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Stupidly good photos & the stubble fields I remember form my youth. Nice one.

He's back! *Waves*

ZRX61 wrote: Mon Oct 24, 2022 6:10 am

Big old D model looking good. They can be had for little money now,cheap speed and comfort.

Welcome back man.

Skub wrote: Mon Oct 24, 2022 11:32 am Big old D model looking good. They can be had for little money now,cheap speed and comfort.

Welcome back man.

'95 D3 with 16,000 miles for about $3k. Still trying to adjust the wrist/ass/speedometer connection. Freeway off ramps come up awful fast at 150mph.. which was as fast as I wanted to go on 13 year old tires..
Trying to ride the ZX at ZRX speeds, didn't work, ended up approaching my off ramp at 150 on the ZRX last time out... ooops
& yes, I now have two bikes in the garage....altho the Camaro went & was replaced by a 400hp twin turbo Explorer ST which is a bit quick in its own right.




*War is such thirsty work....*

My ZZR1100 was the last bike I owned which was a pleasure to work on. Valve clearance etc are a doddle,no cams out bollox.

I had some great times on my old bus.

I quickly became an expert at pulling the tank & fairing panels etc off it & putting them back on again... Checking the oil is different to every other Kaw I've owned "fire it up, turn it off, wait 10 minutes & look in the window" ... two hours later it's half way down the window instead of at the top. What bollocks is this? Apparently GTR1000's are the same, but not the ZRX. Apparently something to do with oil draining away to hide somewhere... & probably something to do with that 2nd drain plug.
Changed the horn to something that can be heard. Horn is on the front/left down tube, relay is by the battery, compressor is in the left side of the tail. Denali SoundBomb, it's LOUD!!! (140+Db)
Can't get the fucker on the main stand until I get my wrist fixed (non-union fracture separated about 6 months ago, didn't go back together this time, screw is loose).. So I have to put the front in the Baxley, lift the rear with the Pitbull, flip down the mainstand, pull it back out of the Baxley & then lower it off the Pitbull onto the mainstand..... Then swap the adaptors on the Pitbull back for the spools on the ZRX. FFS, what a faff.
It had missing/wrong hardware on the fairing etc, got a full kit off Ebay for $36, then two months later they sent me another (free), different kit by mistake, some of that one ended up on the ZRX.
Clearcoat on the sides of the wheels was all buggered so stripped & polished those bits.

Apparently there's only mine & one other (dark green '96 with 100,000+ miles) running around LA. Very comfy, very stable, scary fast, hadn't ridden one for about 25 years... had an "oh yeah, now I remember" moment riding it home after I merged from one freeway onto another freeway at 140mph. (altho the ZRX11 is full of ZX11 goodies so is faster off the line & around town)
Taking it to the RS again on Nov 20th to meet up with the green one (weather permitting), will make a better attempt at not being a total twat.

Insurance is $117/year, full comp/collision, 100/300 limits, $7500 agreed value (will be changing that to $8500 or $9000) & it if gets wadded I get the bike back & the $7500. Same exact policy on the ZRX costs me $220/year. There's mileage limits with both policies, but I won't get close to that.

(Ya didn't recognize Gul Dukat by the ZX11?)

Good to see you back posting again. Was wondering wtf you'd gone the other day,..

ZRX61 wrote: Mon Oct 24, 2022 7:37 pm (Ya didn't recognize Gul Dukat by the ZX11?)

Not without his makeup on!

Skub wrote: Mon Oct 24, 2022 9:21 pm

ZRX61 wrote: Mon Oct 24, 2022 7:37 pm (Ya didn't recognize Gul Dukat by the ZX11?)

Not without his makeup on!

I thought it was William Burroughs.

Skub wrote: Mon Oct 24, 2022 9:21 pm Not without his makeup on!

He's 80 now, rides a HD (that had a for sale sign on it). Friend of mine said "That guy used to be on Star Trek" & I figured out who it was. I said "Gul Dukat?" & he comes back with "How the fuck did you recognize me?"

In other news, I came damn close to bringing this home a few weeks ago. Then I forgot to get the guys phone # or give him mine. If he shows up at the RS again, it's coming home with me. Needs a really good clean or resto. Front wheel was pink for some reason...



However, with that said.... the next acquisition will likely be a '83-'85 GPz1100 A1-A3. Just gotta find the right one.
Or quite possibly that GPz looking Z900 in Firecracker Red... Almost wheeled one out of the dealer a few months back...

ZRX61 wrote: Tue Oct 25, 2022 12:50 am

That wants a fork brace. I only had the standard 750A3 and rode it like i stole it everywhere. Bastard insisted on trying to chuck me off daily. If you get it the forum is still running https://www.750turbo.com/forum/

Oh, Welcome back (Y) Please dont post your riding videos

ZRX61 wrote: Mon Oct 24, 2022 6:10 am

That not the same engine as your ZRX but with the 6th gear? Should bolt right in

Felix wrote: Tue Oct 25, 2022 1:00 am That not the same engine as your ZRX but with the 6th gear? Should bolt right in

Similar, but a ZX head won't fit in a ZRX frame owing to downdraft carbs. 1st 2nd & 5th in a ZRX box are the same ratios as 1st, 2nd & 6th in a ZX box. ZX revs higher than a stock ZRX, but my ZRX already has all that ZX gubbins (Pistons, cams, ignitor/brain doodad, double valve springs etc). On a dyno my ZRX makes more HP than a stock ZX.. but the ZX has that ram air sorcery which makes things interesting... & the ZRX has the aero of a Foden. Once the ram air & aero starts to factor in, the ZX will leave the ZRX. but by then you'll already be 30 over the national speed limit.

I'm not sure how many pressurized airboxes Kawasaki exploded in testing, but judging by the amount of bloody bolts that hold the two halves together, it must have been more than a few.

ZRX61 wrote: Tue Oct 25, 2022 1:36 am

Felix wrote: Tue Oct 25, 2022 1:00 am That not the same engine as your ZRX but with the 6th gear? Should bolt right in

Similar, but a ZX head won't fit in a ZRX frame owing to downdraft carbs. 1st 2nd & 5th in a ZRX box are the same ratios as 1st, 2nd & 6th in a ZX box. ZX revs higher than a stock ZRX, but my ZRX already has all that ZX gubbins (Pistons, cams, ignitor/brain doodad, double valve springs etc). On a dyno my ZRX makes more HP than a stock ZX.. but the ZX has that ram air sorcery which makes things interesting... & the ZRX has the aero of a Foden. Once the ram air & aero starts to factor in, the ZX will leave the ZRX. but by then you'll already be 30 over the national speed limit.

I'm not sure how many pressurized airboxes Kawasaki exploded in testing, but judging by the amount of bloody bolts that hold the two halves together, it must have been more than a few.

Odd as the brief time i had the ZRX i was thinking of a six gear for touring and an onl Kawasaki forum i was on at the time it was recommended to put that engine in. Unless i was told a few other mods needed doing. Its been about 15 years ago now.

Seemed a nice morning so I checked the weather forecast with multiple sources that all swore blind there was less than five percent chance of rain all day throughout North Wales so I set off planning to do a loop up to Dolgellau then back via Bala / Llangollen.

The weather was lovely - showing 19 degrees on the dash when I fuelled up. But, of course, North Wales being North Wales as soon as I was getting near the mountains on the A458 it started becoming dark, cloudy and progressively wetter. I'd optimistically worn a mesh jacket / summer gloves etc. so I gave up and went back pretty much the way I'd come.

This is where it changed over - dry & lovely to the East, wet and miserable to the West:



Still good to get out on such a good day - especially considering it's late October.

Bonus Rainbow:

Felix wrote: Tue Oct 25, 2022 8:26 am Odd as the brief time i had the ZRX i was thinking of a six gear for touring and an onl Kawasaki forum i was on at the time it was recommended to put that engine in. Unless i was told a few other mods needed doing. Its been about 15 years ago now.

I still sometimes look for 6th on the ZRX.... A while back I went out on the ZX & was about 2 miles down the freeway before I noticed I was in 5th... now I look for 7th on the ZX... FFS.

I'm having far too much fun with this thing.

I got out on my Street Triple yesterday afternoon.The mileometer reached the grand total of 8000 miles.
That means that in the 3& a half years that I've owned the bike I've only done 6500 miles
I was thinking about trading it in for a Kawasaki Z900 RS,but when I go out on it,the Streety is a hoot to ride.



Still wearing summer gloves at the end of October