Well guys and girls, went to look at a ZXR400 yesterday. And i bought it :P Its an oldie but looks styled like most of the newer bikes. It ran beautifully, new exhaust, paint job and polished frame and swingarm. A few spares also.
Heres the advert if you want to see it:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4645694084&indexURL=0#ebayphotohosting
Im chuffed to pieces the thing is beautiful.
That's hot man.
I'm chuffed for you.
Nice lookin' ride! :thumb:
Looks like a big bike for 400cc's. Is it as quick/quicker than the GS?
Cool man. I like it!!! :thumb:
Whoa!!! That's one HAWT bike!! I'm chuffed for you, too!! (Yeesh..I hope I didn't just swear in Brit! :flipoff:) :cheers: :cheers: :thumb:
No you didn't Pandy :) Hehe i can't stop grinning ear to ear :icon_mrgreen: Its a beaut.
As i mentioned in another thread when i test rode one almost identical, it did 140mph in 6th at 14500rpm bouncing off the rev limiter :icon_mrgreen: Torque isn't as large but its a different ride to the GS's i rode. I have to have it restricted down to 33bhp for 2 years which is an english law, this one puts out about 62bhp. Even with the restrictor in it limits top speed but mostly just top end acceleration, low end is untouched - they basically put washers in the carbs. Its 4stroke 16 valve water cooled. Will do 110mph with restrictors.
Its so pretty, i thought it was so modern when i saw it.
That resticted HP law is stupid.
I'm so glad we kicked your guys' ass in the Revolutionary War.
Do you call it the Revolutionary War over there? Or do you call it the Got Whooped by the Yanks War?
Just curious.
It is stupid but it gets me an insurance discount £473/year TPFT. Which is excellent for a bike of that performance. I wish they didn't have the law, i might be tempted to just remove the restrictors early because to be honest its not really doing anything, you'll die if you have an accident over 100 anywhos, what does 40mph difference make.
Quote from: Kasumi on June 08, 2006, 12:48:02 PM
Will do 110mph with restrictors.
This should be MORE than enough bike for anyone! ;)
Did you already bring your fine new beast home!? Where are more pictures!? :icon_mrgreen:
Man, that thing looks sweet and modern now, just think how sweet it looked 15 years ago when it brand new. DAYUMM!
Sweet ride! God I wish the US had more options in low-displacement sports bikes. If bikes like that were available here we would have far, far fewer newbies rolling out on supersports.
-M
man i even like that bike as much as i like my gs. by any chance they dont make anything like that here?
Il post pictures when i get it back - hopefully picking it up tomorrow. They are imports from Japan. There is fair few 400cc bikes here around that age but the ZXR is one of the rarer ones i was lucky to find it! Hehe it had been at £1100 for nearly the whole day and we never put a bid on, then we used auction sniper in the last 20 seconds which added £20 on and secured it for me :icon_mrgreen:
Even though they are imports nearly all were setup with a clocks change kit and a kit which moves where the headlight points so its not pointing in drivers eyes because they come from Japan. Its gorgeous and sounds lovely with the new pipe it has. Unique colour and sticker set, alot ofpeople have said it looks like a ghey colour but i love it its individual.
If somebody tells you that is a ghey color, just feel free to punch them in the f*cking side of their neck.
And yes, I'm still drunk from last night. And yes, I'm at work.
Quote from: Kasumi on June 09, 2006, 07:04:12 AM
Unique colour and sticker set, alot ofpeople have said it looks like a ghey colour but i love it its individual.
It's called jealousy, and I imagine they were GREEN with it! :icon_mrgreen:
Lookin good!
Well picked it up this afternoon. Well my dad did i had to work, plus i havn't got any insurence yet. I came back from work and got it out the garage and drove it up and down the drive way.
And yes pandy i had your voice in my head telling me even if im just goin 30 ft i need gear so i was guilted into putting it all on. It ran lovely especially with the micron exchaust. It sounds beautiful. You know when you first sat on a bike or went out onto the open road. You get that tingly feeling of all the power there is on your right hand and your scared to give it even the littliest twist. Well i had that hehe. Just running it up and down the drive it had immense power, faster than alot of 600's ive ridden up the a'field. I ran it up and down twice or 3 times maybe then put it streight back in teh garage for bed time.
Things it could do with now. The right hand side indicator comes on solid instead of flashing like the left one. So thats a little job to fix. Its had new chain and sprokets etc... so no problem there. I am probably going to do an oil change to make sure its all nice and clean - both engine and gearbox. However from the way it sounds and runs its running great.
WoooooHooooooo!!!!!!!!!!! Glad you finally picked the bike up! And glad my mama pandy guilt still works so well! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :thumb:
We're waiting here patiently for pictures..... *tap*.... *tap**tap**tap*......
*tap**tap**tap**tap**tap**tap**tap**tap**tap**tap**tap**tap**tap**tap**tap* :icon_mrgreen:
Il take some tommorrow and get em posted :) I want to wash her first since i think my dad really went to town on fly killing. His helmet is blanketed and so is the front of my shiney kwaka.
Ok to keep you all in America and the rest of the world which is awake while i sleep, going. Since you've been such good friends and welcoming to me you get to name her. Yes its a her.
If you need some colours and stuff its on the Ad but basically light metalic blue zxr400 ninja.
Names names names . . . yes pandy your guilt worked!
Sounds as though your dad took her on a rip-roarin' ride! He's just not admitting it! She's not restricted yet, right? Bwahahaha!! Gooooo dad!!!!!! ;) :laugh: :laugh:
pandy
-who's an expert at mom guilt :flipoff: :icon_mrgreen:-
Nope not restricted yet. Il have it restricted intially whether or not i take it out early is another question altogether.
hey coulnd u just say u put the restrictor on or do they check it? or after they check it you could just take it off
You need the certificate to get the insurance and insurance discount. But if the bike does 140mph unrestricted and 110mph restricted - either of those you are breaking the speed limit and you would come off just as bad in each of those (fatal probably) so there really is no point at all in putting a restrictor in. Fair enough if it restricted you to motorway speeds or something but not if it just lowers the top speed. If you get pulled for speeding they don't check - they only check for if you have insurance and your driving license etc. However if you were in a serious crash and they did a proper inspection of your bike and found that the restrictors wern't in then you would be in the S*%T.
yeah thats true but ull probably be dead or ur bike almost destroyed if u crash at a fast speed. hey u have the autobon, i just got back their, some bikers are crazy their
Nah im in the UK no autobahn here, just in germany. Unlimited speed on those. We have the isle of man - also unlimited speed but on twisty country roads because its actually a race track!
yeah i know i was in london 15 hours ago, love the city i just cant get used to the left side driving.
Yea - why didnt you say you coulda stopped in!
lol, ya i was only their for 2 days unfortunatly i was ketching up with my friend in germany and i kind of did the turist thing in london. Lots of gs, i mean lots, i saw more gs's their then in all of the rest of europe.
Yup. If you had stayed up abit longer you could have come seen my new zxr :icon_mrgreen: We have a spare room too so no smelly german hotel rooms :icon_twisted:
lol, hahah hey i would have love to seen ur bike. Hey out of curiosity can u reant sportbikes in erupe? and no more hotel rooms, they were full of people coming for the wolrd cup
Quote from: Kasumi on June 10, 2006, 04:29:06 PM
Yup. If you had stayed up abit longer you could have come seen my new zxr :icon_mrgreen: We have a spare room too so no smelly german hotel rooms :icon_twisted:
Muahahaha! Par-tay at Kasumi's! :icon_mrgreen:
Why dont they put bikes out like that over here in the US.
because here in the US motorcycles are trated like hobbies, wile in europe and japan they are a main way of transportation.
Quote from: dwn4whadever on June 10, 2006, 04:37:28 PM
Why dont they put bikes out like that over here in the US.
Cuz here in the U.S., "working one's way up" on bikes means *maybe* taking the MSF....yanno...get that experience on the 125 or 250.....then *maybe* spend a couple of months on a 250 or 500....*maybe*.....
Then once you've got that weekor so under your belt, you're ready for that 750! But....oh chit! Insurance is 'spensive! :o Ok...guess settle for that 600 for a while.... :mad: Yeesh....with such mad skillz, we should all be ridin' litre bikes before we've been riding for two months, dawg! Ahhhh....at last..... been riding a whole four months, and that beeeautiful Gixxer 1k is sittin' in the driveway... Wonder if I should start thinkin' 'bout gettin' some gear....naw....the guys would all laugh at me... :icon_rolleyes:
So.... do too many n00bs in the U.S. think they should be ridin' 'busas cuz there aren't good, smaller-displacement bikes on the market....or would smaller-displacement bikes not make it in the U.S., cuz too many n00bs think that they're above ridin' these silly little bikes that are less than litre? :dunno_white:
I like to think that by the time i am released onto the roads with a license of the ability i could ride whatever i want that i am already a very competant motorcyclist. And this is what i tell myself when im frustrated about going slow and been forced to corner expertly to keep corner speed up for streights because i top out at 65mph. However ive stepped up now abit and i have to learn to control the power while keeping my corner speed. Then when it becomes unrestricted i can move up to bigger bike. I may never go higher than a 600, but i would love to at least have a go on a gixxer 1k. But i wouldn't ever go into the terratory of 1300 and 1400cc super super sports like hyabusa's and kawasakis.
I won't ever NEED more than a 600...but I might be up for a 'buse some day.....
....when my skill levels are way up...and... when I stop dropping bikes..... :laugh:
me 2, in about 12 years maibe
Quote from: nick_villan on June 11, 2006, 04:17:47 AM
me 2, in about 12 years maibe
Nicky, darlin', they passed a new law in Florida this past month. It's been dubbed the "Nick Villain" law. Basically, it states that Nicky, anyone who rides with Nicky, anyone who knows Nicky, anyone who's ever seen Nicky, anyone who's ever lived in a state Nicky's lived in, etc...etc...etc...you get the idea... is never allowed to own a 'busa. I'm sorry to be the one to pass along the bad news.... :cry:
:icon_mrgreen: :kiss3:
lol, danm it gues ill have to move back to south america. shaZam! cops cant catch u their, the fastest cop car is a sentra
Yes :cheers: they do rent bikes over in the UK. I checked into it the last time I went. I'm saving now so that I can take a two week road trip up to Scotland and back. I'll be stopping in Lemington Spa 8)
yeah thats defently something im going to do next time i go back
Hey Kasumi name your bike Boudica.
Hehe, anymore suggestions for the name. I have stored boudica as an option - maybe wel make it fun and gave a poll of the finalists names.
PS if your going by lemington spa you have to stop by! I live like 8miles from there. Or i could meet you :)