Names Brad and have been a member for a while but with another login (not sure what happened with the old login?), but thought that I should introduce myself before I start blabbing on in this forum.
Been a Kawasaki fan for some time, a 1979 KL250, which started it all off. This was my first bike and one that I got my learners on, so I'm old! Had many a fun time riding this bike as far as I could with a mate on his Z250.
I then migrated to a Z750 L2, another great bike, with the exception of the handling when pressed, but light and forgiving in comparison to the other models of the day. Dropped it many a time, but the worst thing that happened to them was bending the handle bars and replacing the crash bars, which got installed after the first off, engine cases and mufflers are expensive as I was soon to discover. Remember once or that could be twice, hitting a pot hole and it just about spat me off whilst lent over under power. Fixed this with a set of Koni's, oil cooler and a 4 into 1. This improved the handling, ground clearance and the sound too. After that I brought a motor from a wrecked GPZ750, the first of the GPZ, with the intention of adding cams and porting the head, etc. But never got there as the motor was really nice and the power was adequate for the chassis. The thought was to then update the forks and brakes but this never eventuated. Think one of the main factors could have been cash as I was also racing a TZ350 back then, so my memory may be incorrect, LOL! That's the good thing about racing, you never have big enough pockets!
Then there was the thought that I could live without a road bike and sold the lot. This lasted for about 6 months from memory and then I decided that I need a 1989 ZX10. Another great bike that could cruise all day 2 up, and was quite capable of exceeding the speed limit without a lot of effort. I remember a few times that I would be reminded that this was the case.
I then progressed onto a 1999 ZX9R, a 2002 ZX9R and the current bike a 2003 ZX9R. As you can tell I do like the ZX9.
1982 Z750
1989 ZX10
1999 Green ZX9R on the right
2002
2003
Thats it for me on the introductions, ride safe all.
Cheers
Brad
Is that Rod's old ZX9?
I also have a seat cowl as well.
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