My new ZX10R

[johan]

Nice!
Hope you take it to the track to show its true colour!

[Matt Bleck]

VERY nice indeed, I hope you can hold back the tears when my old K3 goes around the outside of it at Taupo T8!

[boomer]

VERY nice indeed, I hope you can hold back the tears when my old K3 goes around the outside of it at Taupo T8!

ahahhaha ya cooooont...!!!

[yod]

oh thats mint

thats sooo fookin mint

[BIGBOSSMAN]

VERY nice indeed, I hope you can hold back the tears when my old K3 goes around the outside of it at Taupo T8!

Arse! Yeh probably, something about being an old coont is the testosterone just aint there anymore. I used to be a nasty fuck when I played cricket, would bowl to take peoples heads off and I quit when I couldn't get fired up anymore.

But more of that talk though sonny, and we'll see who goes around who at turn 8 (shivers quietly...)!

[Matt Bleck]

Arse! Yeh probably, something about being an old coont is the testosterone just aint there anymore. I used to be a nasty fuck when I played cricket, would bowl to take peoples heads off and I quit when I couldn't get fired up anymore.

But more of that talk though sonny, and we'll see who goes around who at turn 8 (shivers quietly...)!

I'm just jealous....

[ArcherWC]

very nice Gary. cant wait to see it growling in anger

[EJT]

Bloody nice mate. Looks like Mt Eden workshop. Enjoy. I like the growler on you tube fitted to the 08 zx10.....sounds sweet

[BIGBOSSMAN]

Spit - couldn't pick it up today, ran out of time. Still popped in for a looksie tho, here's some more views of the new beast.

[boomer]

Spit - couldn't pick it up today, ran out of time. Still popped in for a looksie tho, here's some more views of the new beast.

nice work.. i bet your like a kid on Christmas eve huh..??!!!

ps.... is that one of the dead sea scrolls on the left hand side of the swing arm..??!!!

[Bikernereid]

Pretty bike, shame not in black! But being old you are bound to be a traditionalist!!

[BIGBOSSMAN]

nice work.. i bet your like a kid on Christmas eve huh..??!!!

ps.... is that one of the dead sea scrolls on the left hand side of the swing arm..??!!!

Yes, it's the condensed swingarm version of War & Peace! Can't say I noticed that during my heavy breathing, that'll have to go eh!


One more sleep.....

[cowpoos]

Here it is, just having some necessary bling applied integrated tail-light, undertail plate relocation etc).
I'll pick it up around 3.30 this arvo and bring it on home. To me...

I want!!!!!!!!!!!!

[BIGBOSSMAN]

Picked it up this morning, crap weather meant no chance to go for a decent spin but it feels very good, pretty good in the lower revs (up to 8K or so) - builds nicely up to there and I can tell it's just wanting to pick its skirt up and go.
It's easy to change direction on, feels like the '05 in that I'm sitting on the bike rather than in it, unlike the '06/07. The finishing is also much better than the 1st gen, no velcro anywhere (that I've seen anyway) and the bike is looking better and better.
Throttle control is much improved over my '05, there's no twitchiness or hesitancy when applying small throttle changes (only while running in of course, he he), and it has a much more sophisticated drivetrain.
Riding position is surprisingly sportier than my old bike, there's about the same amount of weight on the bars (shitloads with me!) but me old pins are bent a bit more - pegs area touch higher (and they are a vast improvement being mush grippier than the old ones). The bars seem slightly wider, and the previously considered pointless screen actually works effectively well, deflecting a lot of the oncoming wind on to my helmet and away from my brutish chest. Nice!
It's not as raw as the '05. We'll change that in due course...
I think I'm in love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxl8OhYKRRg

[fatzx10r]

it looks bloody good from the back with all that crap gone, just need to get rid of that can now and will look really bad arse