My first Kawasaki, what a bike it is too.

[kneescraper]

Hey all,

Ive gone and done it, crossed the line that no Suzuki owner should ever cross...I bought a Kawasaki.

Blame Justin, with him adding another 2 stoker to his yet already large collection of bikes, I felt I better get in on the act.

I came across the bike as I was tootling along on Suzi the Suzuki, there she sat...in all her silver and blue hottness....which a huge sign saying "OFFERS". Well after alittle hagling I got here home for a mere $500 including a Helmet. The man son had ridden it for one summer, low sidded it and given up on her, the engine runs awesome. Got that GPX/ZZR thump sound from the twin exhausts..shit its feels so strange ridding a bike so small. Any way it needs around $400 spent on her to have her in a good condition. A bloody good flush on the engine fluids is also needed....Im pretty sure these things go for ever any way.

Pics to come once Ive found my driver disk for the Digicam.

Any info I need to know about these puppies?

Im off to buy about 12........thousand cans of degreaser to get rid of the road scum that has made its home on the swing arm and rear shock.

[Grumpy]

Well done. Made the move myself a couple of years ago after 20 years of Suzuki ownership. You'll wonder why you didn't do it sooner.

[kneescraper]

Ive still got the RF400, I love that bike...Ive always wondered what it would feel like to be a Kawaski owner...liberating is the word.

[vifferman]

Any info I need to know about these puppies?

Y'know, it'd be easier for someone to answer that, if you'd actually said what bike model it was!

[Matt_TG]

Y'know, it'd be easier for someone to answer that, if you'd actually said what bike model it was!

LOL, I'm glad you pointed that out - I re-read the post several times before getting to your reply, thinking I missed something!

[Taz]

Here's my guess..... ZZR250

[Kendog]

My guess is '----'

That's what it says under 'Other bikes you own'

[kneescraper]

Opps, with all the excitment I left that info out. 1990 ZZR250.

I dropped the oil and filter, oil was black as tar......yuk! Took the exhausts off and found one of them to have a decent wear mark through it...time for the welder to come out of retirement. The rear swing arm and shock needs one hell off a degrease. I also took the clutch cover off, timing chain looks good but will have a proper look once the tank is off.

Even with the oil being BLACK!!! the engine internals look clean and in good order. Chain and sproket with need to be replaced, I'll replace the both wheel bearings and fix up the front shocks as they are weeping. Can't wait to get into pulling her apart..should be a fun bike to fix up and ride when Suzi needs a few weeks off.

Ive downloaded the maunal but any extra info would be awesome.

Cheers!

[judecatmad]

We came across a Kawasaki yesterday - another 'side of the road with a sign' jobbie. With any luck we'll be picking it up tomorrow once it's got a warrant - very exciting! Not that I'm allowed anywhere near it having written off the ginny last time I was on a bike...oh, and hubby's paranoid about anything happening to bub. Keep telling him that there's so much padding around my belly that NOTHING could go wrong - but *sigh* it all falls on deaf ears!

Always had faith that we'd get us a blue Kawasaki at some point! Roll on January!!!

[kneescraper]

Ahhh I can understand how your man feels, when my wife was pregs I was very paranoid about her having an accident. There no way in hell she would have been aloud to ride a bike.

What kinda Kwaka did ya get Jude?

[Drew]

when my wife was pregs I was very paranoid about her having an accident. There no way in hell she would have been aloud to ride a bike.

What the hell?! It's just as dangerous to have a seatbelt on I was told at anti-natal classes.


More of the cotton wool school of paranting I guess, each to there own.

[kneescraper]

I know what ya mean and agree with ya Drew...just a first time paranoid dad. These days it would be totally different.....good point Drew!

[jaybee]

nothing like a bit of elbow grease and hard work, makes you appreciate your bike a lot more

[cowboyz]

Ive still got the RF400, I love that bike...Ive always wondered what it would feel like to be a Kawaski owner...liberating is the word.

I bet you feel smarter too............

[kneescraper]

I do, I do....strange that.

Any idea if theres a website where you cant enter the bikes Rego and it tells you if its still in the system or if its on hold etc?