despite having receipts saying that its valves were done and camchain tensioner replaced. Clutch pings when cold and rattles when decelerating.

Mine's a 250 but same thing would apply for the 400. Low milage for year may suggest it's been raced so double check for lockwiring, drilled sumps etc and tied wiring looms.

These bike's aren't meant to last and you'd expect your engine to say bye bye at about 40K miles.
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The Tot 2019 Z1000SX - 2007 R1
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[Rob W]

How much is he asking?

Mine's on a J with 23K and is running better now than when I got it. Admittedly it's taken a bit of messing about, new head gasket and another set of carbs but that's only cost me about £90, but that was only because I was knocked off it. Hopefully when I get some money for my personal injury claim (if ever) I'll be spending some money on the old girl, get it looking how it should.

As others have said, Kwak's like to rattle, my clutch rattles like a bag of nails but that's pretty normal from what I hear. If you can get a test ride then do, and make sure you thrash the tits off it, if it jumps out of gear then I'd be very wary. All depends how much he's asking and what might need doing, if your prepared to wait you can get some cheap bits from eBay, and there's a couple of places I know that are pretty good at getting 2nd hand bits.


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[HurtMePlease]

I had my Cam chain done at around 24k they are cracking bikes just remember to ask him for receipts anc give the bike a good check over, as mentioned Clutch does rattle and they take some stick to get the best out of them but when they do they are very good as is the case though general maintenance is a must but I suppose you could say that about most bikes.
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[jay_666]

[The Tot]

I've known bikes to need an engine transplant or reconditioning cos something goes wrong. Ric i think was telling me that his bike got a new engine or something like that.

My bike had a new engine quite some while ago - the chassis had done 19000 miles but it had a new engine 2000 miles before i bought it.

Just be sure to take any ZXR400 rider or anybody that knows their onions to give it a once over. I've seen good examples of ZXR's and many shagged examples, which is why i settled for the 250 instead of the 400.
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[greatmoorred]

i think he is asking about £1300.

which is a lot for a 15year old bike come to think of it.......

[Rob W]

[Rob W]

[Misc]

I know people have said there good for you're 1st bike but don't you think the maintenance side of it is a bit much for a learner to know.

[bidman]

Hey, the only problem with this bike is that in 4,000miles your going to have to replace the cam chain, not just the tensioners like most people do, which only holds the problem off for a few thousand miles. If you want I can walk you through replacing the cam chain yourself in the workshop section as the chains are only £20 but a garage would charge hundreds to fit, it takes me around an hour to do, from ride in ride out. As long as its all in good condition fully serviced and looked after £1300 is a very good price despite teh cam chain needing to be replaced shortly, Dan
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[Scorpius]

[bish777]

[greatmoorred]

Its very tempting to buy it as they seem like a lot of fun. But for the same money i can probably get a 600 bandit.
im so confused.

[bish777]

ZXR400 will handle much better and be lighter.

Bandit 400 will be more comfy, pokier engine and much cheaper to maintain. Also the Bandit 1200 engine (and the earlier GSXR1100 engines) fits straight in
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[greatmoorred]

he he... just got a quote for a zxr400.
£126
i knew there had tobe a plus side to getting older.
by the way what are those little 400 bandits like ?
would they nmake a decent commuter bike ?