New bike in the garage

[satyajitmenon]

Well, new to me.

Took a couple of minutes to get used to the riding position. Had to adjust a bit to make sure I wasn't putting too much weight on my hands. I do think some woodcraft rearsets will do this bike a world of good. And a sargent seat of course (the stock seat is hard as rock).

Am quite surprised at how refined it is for a carbed bike.

 

[halik]

No turbo busa?

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

Nice. 2001 zx6r? I had that bike and now I can't remember the year. I love Kawi bikes. Here's my old bike.

 

[satyajitmenon]

No turbo busa?

Naah. Turbo is for noobs. NOS is where it's at.

Nice. 2001 zx6r? I had that bike and now I can't remember the year. I love Kawi bikes. Here's my old bike.

'07 ZZR600. Basically the same as an 02 ZX6R.

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

I had a D&D carbon exhaust on mine. It was loud and sounded beautiful. That bike is all you really need. I've owned zx9r, an 02 and 09 zx6r, 07 zx14 so I know bikes. That zzr is a good mix of power and size. It's fast but not too fast. You can nail it and even stay in it a little while without being at stupid high speeds. You can use a lot of that bikes power.

 

[satyajitmenon]

I had a D&D carbon exhaust on mine. It was loud and sounded beautiful. That bike is all you really need. I've owned zx9r, an 02 and 09 zx6r, 07 zx14 so I know bikes. That zzr is a good mix of power and size. It's fast but not too fast. You can nail it and even stay in it a little while without being at stupid high speeds. You can use a lot of that bikes power.

What I found interesting was that there's a decent amount of torque lower down the rev range. Not like a v-twin or anything, but certainly not as anaemic as I expected. I wonder if it feels like that cos of shorter gearing.

 

[satyajitmenon]

Two days of riding around, and it feels a lot more natural. Although I would like the pegs to be a little lower, and back. I can't imagine how someone taller than me would be comfortable on this thing.

Definitely want to get some risers.

 

[olds]

Nice.

My Kawi, with bar risers...