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After a recent test ride of a new 10R i wasnt completely sold on it. I actually prefer my 9 most likely cause of the comfortable factor like i know my bike, i know what it can and cant do. i am still seriously considering the 10 on the belief the more i ride it the better it gets. Anyways just wondering if i could hear some pros about the 10. Or differences people have found between the two. And also what kind of changes if any people have made to thier 10`s.
Thanks.

ZX9erguy wrote:After a recent test ride of a new 10R i wasnt completely sold on it. I actually prefer my 9 most likely cause of the comfortable factor like i know my bike, i know what it can and cant do. i am still seriously considering the 10 on the belief the more i ride it the better it gets. Anyways just wondering if i could hear some pros about the 10. Or differences people have found between the two. And also what kind of changes if any people have made to thier 10`s.
Thanks.

What year model 10?, and 08 or 09 I presume if its new (and what year model 9 for that matter)

As a "road bike" the nine is still quite handy (well mine is anyway), every time I jump off the rex and give the 9 some stick I go back to the ZRX and realise that the 9 is still a VERY quick motorcycle. Too quick for most places with draconian enforcement of speed limits.

Its also very comfy as well.

Saying that I rode Mick C's titanium 05 on the CDT and it felt quite nice, I aslo rode the 08 and thought it was very capable but what I didnt like was the way it sanitised the speed and made it no fun to ride at even double the speed linit - fine if your going for WSB glory but not good if you need a licence or work etc..

Another reason why I love my ZRX

It was an 08 model i rode. My 9 is a 2000. At the recent april fools run in casino my 9 not only matched the R1`s and the newer 10`s it beat most of them. even a couple of 12r`s (my mates). which i took great delight in rubbin that in!! I think i would be more keen to buy a big bang 10 rather then the 08 i rode. From what i read they are a much more rider friendly bike in regards to the use of power and how it is delivered

mate it all depends who riding the bike in almost every case rather than the bikes power.

On the topic of the bikes I cant say that I have had more than a 30min squirt on a 93 9r but I must say that I was pleasently surprised on how nimble they are compared to their bulky size. After getting of the 9r I still find the 10r more responsive and impressive in term of power and agility. I suppose as I said above it's all how you ride them.

I have done plenty of long trips on a 10r and I cant say that I have had a really problem with comfort other than the occasional numb arse. I have found however that the bug does have higher rearset foot peg levels (more race orientated) than the older models. This casues a few sore legs on the straight long roads where you have nothing else to think about.