I have a friend who commutes on one - seems to go OK but I've never ridden it... The matte paint finish always looks like it needs a good polish or something and definitely hard work. I'd have though an FZ1 would be better option?
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I have a friend who commutes on one - seems to go OK but I've never ridden it... The matte paint finish always looks like it needs a good polish or something and definitely hard work. I'd have though an FZ1 would be better option?
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Mt Eden MC let me take one on a Coro loop once. They've been one of my favourite bikes ever since.Originally Posted by Hitcher
Comfort was ideal for me. Of course for me it's mostly about legroom, but I'd be happy sitting on one all day.
Can't comment on the tank range, wasn't paying attention. It'd surprise me if you couldn't get 250km out of a tank in cruise mode, but I'm sure you've drawn the same hypothetical conclusion already.
Erection wise, yeah, they're awesome, aren't they? They're pretty fast. One could win Clubmans races on one. It'd be real easy to jump on a Z1000 and do very naughty things. Are you sure that's what you're after? It's basically a superbike with lowered pegs and flat bars.
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Born to be mild
I didn't think that post through huh!You think of Hitcher's not so flaccid willy when you're showering?
Grow older but never grow up
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More cramped riding position, peakier power output.
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I've always felt that if I really genuinely had to be able to disappear over any horizon in any conditions, town or country, like, if I was working as a courier carrying bags of methamphetamine, or something, I'd pick a Z1000.
There was an Auckland motorcycle courier a few years ago who used one. Madness.
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Not the 05 model.....
“- He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.”
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I have the 750 version and yep, the seat is pretty firm if you have no arse padding. As for fuel, I've got 350km to a tank on mine and have spoken with Z1000 riders who are getting between 250 and 300kms depending on load and riding style. I can and often do chew through the fuel a bit quicker but it's pretty good when just cruising. As for the "woody" factor, I have a shop mistress. I keep ogling the new Z1000sx in green and black. Sooner or later I'm just going to have to have one.
If you are what you eat, then I'm fast, cheap and easy
I have a gas axe and a welder! What do you mean "it won't fit"?
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Oh dear. An Industrial Cooking Motorcycle. You need to ride yourself the 1000. Night and day. One's a UJM, the other's sex on wheels. You'll never go back.
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- mikey
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Lol, I know but my licence would be in jeopardy had I jumped straight onto a 1000. Hadn't been back riding long and the temptation might have been a bit much. Next one will be the 1000 tho.
If you are what you eat, then I'm fast, cheap and easy
I have a gas axe and a welder! What do you mean "it won't fit"?
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That right there is the fundamental reason why I don't own one right now.
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- mikey
NEDWN VIII
Wouldn't be the best buy for 'er in doors would it?...two up riding and all that shyte?
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*cough* one wonders whether in light of recent events the OP might be doing his riding by himself for a while...
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- mikey
Deus ex ukulele
Sigh. I know that I don't like bikes with only one headlight when they're dipped, and meagre range, no main stand, and mirrors that only reveal one's elbows, neither am I fond nor desirous of bleeding piles, but shit this Z is gorgeous.
"Standing on your mother's corpse you told me that you'd wait forever." [Bryan Adams: Summer of 69]
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You call 250km meagre?
If you need to see what's behind you on a Z1000, you're doing it wrong.
The original Z1000 remains the only bike I've ever wheelied off the throttle entirely by accident.
(The model you're considering has better suspension and more sensible geometry and doesn't feel like a mountainbike with a rocket duct-taped to the bottom bracket.)
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- mikey
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Twin low beam conversion kit, fill up more often (that sorts out the sore ass as well) paddock stand and swing arm bobbins and a set of mirror extenders (twin headlight kit and extenders on evil bay) and that sorts out all the nevitive things. Agree on the gorgeous bit tho.
If you are what you eat, then I'm fast, cheap and easy
I have a gas axe and a welder! What do you mean "it won't fit"?
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