Anyone buying a ZX14 this year?

**Posh Tourer :P** · 11th January 2006, 13:56

ok when i saw it, the headlights were ugly. The rest aint bad....

**Keeper** · 11th January 2006, 14:01

when the yanks turbo their bikes they always stick a pod ouot the side of the fairings, im thinking that can't be good if it rains, im hoping the kits for the zx14 will use the standard intake duct, just re-routed

**bugjuice** · 11th January 2006, 14:04

well it's just where the turbo sits. Personally, I would have thought that something like the Kawas with the big air duct right in the front, you'd route the intake off that. But may be that's too much air? It'd make it look more 'standard' that way anyway.

**Postie** · 11th January 2006, 14:16

Originally Posted by Posh Tourer :P

ok when i saw it, the headlights were ugly. The rest aint bad....

all you need to worry about is how the rear end looks as it dissapears into the distance.........

**Sniper** · 11th January 2006, 14:20

I wonder if the actual physical size of the bike is much bigger than the busa. Could someone shed some light?

**bugjuice** · 11th January 2006, 14:21

yeah, there's a switch on the handle bars which puts on some lights.. The rider does it

**Postie** · 11th January 2006, 14:21

Originally Posted by Sniper

I wonder if the actual physical size of the bike is much bigger than the busa. Could someone shed some light?

i could shed some skin!!!

**zadok** · 11th January 2006, 14:26

Check out the GTR1400 thread here somewhere (Do a search). That is basically what you are talking about.

**miSTa** · 11th January 2006, 16:13

Originally Posted by Sniper

I wonder if the actual physical size of the bike is much bigger than the busa. Could someone shed some light?

It's the same size as the ZZR1200 and ZZR1100, ergonomics are exactly the same as the 12 (I posted a link a while back that illustrated the ergos). Just the headlights make it look wider.

IIRC the weight numbers I've seen have it around 210kg - 20+kg less than my beastie

I have a load of photos of at work (had a mate who went to the Milan bike show), unfortunately I cannot share as I don't go back to work until the 23rd

Would I buy one this year? No.

**Hitcher** · 11th January 2006, 19:32

It's a shame about the excessively leany-forward riding position for the new ZZR1400. However some modified clip-ons and a new screen could make it a more pleasant riding tourer. Apart from the ER6 series and the Mean Streak, Kawasaki-san is doing little to tempt me back to the fold (although that ZRX1200R is still a seriously horny ride). Senor Guzzi, on the other hand...

**skelstar** · 11th January 2006, 20:53

Assuming that you are replacing your banged up bike, are you thinking of straying from the ST1300 Hitch?

**pritch** · 11th January 2006, 21:27

Originally Posted by Keeper

Anyone else looking at the ZX14 when it hits the market this year?

Ummm is that what I would call the ZZR1400?
Don't know about a zx14.
Mind you there are a lotta things I don't know about.
Then again that pic sure does look like a ZZR...

**miSTa** · 12th January 2006, 06:12

ZZR1400 - ZX14 are the same thing, we don' know just what to call it. Even Kawasaki are using both terms

When the bike was first announced it was thought that it would be ZX for the USA and ZZR for the rest of world (as for the 1100's, the 1200 was ZZR for the whole world), but that seems to be not the case.

In my mind though it is a ZZR as it the same type of bike as the 1100 and 1200s, and quite different to the 6/9/10/12R family.