Kawasaki Sportsbike Riders Club - Australia - Online Forum

Gay all , haven't been on here for a while , looking at buying a new bike , love the look of the newish Z 1000 abs , any one have , or ridden , any goods or bads, just doing some research , any info would be great...
Carl AKA myy636

I have done three and a half thousand k's on mine and they have been thoroughly enjoyable!

Great bike to ride it's definintly built for hoons... The gearing is short and the bike is flickable!

The only three issues I can think of are

1. Because of the short gearing you will be pulling 4-5 thou rpm at 100km/h

2. Small fuel tank so you're looking at around 200ks to a tank...

3. Police don't take kindly to you doing wheelies...

Buy one before someone convinces you to buy a zrx

I say they good..

Sounds great , I'm getting exited . Do you have a 2011 or 2012, is there much difference,?

both same, either way your in for a nice surprise..

Great but finding one at a fair price will be the hard bit. Im busting my ar5s trying to find a Ninja Z1000 at the right price!

Zed or Ninja..im confused..

Surely Zed..

Z1000 small fairing, smaller tank, slightly different state of tune.More street fighter
Ninja 1000 full fairing, larger tank, more touring , but both great bikes.

25000 k on my 2010 Z thou and not a single issue. play with the sports bike in the tight stuff all day look as tough as Chuck Norris chewing a wasp and front tyres last ages because you cant keep them on the ground

Plaz wrote:front tyres last ages because you cant keep them on the ground

I have the same issue with my Ninja 1000, must be a bad model for that!!

Plaz wrote:25000 k on my 2010 Z thou and not a single issue. play with the sports bike in the tight stuff all day look as tough as Chuck Norris chewing a wasp and front tyres last ages because you cant keep them on the ground

What about your licence?

Licence? Since when did you need a licence???

I rode Hoff's on the CDT and they are a great bike. The Ninja 1000 I sat on at the Supers was an even better riding position so I'd probably go that option.

I wish I had rode Hoff's Zeddie at the Island.......or on the Bonang... or even in the rain !

Looked like a great bike to ride.

I was one of the lucky ones to ride the Hoff's Z1000, in fact I've ridden a few now, carbon Col that rides with us has one dripping in carbon, looks sensational.

I have to say they are all good but the Hoff's one with the set up suspension for larger units suits me perfectly, as I said if I had to buy a new bike now that is what I would buy. I would get the naked over the Ninja for the simple reason I want to know how fast I'm going The Hoff has a bigger screen on his and that is more than enough protection, even at - um - somewhat elevated pace