The New Kawasaki ZXRR125GP

[Sketchy_Racer]

Cheers Tex, Will you be at the Taupo thing on new years??

Tim, Yeah man i'll see you at the manfeild round next year, and maaayybe Puke round.... (depends on how much $$ i have)

Damn, i still cant get over how quick they are! Once up to revs in first gear if i shut the throttle and get back on, it will bring the front up no issues..!!

[Tim 39]

(depends on how much $$ i have)

Yeah I'm suffering from a little no-money-itis at the moment too, this is the very pronounced down side to the otherwise perfect bikes.
I'l come and find you at manfield in the nationals, I'm the guy with the blue (hopefuly still blue by then too!!!) 125 with 97 fairings number 39, and will be wearing a dunlop hat
see you there!

[Sketchy_Racer]

Gah..

This sucks.

I wanna ride... but it is still another two weeks away till i race!!!

Working on 125s is so much better than a crappy street bike!..... they are built so much more logically!

[Tim 39]

Working on 125s is so much better than a crappy street bike!..... they are built so much more logically!

yea I think they would be one of the very few bikes that manufacturers have thought about the poor buggers that have to work on them, usualy they put all the bolts in in-accessible places just to piss the mechanics off

[Dodgy]

So dave,

Who was the one that rooted the original cases??

Im gonna take them to work and put them on the mill and see if i can clean them up enough to use again...if i needed to

What the F#^^K happened to the cases? They were really well setup, flowed and matched.... bugger...

I have a Samba (spanish made) pipe that goes really well with that bike, PM me if you wanna talk more...

[JayRacer37]

yea I think they would be one of the very few bikes that manufacturers have thought about the poor buggers that have to work on them, usualy they put all the bolts in in-accessible places just to piss the mechanics off

Then it's also one of very few publically avalible bikes designed to be purely raced....im sure it would get messy if you chucked a lighting harness in there, and a starter motor, and, and, and.....
proper race bikes are the mutts nuts, SO logical, even I can work on them, and to those that know me personally, thats REAL logical!!
Good luck on it Glen, from what we have seem of you on it so far, it looks very positive!

[Sketchy_Racer]

Cheers jay..

I can't wait for minefeild!!

I got a basic setup on my suspension done today.

Turns out the spring i had was too hard for me. So we put the heavier one in, So Sag setup is all good now!!

Hopefully it will help settle the bike a bit over the bumps at manfeild!

The bike 'should' have its new Kawasaki Green paint job by then, if not... look for a primer bike

-Glen

[k14]

That doesn't make sense. If you were having problems with hard suspension then you should have put in softer (lighter) springs. What weight springs do you have now? On the NZ tracks I have found that you have to run really soft suspension on the RS due to the amount of bumps around.

[Ivan]

I also agree with K14 that made no sense


Turns out I had to harder sping for me so put a harder spring in?



I use standered HRC spring it is probably the best one for me for my weight you would probably find standered or medium would be perfect for you as we are similar weights and that ones perfect for me.

I talked to a few riders about it and they either run here in NZ soft or Medium,

[F5 Dave]

I also agree with K14 that made no sense


Turns out I had to harder sping for me so put a harder spring in?
. . .,

I think everyone will agree that made no sense either.

[translates] I had too hard a spring for me, so you put a harder spring in?

I'm sure Glen got all excited & was just a typo. Probably had a hard spring in there for Dodgy Si's more stately proportions

[k14]

I'm sure Glen got all excited & was just a typo. Probably had a hard spring in there for Dodgy Si's more stately proportions

Well seeing as he bought it off a NI'er I don't know what springs it would have had. My guess would be it had the 0.65's in there and he's gone back to the standard 0.60's. Hard to say though.

[Ivan]

yeah also agree north island tracks it was most likely set for puke,

I have been told something very wise if you cans et your bike perfect for manfield it will be perfect at every other track in NZ

[k14]

yeah also agree north island tracks it was most likely set for puke,

I have been told something very wise if you cans et your bike perfect for manfield it will be perfect at every other track in NZ

Well then by that reasoning, if you can set it perfectly for ruapuna or levels then it is also perfect for every other track in NZ

[JayRacer37]

yeah also agree north island tracks it was most likely set for puke,

I have been told something very wise if you cans et your bike perfect for manfield it will be perfect at every other track in NZ

If you can set your bike up perfect for manfeild, you obviosly see the better side of things too easily!! Try, jus TRY and get a bike to work PERFECT through hi and lo speed max. lean bumps, a hi speed, hi load banked corner with no bumps, and a hi load banked corner with lots of bumps, a open apex lean and hard throttle exit, hard breaking in a straight line, and lent over, both smooth and rooted serfaces on breaks and throttle...etc etc. NOW, a perfect set up or all that??? ALL of it? I don't think so.....time for comprimises!!

[k14]

If you can set your bike up perfect for manfeild, you obviosly see the better side of things too easily!! Try, jus TRY and get a bike to work PERFECT through hi and lo speed max. lean bumps, a hi speed, hi load banked corner with no bumps, and a hi load banked corner with lots of bumps, a open apex lean and hard throttle exit, hard breaking in a straight line, and lent over, both smooth and rooted serfaces on breaks and throttle...etc etc. NOW, a perfect set up or all that??? ALL of it? I don't think so.....time for comprimises!!

Come on man, you know Ivan is the suspension guru, he knows how to do it all. How else do you think he goes soooo fast round there