New Z1000 im temped..

Sun out, rain has gone, & Im all ready to pick up the Ninja tomorrow. Got a 2.5 hour drive & then the 2.5 hour ride home on her,, I cant wait. Ireally hope I like it, Ive only had a ride on a 08 Z1000 Thats what caused all this trouble!!! This Ninja would want to be good or I might have to reposess the ZRX back of Graig!!

This Ninja would want to be good or I might have to reposess the ZRX back of Graig!!

Um, yeh.....good luck with that

Rode her home 250Ks all up, first impressions, smooth engine, good torque,[not as grunty as the ZRX] great chassis! good brakes, nice riding postion. Suspension ifeels ok, but I need to dial it in a bit. So first ride Im happy. It was all freeway riding so its will be good to get into the twisties & give a go. Pics to come..

Rode her home 250Ks all up, first impressions, smooth engine, good torque,[not as grunty as the ZRX] great chassis! good brakes, nice riding postion. Suspension ifeels ok, but I need to dial it in a bit. So first ride Im happy. It was all freeway riding so its will be good to get into the twisties & give a go. Pics to come..

Glad you like it Steve Because you have f*&K all chance of getting the ZRX back.
well done. We will have to catch up at the PITS so you can show me the new bike.

Was my first impression of Hoffy's Zed. How smooth the engine was. Definatly not angry like a zx10

Rode her home 250Ks all up, first impressions, smooth engine, good torque,[not as grunty as the ZRX] great chassis! good brakes, nice riding postion. Suspension ifeels ok, but I need to dial it in a bit. So first ride Im happy. It was all freeway riding so its will be good to get into the twisties & give a go. Pics to come..

Glad you like it Steve Because you have f*&K all chance of getting the ZRX back.
well done. We will have to catch up at the PITS so you can show me the new bike.

Well I do know people Graig
No the ZRX is safe, But I just miss the GREEN, this Ninja is ALL BLACK. But that will change in time, I have a few ideas, & I think it will blow everyone away with how it will turn out.
See ya at the PITS soon, just give me a call.
Steve.

I wanna go for a ride, but it just never stop raining long enough to get the bike out & get going!! Im so over this weather!!!!!!!!

Had a look at the suspension today. Hmm the say the setting were out would be an understatment.
The rear shock was.. Preload 1 down from full hard. The rebound was full hard!!
So Ive sorted that out, the front was a bit high in spring preload, so I wound a little out & screwed in some rebound & compression, so iy should be a lot nicer now.. Not that it wasnt before, but it was all freeway riding so I couldnt really tell were it sat. Sun please sun, just for a day or two!!

Well congrats on the New Ninja 1000 , i've riden em & they are a awesome bike . But i still say you will regret selling your ZRX

Sun out Im off the MCAs today!! Get some bling for the Ninja!! Oh & do some Ks....

First whinge comming!!!!!!
The Ninja headlights?? I may as well stick a torch on the thing, I went for a ride in the night, the lights are pittyfull for such a modern bike to have such perthitic lighting in just wrong. The ZRX was 100 times better & it only had 1 light FFS! So I orded a pair of 100watt globes. That should so do the trick..

I took the mrs for a quiet ride down the old road yesterday, The chassis & enging is where this bike excels. The supension is pretty good, the brakes take a bit of pressure to get them to bite, but some pads will fix that.
It is slower in the steering than the ZRX, but Im sure thats the tyres it has Michalin Road 3s which are very flat in their profile, but its very stable, although we didnt go at any pace, I did find it hasnt got as much ground clearance as the ZRX , we dragged the footpegs a couple of times, so I'll have to remove the long bolt thingy that hang off the riders pegs. But so far so good. Im warming to it.

Just a word of warning - when upgrading the globes to a higher wattage - you'll generate more heat. Sometimes the plastic cowl that surrounds the back of your headlamps won't be able to take the extra heat generated and can distort or even melt in some situations.

zrx1200s have awful ground clearance... you should see the toes on phil's boots, im surprised you feel this is worse... have you flipped the eccentrics?

Good to hear. Pics?

Re. the brakes are they the Nissin calipers like on the 6/14? If so the stock Kawasaki pads are very good.

Well congrats on the New Ninja 1000 , i've riden em & they are a awesome bike . But i still say you will regret selling your ZRX

I can honestly say I am not regretting Steve selling the ZRX. I'm having a blast on it.

Good to hear. Pics?

Re. the brakes are they the Nissin calipers like on the 6/14? If so the stock Kawasaki pads are very good.

they have the 08+ ZX10r tokico's

Braided lines, Flip the eccentrics as mentioned.

and adjust your headlight down a bit, no doubt 2 up it was blinding cars.

The ZRX has the worst headlight in modern History. i highly doubt the new ninja1000 has shit ones.