Buying a ZX10r

Hello All,

Just a quick intro, Im from western sydney currently looking to buy/build a trackie and love to ride both on and off the track.

Ive just sold my 08 Blade to buy a track bike, Im about to go and look at a 2008 Zx10r .... what id like to know is there anything out of the norm i need to know specially with the 2008 model?

Cheers
baddie

Last edited by Baddie on Thu Oct 21, 2010 7:59 am, edited 1 time in total.

Welcome aboard baddie,

There are plenty of 10 riders here who will be able to help with your question - unfortunately I'm not one of them.

If you were after a great road 10 I'd suggest chatting with Blur and checking out viewtopic.php?f=16&t=29556

I love my 09 Gen3 ZX10R.
The only gripes I have with mine is the stock steering dampner is complete shit. Either replace it or get the internals replaced, and the bike has an annoying buzz around 3k rpm due to the ignition barrell and 4k rpm due to the front fairing but that could just be my bike.

I love my 09 Gen3 ZX10R.
The only gripes I have with mine is the stock steering dampner is complete shit. Either replace it or get the internals replaced, and the bike has an annoying buzz around 3k rpm due to the ignition barrell and 4k rpm due to the front fairing but that could just be my bike.

zip ties fix all.

I had 2 annoying buzzes / rattles at 5kRPM on my 6, one from the exhaust protector cage and one from the front cowl. zip ties fixed both whilst being invisible

I love my 09 Gen3 ZX10R.
The only gripes I have with mine is the stock steering dampner is complete shit. Either replace it or get the internals replaced, and the bike has an annoying buzz around 3k rpm due to the ignition barrell and 4k rpm due to the front fairing but that could just be my bike.

Your not alone dude, mine makes the buzz too

yep mine did aswell so I avoided it by never sitting in that rev range

I love my 09 Gen3 ZX10R.
The only gripes I have with mine is the stock steering dampner is complete shit. Either replace it or get the internals replaced, and the bike has an annoying buzz around 3k rpm due to the ignition barrell and 4k rpm due to the front fairing but that could just be my bike.

Mate, you should take your bike to Kawasaki and have the steering dumper fixed cause its not working at all.
Is it covered by the bike's warranty??

I love my 09 Gen3 ZX10R.
The only gripes I have with mine is the stock steering dampner is complete shit. Either replace it or get the internals replaced, and the bike has an annoying buzz around 3k rpm due to the ignition barrell and 4k rpm due to the front fairing but that could just be my bike.

Mate, you should take your bike to Kawasaki and have the steering dumper fixed cause its not working at all.
Is it covered by the bike's warranty??

thats the way they all come standard from kawa. It works just not overly effective

It did jack on my bike.. From my understanding, they came this way from factory so noobs wouldnt crank the adjustment up and not be able to steer the thing..
Best money i have spent so far was getting the damper rebuilt

Thanks for all your imput....the bike is currently being used in the Red baron series of the FX xtreme, so im guess the steering damper issues may have been looked at??

But I'm looking at replacing with a GPR V4 steering damper is there are any issues.

Also whats the deal with the numbers, can you put only number you like?

Are you Looking to race? If so what series as they l have different rules