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I picked the bike up this morning and the news is pretty good!

Head stem bearings are fine.
Speedo mounts are fixed, although the speedo reading is still out.
Discs are of a roadworthy thickness, but are warped.

All in all, they said it's a good bike and I shouldn't have any dramas with it. Time ...

I know my old Daytona 955i used to have a cracking feeling when I stopped too, but it wasn't the bearings.

The bike is off to Brighton Kawasaki on Saturday, so I'll see how that goes.

Thanks very much for the replies!

greenmeanie wrote:Also check the overflow bottle(plastic bottle behind RHS fairing) as they tend to crack at the base. Is there radiator coolant in there ?

I got to have a good look at that the other day after the cap went walkabout. The bottle is fine but it beats me what happened to the cap!

Lone Wolf wrote:

greenmeanie wrote:I bet that ain't the original speedo! ......15000 & the rest..

Was my first thought too.
ZX7R's do have a reputation for warped discs

Is there a reason for this? Do you know if it's more of a case when using stock discs?

I just went out and did it... assuming I was doing it correctly, everything seems smooth.

Is this to test the steering head bearings?

I'm not too sure what you mean about pulling the front into the air on the side stand?

Oh, and here are some pics. I'll have to give it a wash and take some more.

Is there a lot of labour involved in fitting the bearings?

These are the rotors I've found so far, although I haven't looked anywhere further than eBay.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Disc-Rotor-Front-Floating-ZX7R-ZX7RR-ZX9-ZZR1100-ZX12-/330394952957?pt=AU_Motorcycle_Parts_Accessories&hash ...

The way I see it you have no choice but to fix it. (unless you do as the previous seller did)

I know! I don't particularly want to do that!

Has anyone got ideas of what I could be up for to fix the head stem bearings?

Assuming I put new rotors on, I think they're about $140/rotor plus pads and ...

Thanks for the reply.

It is a lot of problems... that'll teach me to put my trust in the word of the person selling the bike.

I'm a little hesitant to spend too much fixing it as I'm worried about over capitalising on the bike. It is my only mode of transport though so I should probably do ...

Hey guys,

I've just purchased myself a 1996 ZX-7R with 15,000km on the clock.

The bike is great, but I'm having a few issues which are testing my first impressions.

I'm assuming that you aren't supposed to be able to wobble the gauges. Some people have told me that they're "soft mounted", but ...