Modifying a ZX9's ducktail and Tail light
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Modifying a ZX9's ducktail and Tail light
Has anyone ever sat down looked at a ZX9R (98 or above) ducktail and thought to themselves..
MEH! to that tail light!
Any suggestions, im wondering if i could maybe modify a ZX12 tail light in there instead.
MEH! to that tail light!
Any suggestions, im wondering if i could maybe modify a ZX12 tail light in there instead.
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Re: Modifying a ZX9's ducktail and Tail light
shadowzx9 wrote:Has anyone ever sat down looked at a ZX9R (98 or above) ducktail and thought to themselves..
MEH! to that tail light!
Any suggestions, im wondering if i could maybe modify a ZX12 tail light in there instead.
Blasphemous bastard...ya should be strung up for a suggestion like that...

I've just put the clear lens tail light in, and with the clear blinkers, I think it looks much better than the original.
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Modifying a ZX9's ducktail and Tail light
Have you ever sat and looked at a zx12 tail light? Meh!
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Re: Modifying a ZX9's ducktail and Tail light
Plenty would have, but yeah MEHWattie wrote:Have you ever sat and looked at a zx12 tail light? Meh!
But the eye a busa tail makes anything else look like a super model.
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Jonno wrote:Plenty would have, but yeah MEHWattie wrote:Have you ever sat and looked at a zx12 tail light? Meh!
But the eye a busa tail makes anything else look like a super model.
busas are uuuuuugly!
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Re: Modifying a ZX9's ducktail and Tail light
The only thing that would make a Hayabusa look good is parking it next to a VFR1200.


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Re: Modifying a ZX9's ducktail and Tail light
Fair call that.Bogan wrote:The only thing that would make a Hayabusa look good is parking it next to a VFR1200.

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Re: Modifying a ZX9's ducktail and Tail light
I loved the look of my 12 with a fender eliminator and under tail!
I'm trying to think of a graceful way to smooth that whole area out.....and I've found that most under tails for 9s look like shite
I'm trying to think of a graceful way to smooth that whole area out.....and I've found that most under tails for 9s look like shite

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Re: Modifying a ZX9's ducktail and Tail light
Be interested if you find something that works ...and is not tooooo radical.. 

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Re: Modifying a ZX9's ducktail and Tail light
can you modify the original so it sits in / further back so it sits flush with the tail??
i have done this on my old rz350 and my brother done it on his gpz1100.
buy the looks of it, it wouldnt be to hard to do
i have done this on my old rz350 and my brother done it on his gpz1100.
buy the looks of it, it wouldnt be to hard to do
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