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just a random thought...

if I were to put together a fully working NOS setup on a B model ZX-9R,
would anyone pay a decent price for it?

I was thinking low enough to be reliable, but enough to make a busa-eater perhaps?

Androo wrote:just a random thought...

if I were to put together a fully working NOS setup on a B model ZX-9R,
would anyone pay a decent price for it?

In a word, no.

1. Chances are the installation will be a custom fit (at least in ths country) and, depending on whether you do it yourself, get the ricer shop down the road to do it or drop it by Ron Solomon's, it will take either a long time, a very long time, or (relatively speaking) fucking forever, and it will cost between 20% and 40% of what a stock-ish B-model ZX9 is worth.
2. You'll recover, maybe, 10% of the cost of the installation in the sale price of the bike.
3. By using NOS as a selling point, you'll drive away the sorts of secondhand bike buyers to whom a 10-year-old, comfy sumo sportsbike normally appeals while failing to attract the attention of people who'd be prepared to consider that sort of performance mod, but who also tend to be sufficiently attention-deficient to fail to fathom that, prior to the appearance of the R1 and the Hayabusa, bikes other than CBR250RR's used to exist.

Why on earth would you want to do that?

Colette wrote:Why on earth would you want to do that?

fun project I'd be doing it all myself

I-K makes a pretty good point though...

Androo wrote:

Colette wrote:Why on earth would you want to do that?

fun project I'd be doing it all myself

I-K makes a pretty good point though...

OK, fair enough

think i already got i in the shed

fab

MadFab wrote:think i already got i in the shed

fab

what, nos zx-9r??

Androo, ur not a freind of Rob are u??..the dude from syd with the zx12r on nos....also use to have a bandit that was in Streetbike on nos...
the dude offered to do my blade, for less than $1k....im sure if ur interested, he could sort u out..i can get his details if u like...

I suddenly have Vanilla ice/ice ice baby running through my head.

Of course substitute the word "rice" in there and your on the money.

neka79 wrote:Androo, ur not a freind of Rob are u??..the dude from syd with the zx12r on nos....also use to have a bandit that was in Streetbike on nos...
the dude offered to do my blade, for less than $1k....im sure if ur interested, he could sort u out..i can get his details if u like...

nope, never met anyone with nos on a bike before, just read a bit about it

yeh its not a particularly hard or expensive job, and would be great fun on a dragstrip

mike-s wrote:I suddenly have Vanilla ice/ice ice baby running through my head.

Of course substitute the word "rice" in there and your on the money.

how exactly do you classify a +40 or so HP mod as rice?

its not like my original post was "how much extra could I sell my bike for if I put a NOS sticker on it"

androo androo androo


is this the bike you're trying to sell cos it's too fast already ??

tanyathecheeky wrote:androo androo androo


is this the bike you're trying to sell cos it's too fast already ??

hehe yeh, but its too wet and yukky to go for a proper ride and I'm resisting the urge to mod it, I swear

Androo wrote:

yeh its not a particularly hard or expensive job, and would be great fun on a dragstrip

Had a dragcar on the giggle once
wasnt that hard to do
but when it does go wrong shit happens really quick
like it wasnt running 100% one day threw flames out the scoop 6 feet
Dont think i'd want that to happen on a bike


I'd go turbo
once the ZX10R comes going to turbo the old GPZ1000RX and take it out on the salt

Lucas wrote:Had a dragcar on the giggle once
wasnt that hard to do
but when it does go wrong shit happens really quick
like it wasnt running 100% one day threw flames out the scoop 6 feet
Dont think i'd want that to happen on a bike


I'd go turbo
once the ZX10R comes going to turbo the old GPZ1000RX and take it out on the salt

eek! dont want to think what those flames would do to a rider

turbo is a lot more work, but I will do it eventually let me know how you go with the GPZ, I'd be interested to see how it goes