Santa was late, but its here now

[Gremlin]

I would like to introduce a new bike to the KB gargre. Went and picked her up yesterday morning from Mt Eden. Wanted to grab some scenic pictures of her in a good spot, except there were nasty cars ruining the view, so you'll have to make do with ones from Clevedon.

She's a 1996 Kawasaki ZX-7R P1, first of the new shape, when most of the suspension bugs had been ironed out. Even better, a previous owner has fitted an ohlins rear shock, braided brake lines, and a muzzy pipe, that announces the arrival of the 750cc engine. Also, the tail has been reduced to the digits on the plate (chopped to the digits, very nice) and indicators. A radar mount is there for the future too :whistle:

Two rides so far, all up done about 300km. Trying to take it easy, but the bike seems very well set up, giving me huge confidence to just drop it into the corners at will, but I'm not pushing the speed, not from stepping up from the zzr250.

Needless to say, the bike rocks, seems to be in very good condition. It makes mincemeat out of any traffic, and pulls from 1700 revs in traffic. Gear changes for overtaking aren't really required, unless you want to be done real quick. I really really love her, and hope to have many years yet to enjoy.

So, for those like skelstar, drool away :niceone:

so hanging out for a big bike so Im living vicariously through you instead. :)

edit: first pic, the bike is on the left, weasel's is on the right

[MidnightMike]

I was waiting for this, what a beaut congrats grem :woohoo:

[limbimtimwim]

Well done Santa.

Isn't it cool how the 7R, 10 years on, still looks great.. Especially your one. Well done.

[John]

ha, I have touched your bike gremlin THATS RIGHT! me and tristan TOUCHED it!

So shame, I've had you and your bike, go get a new clean one. Nice bike have fun with it, now tell me - do you like powerwheelies?

[Nicksta]

congratts, nice bike...

[Gremlin]

ha, I have touched your bike gremlin THATS RIGHT! me and tristan TOUCHED it!

...now tell me - do you like powerwheelies?
least you didn't smash this one up eh?? :finger:

I wouldn't know, plenty of time for that later when I have a better grasp on it. I'm finding I'm actually (on the whole) better at obeying the speed limit now. The pipe sounds soo good, I'm not fussed to push it to the limit.

But of course ya gotta overtake the odd car, so then you break the limit big time :devil2:

[Karma]

Talk about sunburn, I look like this guy ---> :angry2:

Pretty powerful bike, well it looks it from behind anyways :(

Still too much mouve (sp?) for my liking :eek:

[Zed]

A 'Green Machine'! Very well done Gremlin.

I know you'll love the upgrade!! :spudflip:

[flash]

mmm wana swap it for nothing?, or just give it to me?. itl make my day i promise ;)

[gamgee]

awesome bike, you're getting me more and more hooked on a zx*somethingorother*r

[RantyDave]

Nice. Absolutely immaculate too. Go gentle for a while, eh :)

Dave

[Leong]

YES!! COngrats Gremlin, see you out on the roads sometime....

[Sniper]

Nice bike Gremlin

[Potzman]

Awesome stuff dude!
That bike rocks

Have fun playing on the new bike.

[Stevo]

Nice bike Gremlin
Ditto
That is obviously a pretty well looked after little green chamine. Well done and safe riding.:2thumbsup

[skelstar]

Nice one Grem! :)
Thats a good looking bike. You getting to Taupo in May? Might see ya there.

[Lou Girardin]

Nice kermit bike. Be careful with that plate around some of our more pedantic members of the thin blue line.

[DMNTD]

Sweet looking green meanie:niceone:
Hey you guys didn't come up through Waipoua Forest yesterday did ya?

[Colapop]

Yeah it's nice I suppose.... if ya like that sort of thing..... I s'pose



:cry: :cry: I'll just cry for ahile now....

"so hanging out for a any bike so Im living vicariously through you instead"

[WRT]

Nice bike, congrats!

[Sparky Bills]

Nice one dude!

When are the knee down/wheelie pics coming?:2thumbsup

[Pwalo]

Nice one mate. I reckon that the ZX7 is one of the best looking sports bikes ever, especially in green.

[aff-man]

see you on the black stuff....:shake: :shake:

[Vegan]

She's lovely :sunny:

[crashe]

Congratulations on your new bike.

Please take care and ride safe out there on the roads.

[N4CR]

Nice bike man... I have already had the pleasure of 'touching it' as john would say. I love the look of the 7r/9r's and the 'old school' appeal they have. I might have to still make a choice between one of them and a 916 eh ;)

Keep it rubber side up.

[sels1]

congrats on the new bike....its very green isnt it?

[inlinefour]

Enjoy the bike and we look forward to seeing you on it the naki some time soon:spudwave:

[Karma]

congrats on the new bike....its very green isnt it?

It is that... but did you notice the copious amounts of mauve all over it?

Just a shame all the ladies were too busy eyeing up Boomer and Dovers bikes to pay it any attention :buggerd:

[In The Breeze]

whoa very nice wheels! Enjoy:Punk:

[Matt Bleck]

I love them ZX7R's, take good care of her!!!

[The_Dover]

It is that... but did you notice the copious amounts of mauve all over it?

Just a shame all the ladies were too busy eyeing up Boomer and Dovers bikes to pay it any attention :buggerd:

They weren't looking at the bikes mate, they were asking bjorner to talk dirty to them in svedish and begging for back stage passes to the ABBBBA reunion tour.

[Karma]

Well that girly long hair has to be good for something...

"If you change your mind, I'm the first in line, honey I'm still free, take a chance on me"

[HenryDorsetCase]

nice bit of kit.

looks like an accessory screen as well? a double bubble purple job?


bitchin'

[boomer]

They weren't looking at the bikes mate, they were asking bjorner to talk dirty to them in svedish and begging for back stage passes to the ABBBBA reunion tour.

You're a walking fanny magnet Dover!

Chick -- "lets strike up some conversation about his aftermarket pipe and we might get a portion from.... THE_MAN" :whistle:


Well that girly long hair has to be good for something...
"If you change your mind, I'm the first in line, honey I'm still free, take a chance on me"

:oi-grr: :finger:

[Gremlin]

Be careful with that plate around some of our more pedantic members of the thin blue line.
Yeah, I checked with Chris, and he said it was fine, and scumdog has said somewhere that it is fine as well. One of my bosses (ex-cop) remarked to me yesterday when I arrived at work, that I would have to replace it, and he would give me a ticket. Glad he isn't one anymore then.

If its passing wof fine, I can't see a problem. The digits are the original size, and not covered in any way. And I'll admit, it makes the rear look bloody nice.

The screen is obviously not standard, but still a normal shape (thank goodness - the double bubble shape immediately makes a bike look overly tall).

Weasel is just jealous, after all, its impossible for his bike to turn any more snot green than it is, with envy. :motu:

[Moxy]

Nice one. I bought a '99 ZX-6R last friday. Awesome machine. Has way more go than my old FXR :ar15: so easy to ride.

[R6_kid]

gremiln theres a shitload of purple there mate - you trying to tell us something :finger:

Love the style of the bike, but i prefer the all green with jus the white racenumber boards.

Im sure we can pimp it up for you in the future. :niceone:

[Gremlin]

gremiln theres a shitload of purple there mate - you trying to tell us something :finger:
nah, weasel has already done his best. ad nauseum... :Playnice: basically, beggars can't be choosers, and when subtracting colour from the equation, this bike was way ahead in terms of choice. I still have no idea why Kawasaki decided to plaster their bikes with purple. At least the green isn't red though.


Im sure we can pimp it up for you in the future. :niceone:
You keep your dirty mitts off it. Go "pimp" your R6 instead :blah: This time tho, say no when tristan asks if you're OK

Gawd... wish there was another Wheels Day at my mum's school in the foreseeable future :( Things would be very different, wouldn't they? :msn-wink:

[LXS]

go team Kawasaki!

Look forward to seeing it on some future coro rides.

[Deviant Esq]

Very nice bike Grem! *Drooling*

Congrats, enjoy the rest of the summer and daylight savings!

[CPB]

Very nice, enjoy your new wheels!

[Gremlin]

Well, a while ago, I didn't have some really nice piccies of the bike to post.

This all changed last night, when Tristan and I headed to a car park to get some of him in action. With the darkness, it was extremely difficult to get good ones of him, but at the end, we played with a bit of photography, and lucked into some very nice exposure (except I forgot to focus on the bike in one shot... :slap:)

Tristan had a very nervous go on my 7 (stalled it twice too :killingme) and said things like "Its only 4000", "Mine doesn't do this". Followed by reasonable acceleration, and sudden engine braking, just as the bike was accelerating.

He got off shaking, 1 minute later he managed to utter "I want one". :first: Not to mention, he wasn't very happy getting back on his, and has to live with it for 10 months... sorry :lol:

[N4CR]

Bastard. (10 characters)

[Mental Trousers]

That's mean, letting him a go on a proper sized bike when he's so far away from getting one.

[Leong]

Them's like calendar shots there Gremlin.... nice!! :2thumbsup