Decisions decisions decisions.

[Mooch]

You wont be dissapointed with the Kawa , they are a great bike.


Owned a 748R for 11 years now and have no plans on replacing it yet. Great bike in its day and plenty of mods were avaiable from the factory. In terms of riding they are a bum up head down bike. Im 5 10 and it could really do with 20 - 30 mill bar risers for road riding as the weight on arms and shoulders in 50 kmh zones arent great. The R engine revs out very well for a twin and is probably similar to an il4 600 in many regards. I owned a Kr1 beforehand and thought of keeping it for rev factor , but the 748R was more adictive in that regard. Mind you , mine is running race cams from the 748RS and suitable engine mods that sees a 12,500 redline Maintainace wise a standard 748r requires cam belts every 20,000 km and this is largey due to valve lift. With RS cams I do cam belts at 10,000 kms as an insurance policy due to notiable wear on the belt at that point and shims are checked also at this interval.

Maintaince wise , it has cost more than maintaining two bmw cars and the wifes bike over it 36,000 km, but Im one of those over servicing types with oil changes done every 5000 km or annually.

As a ride , for me I havent found anything that I can get the same level of riders satisfaction out of. It is a good but challenging ride, a great sounding twin, light alloy wheels and a narrow tank. Cornering is a joy and super stable (with the way I ride) I've commuted on it , toured on it , track day and Cliffhangered it. It's not a great bike to commute on due to riding position but the rest are fine.

[Asher]

I'm sitting on the ferry after riding the zx636 down yesterday. What a bike! It really makes my rgv feel like a heap of crap.
It has a full aftermarket exhaust that's unbelievably loud, if my head phones moved at all my ears would quickly feel like they were bleeding.

Speedo is out by heaps too, 20% I think although I set off a speed van when I thought I wasn't speeding, it may have had the 1 down 2 up sprocket change.

[Asher]

[ducatilover]

Well done man, it has some neat bits on it!

[EJK]

Nice accessories

[Asher]

thanks guys, not sure what the stock suspension is like but the ohlins is amazing.
As nice as the exhaust looks and sounds im going to have to invest in some better noise cancelling head phones

[Fast Eddie]

had a duke, you need to be a tall fucker for most of them.. or atleast 6'

really? that would be ideal.. I'm 6foot 2 or something, I'm pretty good at folding myself in half and tucking into the old fireblade. But a bike for tall riders would be mint one day..

I hate 3 spoke wheels.

good man, same here

Funny you should say that because i was looking at this:

I would choose that myself.. toit!


chur on the 636 asher, what are you doing with the old RGV then?

The fella who bought my old zxr750 off my later bought a 636 like you have now.. He said the 750 was better I'll have to agree.. loved that old 750

enjoy the kwaka!

[Asher]

Still plan on keeping the rgv, i just got sick of constantly having to fix it and have nothing to ride.