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Title: Help me figure out the year on this "ZX6"
Post by: Garrett on January 02, 2012, 07:42:52 PM
(http://images.craigslist.org/5F75H55J53G63I23Nec1110b4bb510bcb1ffa.jpg)

I can't find anything conclusive, Wiki says the actual ZX6 wasn't introduced til like 96. But the seller is also selling a 1992 "ZX6" He's selling the one pictured for dirt cheap cause it has no title but I can get one.
I've decided 5 bikes isn't enough so I need another :D

Thanks!
Title: Re: Help me figure out the year on this "ZX6"
Post by: BaltimoreGS on January 02, 2012, 08:04:12 PM
Can't you just check the frame tag for the build date??

-Jessie
Title: Re: Help me figure out the year on this "ZX6"
Post by: Garrett on January 02, 2012, 08:04:38 PM
The seller doesn't want to. Literally. I'm not making this up.
Title: Re: Help me figure out the year on this "ZX6"
Post by: BaltimoreGS on January 02, 2012, 08:09:01 PM
Sounds like he doesn't really want to sell it then if he's not willing to take a moment to check.  Kawi started using the "ZX6" designation in 1990.  The color scheme is very mid-90's, I'd have to see the headlights to guess at a year.

A bit of history here:  http://www.zx6e.net/forums/index.php?act=models

-Jessie

Edit:  I'll guess 1994 or 1995, what do I win??
Title: Re: Help me figure out the year on this "ZX6"
Post by: Garrett on January 02, 2012, 08:15:17 PM
Quote from: BaltimoreGS on January 02, 2012, 08:09:01 PM
Sounds like he doesn't really want to sell it then if he's not willing to take a moment to check.  Kawi started using the "ZX6" designation in 1990.  The color scheme is very mid-90's, I'd have to see the headlights to guess at a year.

A bit of history here:  http://www.zx6e.net/forums/index.php?act=models

-Jessie

Edit:  I'll guess 1994 or 1995, what do I win??

Awesome! Thank you, it does look like a 94 or 95.
Title: Re: Help me figure out the year on this "ZX6"
Post by: mister on January 03, 2012, 12:21:01 AM
I wouldn't bother with him. No title and he can't be stuffed to look at a number on the frame.
Title: Re: Help me figure out the year on this "ZX6"
Post by: tt_four on January 03, 2012, 01:17:57 PM
you can find the ZX6s(non-zx6R) for pretty cheap. I always see them on craigslist, get excited to open it and find out that's what it is. In S.A.T. terms, zx6 is to Katana what zx6r/ninja is to gsxr.

Love those colors though!
Title: Re: Help me figure out the year on this "ZX6"
Post by: Twisted on January 04, 2012, 04:16:01 PM
Quote from: tt_four on January 03, 2012, 01:17:57 PM
you can find the ZX6s(non-zx6R) for pretty cheap. I always see them on craigslist, get excited to open it and find out that's what it is. In S.A.T. terms, zx6 is to Katana what zx6r/ninja is to gsxr.

Love those colors though!

tt four - long time no see. Still got the Buell? (sorry to OP for threadjack  :2guns:)
Title: Re: Help me figure out the year on this "ZX6"
Post by: tt_four on January 07, 2012, 01:53:33 AM
Quote from: Twisted on January 04, 2012, 04:16:01 PM


tt four - long time no see. Still got the Buell? (sorry to OP for threadjack  :2guns:)

Hey, it has been a while, I was brought back by the new of Madjak's crask. No more Buell, I sold it back in August, thought about using the money to replace it with something else but then I spent it all haha, so it's just me and the yz426 sumo, but I'm ok with that!
Title: Re: Help me figure out the year on this "ZX6"
Post by: Jared on January 07, 2012, 09:06:25 AM
A friend of mine had a 93 (When I had my CBR 600 F2) in the black and teal.... it was the ZX11's baby brother (style wise). Only thing "bad" I remember is they had a recall on the swingarms (bad weld)- but that was only for 1993 I believe.   

It was a little better than a Katana to GSXR difference. The Ninja 600 was more of your Katana equivalent.. (1985-1997 a,b,c versions).

How much did/does he want for it with no title?  What color is the  92 (likely the production date and it's a 93..)





Title: Re: Help me figure out the year on this "ZX6"
Post by: Garrett on January 07, 2012, 09:41:31 AM
Quote from: Jared on January 07, 2012, 09:06:25 AM
A friend of mine had a 93 (When I had my CBR 600 F2) in the black and teal.... it was the ZX11's baby brother (style wise). Only thing "bad" I remember is they had a recall on the swingarms (bad weld)- but that was only for 1993 I believe.   

It was a little better than a Katana to GSXR difference. The Ninja 600 was more of your Katana equivalent.. (1985-1997 a,b,c versions).

How much did/does he want for it with no title?  What color is the  92 (likely the production date and it's a 93..)

I've got a CBR600F2 now :)
And he finally told me the year, it's a 95 and he wants 300 for it.
Title: Re: Help me figure out the year on this "ZX6"
Post by: Jared on January 07, 2012, 10:33:51 AM
I had a 93 in the Red White and Blue.  Stolen 13 months after I bought it... (I LOVED that bike..). Got a ZX11 after that one....

$300 for a non titled bike.... was it titled to him?  Go low...

What's it cost you to get a title...?