ZR750 Zephyr - early 90s?

[NinjaNanna]

There is a zr750 currently at Just Motorcycles for sale, being a young fulla I reckon it looks cool. It looked quite pricey I thought, but in saying that it looked really tidy and it had friggin low k's.

It looks like a Balius I was going to get before a dealer in Chch here jewed me.

It's good that your enjoying that bike so much when you have hopped on things a lot faster with better technology.

p.s does it get overheated in rush hour traffic? Not being water cooled etc...

If your in the market for a bike upgrade and you like the Zephyr take a look at this http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=348969625 to me that looks like exceptional value provided it checks out.

As for overheating in traffic, I couldn't tell you, I don't use it for commuting, but in all honesty I'd be surprised if it would be a problem

[Gibbo89]

If your in the market for a bike upgrade and you like the Zephyr take a look at this http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=348969625 to me that looks like exceptional value provided it checks out.

As for overheating in traffic, I couldn't tell you, I don't use it for commuting, but in all honesty I'd be surprised if it would be a problem

Those 750 bandits are a strange one, they are a bit of everything:

The Bandit 750 was a Japan only model that used parts from both the 600 and 1200 models; the front frame cradle was identical to the 600, the rear subframe was identical to the 1200 with bolt on pillion footpeg handers, the clocks were 1200 items (with the speedo in km/h), including a fuel gauge which was absent from the 600 models of the time. The running gear and suspension were also the same as the 600. The engine, although visually identical to the 600, had a capacity of 748 cc, The carburettors were similar to the 600 apart from jetting, whereas the exhaust was identical to the 1200. Power was a claimed 85 bhp (63 kW). All machines were restricted to 180 km/h (110 mph) to comply with Japanese regulations, but are easily de-restricted to a true maximum speed of 220 km/h (140 mph).

It does look nice though, but I'm a year away from my full so I have plenty of time to become a trademe whore

[JimO]

mine had done 75000ks and i got $2400 for it

[Banditbandit]

Woops got this wrong, its actually not as bad as I thought, in 5th gear (top)

5000 rpm = 100 km/hr
6000 rpm = 120 km/hr
7000 rpm = 140 km/hr

I'm now entirely chuffed with the bike, walk home speeds and the bikes running at peak torque and only 70% of its capacity.

That'll do me just nice thankyou.

Oh yeah for prosperity and others looking for info on these bikes in years to come here are some links I've found:

http://www.agrisoft-systems.de/kawas...chspec_1_0.htm
http://jarlef.no/Kawasaki/Other/Teck/teck-zr.htm
http://www.cheapcycleparts.com/model...semblies/82578

This is partly a function of what we are used to with contemporary bikes. The 750 is listed at 68 horses ... which by 21st century standards is low for a 750 ... It's slghtly less than my 650 Bandit ... which has very similar revs/speed as the Zephry ... tho's the Bandit will be going a little faster at those revs .. and it redlines at 12,000 and has six speeds.

Play with the gearing by all means - just remember it's an old bike now ... 15 years old or more ...

[NinjaNanna]

This is partly a function of what we are used to with contemporary bikes. The 750 is listed at 68 horses ... which by 21st century standards is low for a 750 ... It's slghtly less than my 650 bandit ... which has very similar revs/speed as the Zephry ... tho's the Bandit will be going a little faster at those revs .. and it redlines at 12,000 and has six speeds.

Play with the gearing by all means - just rememebr it's an old bike now ... 15 years old or more ...

Yeah its no mavel of engineering, it's only 8 valves for example. But its fun and cheap and when I have the valve clearances checked at its next service (100,000kms) its not going to break the bank.

Now that I've ridden the bike more and accepted that it's an old tech bike and only 738cc I'm quite ok with the standard gearing. I figure cruising at 120km/hr and 60% of it capacity isn't stressing the old girl to much. Nor will it hurt her to stretch her legs every now and again.

[Banditbandit]

If your in the market for a bike upgrade and you like the Zephyr take a look at this http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=348969625 to me that looks like exceptional value provided it checks out.

As for overheating in traffic, I couldn't tell you, I don't use it for commuting, but in all honesty I'd be surprised if it would be a problem

That's a pretty good price for that Bandit - about right - not a massive bargain, but not over-priced either. And they're a briliant value-for-money bike ..

[NinjaNanna]

Well I made it back from the 2011 Northern Exposure Tour (NET) and am happy to report that the bike performed admirably.

The bike happily performed all that was asked of it during prolonged cruising, twistys and the occassional surge of enthusiaism.

I definately encourage anybody looking at one of these bikes to look into it further, you'll probably be pleasantly surprised.

[NinjaNanna]

...Personally I prefer the NZ model that had the wire spoke wheels - Jap imports have alloy mags...

Just spotted one with wire wheels, looking for paint scheme inspiration. On this bike in particular I'd have to say I agree. Its one mighty fine Zephyr

[JimO]

have a look here

http://www.zephyr-zone.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl