I've been itching to get back on two wheels since building our house and today was the day. I have a long history with Kawasaki's from riding a Z250 from Brisbane to Perth in 1989, doing Perth to Busselton on my Z550 every weekend to see my girlfriend, Doing the Nullarbor again (a little faster) heading back from Perth to Brisbane on the first of the fuel injected GPZ1100's and more recently enjoyed the grunt and old school style of a new ZRX1200. I've had many other bikes over the years and it's in my blood so today was a special occasion. My wife drove me to Townsville this morning and I picked up a very nice example of a 2007 ZX14R. Some extras included were heated grips which I may use on a Southern trip but never in far North QLD!, A sweet set of Yoshi stainless pipes that give her a fantastic note and she was dyno tuned after the pipes were fitted. The seller threw in a near new gear sack rack and bag, a GPS and wired mount and an original, never fitted single seat cowling. I arrived home with a big smile on my face after a very comfortable 130k trip.
The ZRX had torque, but not on this level, the smooth roll-on power is fantastic when overtaking quad road trains and spending very little time on the wrong side of the road. I was very surprised by how manoeuvrable she is at 215 odd kg.I plan to ride down to Toowoomba after Christmas and get a few rides in with 2 of my older brothers. I am the youngest of 9 children and the 5 of us brothers have all shared motorbikes as a common interest all my life. Looking forward to hearing from other owners of this beast. Al
