Kawasaki 2009 Z1000? [Archive]

Hitcher

24th October 2012, 18:40

I've never ridden a Kawasaki 2009 Z1000 but I'm presuming others may have and possibly even owned one.

Some questions:

1. What's the rider seat comfort like?

2. 18.5 litre tank. What's the range like?

3. Are there pills one can take that make an erection go away?

FJRider

24th October 2012, 18:48

Oakie

24th October 2012, 18:48

3. Are there pills one can take that make an erection go away?

No, but if you like I'll send you a photo of my mother-in-law. That'll do the trick.

98tls

24th October 2012, 18:52

Cant help with the ride of them Hitch but whilst waiting on replies theres something to look at.http://www.google.co.nz/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=modified+2009+kawasaki+Z1000&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CCEQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbig-diesel.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F07%2Fkawasaki-z1000-return-of-zed.html&ei=Ao-HUIn2AYWTiQff3YH4Ag&usg=AFQjCNGnioR1g94TDdJq6v1UqAQ_dhWGEQ

Ocean1

24th October 2012, 18:56

Had a brief play on one. Wasn't long enough to answer your questions, except that I think the seat would have been a pain on tour. Nice engine, fueling seemed spot on and it pulled well from idle. If I was looking for a big IL4 it'd be on the short list along with a bit extra farkling change for the suspension.

Hitcher

24th October 2012, 19:02

98tls

24th October 2012, 19:03

Thanks, but that doesn't help ease woodiness.

Mrs got a headache?

mossy1200

24th October 2012, 19:05

They are a good bike but not as good as a 2008 MT01 with a custom trailer and a vibration that will shake your nuts so hard you wont ever get it up again. Selling cheap. PM me.

Ocean1

24th October 2012, 19:09

They are a good bike but not as good as a 2008 MT01

Pah! Cheap commercial shot, H knows full well that one can't believe a word of it.

...and that his 1125CR is here gathering dust.

FJRider

24th October 2012, 19:10

Thanks, but that doesn't help ease woodiness.

Buy a honda ... you meet the nicest people on a honda ... apparently ...

SMOKEU

24th October 2012, 19:57

3. Are there pills one can take that make an erection go away?

Go on Google, and with "safe search" off, search for "blue waffle". That WILL do the trick.

Wiki Drifter

24th October 2012, 19:57

1. Not bad for engineered timber

2. Didn't ride it long enough

3. This should help
http://www.odt.co.nz/files/story/2012/04/undaunted____helen_clark_4f95d54ad2.jpeg

Hitcher

24th October 2012, 19:59

I'm cured! Thanks Helen.

Oakie

24th October 2012, 21:55

3. This should help

Ha ha. I thought while I was in the shower that that was an image I could have posted to make Mr Hitcher's willy wither. Certainly stopped me touching myself inappropriately while I was in the shower.

ducatilover

25th October 2012, 00:57

Ha ha. I thought while I was in the shower that that was an image I could have posted to make Mr Hitcher's willy wither. Certainly stopped me touching myself inappropriately while I was in the shower.
You think of Hitcher's not so flaccid willy when you're showering? :eek5:

Can't help sorry Hitch. All I know is they look good and there are several nice power upgrades (Certain ZX9 cams and other interesting things)

I'll have a white one thanks

Paul in NZ

25th October 2012, 06:43

I have a friend who commutes on one - seems to go OK but I've never ridden it... The matte paint finish always looks like it needs a good polish or something and definitely hard work. I'd have though an FZ1 would be better option?

jrandom

25th October 2012, 06:54

I've never ridden a Kawasaki 2009 Z1000 but I'm presuming others may have and possibly even owned one.

Mt Eden MC let me take one on a Coro loop once. They've been one of my favourite bikes ever since.

Comfort was ideal for me. Of course for me it's mostly about legroom, but I'd be happy sitting on one all day.

Can't comment on the tank range, wasn't paying attention. It'd surprise me if you couldn't get 250km out of a tank in cruise mode, but I'm sure you've drawn the same hypothetical conclusion already.

Erection wise, yeah, they're awesome, aren't they? They're pretty fast. One could win Clubmans races on one. It'd be real easy to jump on a Z1000 and do very naughty things. Are you sure that's what you're after? It's basically a superbike with lowered pegs and flat bars.

Oakie

25th October 2012, 06:55

You think of Hitcher's not so flaccid willy when you're showering? :eek5:

I didn't think that post through huh!

jrandom

25th October 2012, 06:55

... an FZ1 would be better option?

More cramped riding position, peakier power output.

jrandom

25th October 2012, 07:03

I've always felt that if I really genuinely had to be able to disappear over any horizon in any conditions, town or country, like, if I was working as a courier carrying bags of methamphetamine, or something, I'd pick a Z1000.

There was an Auckland motorcycle courier a few years ago who used one. Madness.

SPman

25th October 2012, 13:58

More cramped riding position, peakier power output.
Not the 05 model.....

Berg

25th October 2012, 14:20

I have the 750 version and yep, the seat is pretty firm if you have no arse padding. As for fuel, I've got 350km to a tank on mine and have spoken with Z1000 riders who are getting between 250 and 300kms depending on load and riding style. I can and often do chew through the fuel a bit quicker but it's pretty good when just cruising. As for the "woody" factor, I have a shop mistress. I keep ogling the new Z1000sx in green and black. Sooner or later I'm just going to have to have one.

jrandom

25th October 2012, 14:35

I have the 750 version

Oh dear. An Industrial Cooking Motorcycle. You need to ride yourself the 1000. Night and day. One's a UJM, the other's sex on wheels. You'll never go back.

Berg

25th October 2012, 14:52

Oh dear. An Industrial Cooking Motorcycle. You need to ride yourself the 1000. Night and day. One's a UJM, the other's sex on wheels. You'll never go back.
Lol, I know but my licence would be in jeopardy had I jumped straight onto a 1000. Hadn't been back riding long and the temptation might have been a bit much. Next one will be the 1000 tho.

jrandom

25th October 2012, 14:55

Lol, I know but my licence would be in jeopardy...

That right there is the fundamental reason why I don't own one right now.

Maha

25th October 2012, 15:00

Wouldn't be the best buy for 'er in doors would it?...two up riding and all that shyte?

jrandom

25th October 2012, 15:06

Wouldn't be the best buy for 'er in doors would it?...two up riding and all that shyte?

*cough* one wonders whether in light of recent events the OP might be doing his riding by himself for a while...

Hitcher

25th October 2012, 15:10

jrandom

25th October 2012, 15:16

meagre range

You call 250km meagre?

mirrors that only reveal one's elbows

If you need to see what's behind you on a Z1000, you're doing it wrong.

shit this Z is gorgeous.

The original Z1000 remains the only bike I've ever wheelied off the throttle entirely by accident.

(The model you're considering has better suspension and more sensible geometry and doesn't feel like a mountainbike with a rocket duct-taped to the bottom bracket.)

Berg

25th October 2012, 15:19

Sigh. I know that I don't like bikes with only one headlight when they're dipped, and meagre range, no main stand, and mirrors that only reveal one's elbows, neither am I fond nor desirous of bleeding piles, but shit this Z is gorgeous.

Twin low beam conversion kit, fill up more often (that sorts out the sore ass as well) paddock stand and swing arm bobbins and a set of mirror extenders (twin headlight kit and extenders on evil bay) and that sorts out all the nevitive things. Agree on the gorgeous bit tho.

Maha

25th October 2012, 15:34

*cough* one wonders whether in light of recent events the OP might be doing his riding by himself for a while...
That is probable, now that you mention it.

Sigh. I know that I don't like bikes with only one headlight when they're dipped, and meagre range, no main stand, and mirrors that only reveal one's elbows, neither am I fond nor desirous of bleeding piles, but shit this Z is gorgeous.

....it is indeed, theres an 08' on TM for $7500, but alas, its a big swing in the opposite direction from your previous bikes.
Could be a good thing?

jrandom

25th October 2012, 15:37

Could be a good thing?

... given that in that last bin vs truck, if it'd just been our man Hitcher on a Z1000, the outcome would've probably just been a gentle stoppie several meters short of harm, yes... yes, I think it could be a good thing.

banditrider

25th October 2012, 18:51

Rode the 1000SX the other day. The ride was far too short but the engine was just lovely...Also love the paint and finish.

272227

Usarka

25th October 2012, 18:55

Ask mr ted, he had one for a bit. I've given these a bit of a consider meself......

The original Z1000 remains the only bike I've ever wheelied off the throttle entirely by accident.

Street Triple.......

FJRider

25th October 2012, 20:02

... given that in that last bin vs truck, if it'd just been our man Hitcher on a Z1000, the outcome would've probably just been a gentle stoppie several meters short of harm, yes... yes, I think it could be a good thing.

He may not have had a passenger ...and/or traveling as slow.

James Deuce

25th October 2012, 20:52

For fuck's sake, stop with the conjecture already and send him money so he can buy it!

FJRider

25th October 2012, 20:56

For fuck's sake, stop with the conjecture already and send him money so he can buy it!

I'm not getting anywhere near him until his "Woodyness" dies down ... :wacko:

Hitcher

28th October 2012, 15:32

Last night I dreamt about a Z1000. How bad is that?

mossy1200

28th October 2012, 15:37

Last night I dreamt about a Z1000. How bad is that?

As long as the dream wasnt honda your ok I say. Perhaps if you were ghey then it could be confusing.:scooter:

caspernz

28th October 2012, 15:40

Last night I dreamt about a Z1000. How bad is that?

Depends what colour the bike in your dream was...:eek5:

Usarka

28th October 2012, 15:42

Depends what colour the bike in your dream was...:eek5:

Whatever it was at the start it sounds like it ended up white....... :eek5:

FJRider

28th October 2012, 15:50

Whatever it was at the start it sounds like it ended up white....... :eek5:

At his age ... more likely one of the fifty shades of grey.

But as long as it doesn't mark the paint (and is easily washed off) ... who cares ...

Hitcher

28th October 2012, 17:00

You guys are uncanny at times

caspernz

28th October 2012, 17:08

You guys are uncanny at times

And yet entirely predictable :killingme

FJRider

28th October 2012, 17:13

And yet entirely predictable :killingme

It is expected ...

Scouse

29th October 2012, 08:36

Rode the 1000SX the other day. The ride was far too short but the engine was just lovely...Also love the paint and finish.

Pig ugli fookin mufflers though. And really there indeed is the rub with the Z1000, since 2004 Kawasaki have seemed to go out of their way to introduce more and more grotesque exhorst systems with each new edition. What ever happened to the simple beauty of the ZRX1200R exhust system. Hey you so called designers at Kawasaki Its a fookin Motorcycle Not a bleedin object of science fiction<o:p></o:p>

Maha

29th October 2012, 09:37

Last night I dreamt about a Z1000. How bad is that?

....its only bad if you wake up with wet undies.

Phantom Limb

29th October 2012, 10:35

I've done quite a few miles on a 2003 model Z1000, my thoughts:

- Seat padding was ok, but the cantered forward angle was hard to get used to and your legs are spread pretty far apart as you're sitting right atop the gas tank. I did not enjoy long distance trips on the Z1000 and the pillion has it worse, about as comfy as being stabbed back there.

-Gas usage sat at 6L/100Km, as expected for a de-tuned sporty mill.

-Stock mufflers got junked early in favour of a pair of Yoshi's. Sounds sexy as all hell and you SHOULD notice an improvement in the power delivery.

-Rather peaky motors for naked bike purposes, does make onramps fun though, that front wheel really gets air at 7000RPM in 2nd or even 3rd.

Hitcher

29th October 2012, 13:31

Wet dreams are made of these...

http://www.sharewallpapers.org/d/646513-1/Kawasaki+Z1000+2009+08+1920x1200.jpg

Scouse

29th October 2012, 13:45

Wet dreams are made of these...

Mid life crisis much

Hitcher

29th October 2012, 14:07

Mid life crisis much

Mid-life enhancement much

Maha

29th October 2012, 14:13

Low Ks and more.....suited?--->>http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/sports/auction-493675122.htm

Hitcher

29th October 2012, 14:23

Low Ks and more.....suited?

Hmmm. Good spotting. Perhaps I could go and do a trade when I'm in Christchurch on Friday...

Nah. I've just had a look at my new screensaver photo again.

Maha

29th October 2012, 14:29

Remember what the add says....''The older gentleman just found it too powerful''......:killingme

Madness

29th October 2012, 14:31

Wet dreams are made of these...

As sexy as it is, I hope you've infracted your own arse for embedding image of that size.

Edit: It looks even better when you place your left thumb over the tail unit.

Hitcher

29th October 2012, 14:51

It looks even better when you place your left thumb over the tail unit.

Surprisingly perhaps, I've already checked out a number of "enhancement" options...

Phantom Limb

29th October 2012, 16:02

Surprisingly perhaps, I've already checked out a number of "enhancement" options...

Careful bud, those telescopic cock implants don't do what it says on the box :crazy:

Scouse

29th October 2012, 19:11

Hmmm. Good spotting. Perhaps I could go and do a trade when I'm in Christchurch on Friday...

Nah. I've just had a look at my new screensaver photo again.Nah it just does not do it for me any way what colour do you call that? Monochrome? a speed triple looks well nicer than the ricer

Hitcher

29th October 2012, 19:13

Nah it just does not do it for me any way what colour do you call that? Monochrome? a speed triple looks well nicer than the ricer

Go on. Monochrome is a lovely colour. Paul Simon even wrote a song about its qualities.

actungbaby

29th October 2012, 20:10

Thanks, but that doesn't help ease woodiness.

I think you need to get on another bike fast scare that baby away

mind you when your got it bad you drool over scotters you know you need to get another bike and fast

actungbaby

29th October 2012, 20:13

Surprisingly perhaps, I've already checked out a number of "enhancement" options...

I rekon women should have boobs that can pump up with bike pump up for going out ,swiming

Down when there at home sleeping

Crisis management

30th October 2012, 10:52

I had a ride on one a year or so ago and was way under impressed with the handling, bear in mind I'm usually riding adventure / dirt bikes so that could be part of the problem. I found it a bastard to get to turn, it felt like the huge rear was pushing the front everywhere, there was no way I could get it to lay into a corner, it felt like a fight each time. I would be interested in any comment on that but I rode a GSXR1100, ZRX1100 and Sprint at the same time and they were all very neutral handling.

Pity, I quite liked them before I rode it.

Buy a triple Hitcher!

george formby

30th October 2012, 12:12

Go on. Monochrome is a lovely colour. Paul Simon even wrote a song about its qualities.

T'was kodachrome, shirley?

Any hoo. i like the way you are thinking.

leopardskin

30th October 2012, 12:51

i seem to be the only one alive who actually likes the mufflers on these - damn fine looking to me

ducatilover

30th October 2012, 13:37

i seem to be the only one alive who actually likes the mufflers on these - damn fine looking to me
You're not the only one, the early Z mufflers were seriously hot looking and those newer ones are still better than most Japanese mufflers

Hitcher

30th October 2012, 14:50

I reckon these probably sound about as good as they look...

http://www.vanceandhines.com/store/sport/kawasaki/43517

http://www.vanceandhines.com/store/sport/kawasaki/43517

Scouse

30th October 2012, 16:38

I reckon these probably sound about as good as they look...

http://www.vanceandhines.com/store/sport/kawasaki/43517

http://www.vanceandhines.com/store/sport/kawasaki/43517yep they definately look better but I still think you would be much better off on a Speed Triple