05 ZX10R for pussies?

[carver]

There is at taupo road race I'll see you there and maybe i could get youe autograph?

if im there...

but if i see you, il sign my name on your ass with a substance that resembles mayonnaise

[Frenchy]

I'm a little harder to handle then a 10!

[carver]

I'm a little harder to handle then a 10!

haha...
if you got hair i can hang on!

the only thing that will be harder is.....

[Frenchy]

haha...
if you got hair i can hang on!

Yeah good luck with that!

[AlBundy]

Jesus Carver, you can talk shit....

What's this dampener you speak of?

A damper maybe? If you were such a hard-arse, you'd ride without it or on minimum... Soft-cock!

Before you get all pissy about being called on it, I had a mate with the 04. At first it never had a damper but he did get one eventually. It was like he was on two different bikes, the way he rode before and after, that was the amount the damper made the bike more stable...

[Coyote]

Not bad riding for a girl aye?

Can I get to know her please?

I love that video. Watched it heaps of times. Shown it to a few mates saying that's what I want (the bike).

[jrandom]

Can I get to know her please?

You best PM onearmedbandit and ask if his missus can give you riding tips sometime then.

[honda929]

Ill send my daughter down on her hyo 250, just to make it fair carver

[carver]

Jesus Carver, you can talk shit....

What's this dampener you speak of?

A damper maybe? If you were such a hard-arse, you'd ride without it or on minimum... Soft-cock!

Before you get all pissy about being called on it, I had a mate with the 04. At first it never had a damper but he did get one eventually. It was like he was on two different bikes, the way he rode before and after, that was the amount the damper made the bike more stable...

i can imagine that would be true, they really need one.
but with one, they are great!

Ill send my daughter down on her hyo 250, just to make it fair carver

sweet, im sure we'll get along like a house on fire...

seen our vid, its on my sig!

[Gremlin]

What's this dampener you speak of?

A damper maybe? If you were such a hard-arse, you'd ride without it or on minimum... Soft-cock!

Damn... Al beat me to it. Stock the 04/05 never came with a damper... hell, even on a little below middle on a good quality damper it was still quite capable of tank slappers etc.

Sounds like you didn't ride it high enough in the revs. Low, you'd wonder what was so great... middle revs, you'd realise what a thou is like, high revs (not just down straights) you'd realise gravity needs to be higher, coz the wheels don't grip the air so well.

I owned one for 18 months... its a mental bike, mostly because of being twitchy, there is no confidence in its behaviour, and the power delivery is not smooth enough for sustained slides.

God its a great bike

[carver]

Damn... Al beat me to it. Stock the 04/05 never came with a damper... hell, even on a little below middle on a good quality damper it was still quite capable of tank slappers etc.

Sounds like you didn't ride it high enough in the revs. Low, you'd wonder what was so great... middle revs, you'd realise what a thou is like, high revs (not just down straights) you'd realise gravity needs to be higher, coz the wheels don't grip the air so well.

I owned one for 18 months... its a mental bike, mostly because of being twitchy, there is no confidence in its behaviour, and the power delivery is not smooth enough for sustained slides.

God its a great bike

well, i was 2 up, and its not my bike, plus, no point getting the font up, only to go straight into the next 35..

realise what a thou is like?

i own one!

my gixxer has much more mid and low end power

[Gremlin]

realise what a thou is like?

i own one!

my gixxer has much more mid and low end power

of course it has more mid and low, the k1/2 is well known for that, well, all gixxer motors are really.

But if you want fun, a bike that mocks you and your perceptions of your riding ability, the zx10 is it... the 06/07 was definitely a tamer bike, and you could ride it down a section of road quicker than the 04/05... but the 04/05 was always the beast... (and best)

The 08 is apparently more a wild child again... but I can't bring myself to ride something that ugly... a paper bag is not nearly enough.

[carver]

of course it has more mid and low, the k1/2 is well known for that, well, all gixxer motors are really.

But if you want fun, a bike that mocks you and your perceptions of your riding ability, the zx10 is it... the 06/07 was definitely a tamer bike, and you could ride it down a section of road quicker than the 04/05... but the 04/05 was always the beast... (and best)

The 08 is apparently more a wild child again... but I can't bring myself to ride something that ugly... a paper bag is not nearly enough.

haha....
the gixxer is the best!

the 05 turned in real well.

the damper makes it behave eh

[wbks]

The 08 is apparently more a wild child again... but I can't bring myself to ride something that ugly... a paper bag is not nearly enough.

What do you think of the 09?

[AlBundy]

What do you think of the 09?

08 and 09 should be the same... Maybe with a few small changes...

04 and 05 were similar, as were the 06 and 07.

So 08 and 09 should follow the same pattern...

From what I've heard, the 08 is definately an improvement over the 06/07. Handles a lot better and the brakes are a lot better.
Once a PCIII and pipe are added, it wakes the bike up in the midrange and gives it a wicked top-end.

I would definately go for a 10 before a Blade. Bigbossman was selling one a while back, definately a good deal...
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