Gotta Love the 7

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Gotta Love the 7

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Re: Gotta Love the 7

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Most under rated bike of the time when they were new.
The "comparo's" were all about bigger, faster, better. But nothing mentioned about the timelessness and the strength of such a great bike that WILL become a collectable classic in time to come when all the others have faded into obscurity.
I was in PS Elizabeth st 2004 and they had one of the last 7's available as new and were running it out at $11 999. Even at the time I thought "If I was a rich kahrnt I'd get them to put it back in the box and hang onto it for 20 years" .
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Re: Gotta Love the 7

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Loved my 7. Wish i kept it. :cry:
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Re: Gotta Love the 7

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I did my best to wreck mine, couldnt do it
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my brother has one its such a great bike to ride..
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I was faster around the creek on a 97 model than I was and 03 gixxer 1000. It was heavy but it was predictable, and once you knew it well I found it a fun bike to ride fast. Just a shame that only Suzuki do a 750
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Love the 7, i shore do miss the old girl 8)
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stetto wrote:I did my best to wreck mine, couldnt do it

Couldn't kill mine either. :) Common theme of this thread is they are a great bike which they are ! 8) Had mine for about 9 years but earlier this year moved on to the gen 3 zx10r & loving that just as much. :kuda:
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Re: Gotta Love the 7

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I miss mine too :( Worst bike I ever had in terms of reliability, but when he ran he was so much fun to ride!
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Great bike....Great front end
Sold mine to a guy at work when I stopped racing it..
Had I known what he sold it for I would've bought it back in a heart beat.... :cry:
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Re: Gotta Love the 7

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I enjoyed riding NortiKittyKat's a few years back...

very nice indeed.
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Great bike....Great front end
Sold mine to a guy at work when I stopped racing it..
Had I known what he sold it for I would've bought it back in a heart beat.... :cry:
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Still got two of mine. Ones gotta go tho... Hard to choose wich one, my origional bike, or the nicer one...?
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I took my new 7 around Phillip Island back in 1998. It felt so smooth and predictable. Power was great, handling was even better and I still to this day, regret selling it!
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Re: Gotta Love the 7

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I regret selling a lot of my bikes, tricked up turbo, 1200je kitted Z1R, highly moddified 83 lawson, 90 ZXR750 that i thort was robbies ex tka superbike!! but he told me the other week at broady that it wasnt his old one, as he still has it!! he said it was either matts or aaron slights!! ex bob johnston GS yoshie super bike, that i bought as a 17 yr old. 75 goldwing that i rode around australia when i was 18, But i still have my 96 zx7r!!! trouble was i travelled a lot so never got to keep many!! maybe this time??
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