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I was just reading the ZZR 1200 forums at ZZR1200.net and it seems that the ZZR 1200 has been discontinued in the UK.

If this is true then that means the ZZR1200 and the GTR-1000 are off of Kawasakis lists (because surely Australia will loose the ZZR aswell).

How long is the ZZR1200 going to be on sale for? Am I going to be able to get a highly discounted ZZR at a discontinued model sale?

So, what's the replacement? What are Kawasaki going to offer in the hyper-sports tourer market?

Does anyone have any contacts at Kwakka Aus? Maybe someone can find out?

maaaaaaaaaaate....

one word

ZX12R.

Agreed, ZX12 is a hell of a bike, maybe too much of a bike for people in the market for a ZZR?

Why would they discontinue a legendry bike unless they have a new version/model design coming out?

Thats just great news for me now I have just bought one a few months back, but I will find out friday.

Cheers

the ZZR1200 discontinued about time slowest bike out of the top group hmmm.
With the new Hayabusa coming out in 2006, the new R1 and BMW kwaka have to do something, get rid of there turtle and spend real time on making a decent bike.
The ZX12R nice bike but crap range bout time they fixed that, and yeap thats what there doing, you will find by February plans will find there way out

could the replacement be aZRX1200R? Despite the fact its a naked bike versus the zzr being faired.

*shrug*

Rumours have it that we will see the ZZR replaced by a bike based on the ZZRX concept. I wouldnt really be suprised to see that happen.

With all due respect:

The ZZ-R1200 was never a legendary bike. It always was the poorer son of the ZZ-R1100 of 91-93 when the really good ones were built.

The 1100 was THE bike to have for 6 or 7 years and still takes a fair bit of handling when you mix that much weight with that much power.

I understand the resurgence of naked bikes as that was where most of us oldies started. I also think that not being able to buy a comfortable, faired Kawasaki with the raw power and gut wrenching induction roar of the ZZ-R 1100 would be a tragedy.

Ask the VIC boy racers about the ability of the 1100 if you have any doubts.

PC

Maybe a Z1200?

ronster wrote:With all due respect:

The ZZ-R1200 was never a legendary bike. It always was the poorer son of the ZZ-R1100 of 91-93 when the really good ones were built.

The 1100 was THE bike to have for 6 or 7 years and still takes a fair bit of handling when you mix that much weight with that much power.

I understand the resurgence of naked bikes as that was where most of us oldies started. I also think that not being able to buy a comfortable, faired Kawasaki with the raw power and gut wrenching induction roar of the ZZ-R 1100 would be a tragedy.

Ask the VIC boy racers about the ability of the 1100 if you have any doubts.

PC

Depends on what you want these days, afaik the 1200 has many advantages over the 1100, but please tell me if Iam wrong. What was the sports bike is nearly a tourer now and hey I don't mind one bit owning a tourer. As what I ment by legendary was the past decade of ZZR's leading into this model not the model it self is legendary.

scotty37 wrote:
Depends on what you want these days, afaik the 1200 has many advantages over the 1100, but please tell me if Iam wrong. What was the sports bike is nearly a tourer now and hey I don't mind one bit owning a tourer. As what I ment by legendary was the past decade of ZZR's leading into this model not the model it self is legendary.

The 1100 was an unabashed sports/tourer whilst I think the 1200 has leaned more towards the tourer. I don't think theres anything wrong with the1200, however it is not the bike IMO that the 1100 was.

We live to disagree mate, to each his own, my other bike is a 69 Trident which I think was as good as you could get back then. (That should start a blue with the old farts)

cheers

PC

To be fair, before the thread on zzr1200.net veered off into discussion about whose bike has a light switch and whose doesn't, nobody came up with anything more substantial to back Kawasaki discontinuing the ZZ-R1200 than, "My dealer reckons they didn't make enough for both the US and the UK market..."

If it is being discontinued (a definitive possibility; people just aren't buying 260kg bikes the way they used to), and taking into account that the J-model ZX-6R is coming back as the 2005-model ZZ-R600, what odds on the ZX-9R re-entering production with a taller screen, maybe a lower seat, and the Z1000's bored-out 970cc engine with efi... ZZ-R1000?

ronster wrote:

scotty37 wrote:
Depends on what you want these days, afaik the 1200 has many advantages over the 1100, but please tell me if Iam wrong. What was the sports bike is nearly a tourer now and hey I don't mind one bit owning a tourer. As what I ment by legendary was the past decade of ZZR's leading into this model not the model it self is legendary.

The 1100 was an unabashed sports/tourer whilst I think the 1200 has leaned more towards the tourer. I don't think theres anything wrong with the1200, however it is not the bike IMO that the 1100 was.

We live to disagree mate, to each his own, my other bike is a 69 Trident which I think was as good as you could get back then. (That should start a blue with the old farts)

cheers

PC

m8, have you actually checked one out or you just doing the assumption thing, get there and ride the sucker and your opinion might change.
Like I would know right!
So have you ever owned a 1100?

Well I do know kwakka is not reproducing some models and this is what shits me off, a good few years ago kdx, kx, and klx dirt bikes were king but for some eason kwakka decided to pull the monetery pin and we riders suffered. So in my slower years of life they apparently wanna do it again for whatever reason?
Hey, for the same price a zx10 was available, but silly me went for a zzr. only coz I wanted a s/t bike.

scotty37 wrote:So have you ever owned a 1100?

I've done 75,000 kms on my 1993 D1 ZZ-R1100 mate and still ride it among the boy racers in KSRC VIC

Nice bike, believe me

PC