Kawasaki ZX7RR ride impression

[James Deuce]

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSBSzCJPLfo[/YOUTUBE]
*thank you whoever shared this. I can assure you that a ZX7RR can use its keys to best effect*

This ain't a girls bike.

This is how I remember sprotsbikes.

Close ratio box, rock hard suspension, racy but not crippling ergonomics, and in the best exhaust note ever.

Flatslide carbs that stumble and stutter, steering that needs muscle and body english to work and a fairing that leaves your arms out in the wind so there's no pressure on your wrists.

It cost Mikkel the better part of nothing.

Mikkel's not getting it back.

Sure a modern 600 is quicker, but what 600 would sidle over in a bike park, and smash the living bejesus out of the panty waisted usurper that went around the outside on a long sweeper and flicked into the next hairpin with barely a push on the inside bar, while the unshaven beer gutted headcase on the green meanie wrestled and scrapped to get every ounce of lean angle possible?

Fatso and panty waist park up for a coffee. Fatso gets on his roaring, belching, farting SUPERBIKE and rides off to shag the next female barista he encounters, while panty waist stares in dismay at the pile of rubble that was once a pristine and be-blinged example of modern industrial art. With green and purple streaks on what ever blue and white panels are still visible.

Adjustable eccentric steering head? No, just mental.

[Mikkel]

Glad you liked it Jim!

However, I do think your family would appreciate it if you don't hold on to it for too long old man!
Weather looks alright for tomorrow. I hope you will enjoy the ride over the Rimutakas. Just remember the restriction I imposed upon you!

Oh, and thanks for the chat and the coffee. And don't forget - I now know where you live (And I am quite envious of your extended driveway... )

[n0regret5]

that video was FUCKING GREAT!!
i nearly bought an RR..

[Gremlin]

I stopped short of the RR, but I did own a modded R. Never needed a steering damper and I loved provoking it into tank slappers.

Bit of a heavy bike, and you really noticed the weight going into downhill corners, but coming out of corners, you simply jumped on the gas. Great bikes, really made you learn how to ride, and the front ends were some of the best ever.

Heh, mine was recently being sold again...

[El Dopa]

So this is the dual-purpose bike you've been saving up for?

[James Deuce]

Nah, it's Mikkel's. I'm dropping it at Biketranz tomorrow.

Maybe.

[El Dopa]

Yeah, I got that it was Mikkel's.

I just found it amusing that you're selling the Katana so you can start 'saving up for a dual-purpose bike', but one sniff of an unashamed 'ooligan weapon and you're waxing lyrical and getting a certain look in your eye......

[Drew]

Yep, and when Suzuki had a crack at what you call a "real sports bike", the TL got poo pooed and labeled a shit handling bike.

There's no room for what you want in modern bikes according to the masses Jim, live in the now.

I'm with you, my FZR is still the most fun over the rimutaka hill I've had. And TL's are the shiz.

[MSTRS:Me]

Yes, Jim, you are right, a set of keys in your hand and a willingness to use them....life is good!

[yungatart]

Yes, Jim, you are right, a set of keys in your hand and a willingness to use them....life is good!

I reckon we can convert this one, Jim.
Must say, my gargre looked real good with three kawasakis in it....especially as one didn't even notice the gixxer and the Honda sulking in the corner!

[MSTRS:Me]

I reckon we can convert this one, Jim.
Must say, my gargre looked real good with three kawasakis in it....especially as one didn't even notice the gixxer and the Honda sulking in the corner!

Nah...can't convert somebody who is not convinced in the first place....
call me a bike slut, I don't care what name is on the bike. If it does it for me I'll ride it!

[Fatjim]

Yep, and when Suzuki had a crack at what you call a "real sports bike", the TL got poo pooed and labeled a shit handling bike.

There's no room for what you want in modern bikes according to the masses Jim, live in the now.

I'm with you, my FZR is still the most fun over the rimutaka hill I've had. And TL's are the shiz.

The fact is that any bike you can ring the tits off and walk away from is the shiz.

The Shiz is relative to skill. For me it's an A100.

[yungatart]

The fact is that any bike you can ring the tits off and walk away from is the shiz.

The Shiz is relative to skill. For me it's an A100.

And MikeyG's GN 250....they are both Suzukis ..are you trying to tell us something?

[Coyote]

The ZX7 and TLR1000 are bikes I'm interesting in upgrading to. Seem like the cheapest power I can obtain, and hopefully insurance on something older won't leave my coughing up blood. Plus a bike mag that was given to me (some British one) was raving on about how bullet proof the ZX7's are.

Though I've been screwed over by old, cult status bikes before...

Yet to test ride them though, will do when I get a chance. Currently eyeing up a TRX850 at Motomart as my next test.

[MSTRS:Me]

Coyote...unless you strike it lucky, chances are the biggest bang for buck you will find would be an RF900 or it's older cousin the 89/90/91 GXSR1100.
The TRX850 is an awesome bike too...under-rated when new, they are hard to find in good condition these days.