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Wattie wrote:

tim wrote:Good to hear. Pics?

Re. the brakes are they the Nissin calipers like on the 6/14? If so the stock Kawasaki pads are very good.

they have the 08+ ZX10r tokico's

Braided lines, Flip the eccentrics as mentioned.

and adjust your headlight down a bit, no doubt 2 up it was blinding cars.

The ZRX has the worst headlight in modern History. i highly doubt the new ninja1000 has shit ones.

nah my subaru liberty has the worst headlights in history

Nup my navara takes that honor I can leave my high beams on and people think there my low beams.....

Wattie wrote:

tim wrote:Good to hear. Pics?

Re. the brakes are they the Nissin calipers like on the 6/14? If so the stock Kawasaki pads are very good.

they have the 08+ ZX10r tokico's

Braided lines, Flip the eccentrics as mentioned.

and adjust your headlight down a bit, no doubt 2 up it was blinding cars.

The ZRX has the worst headlight in modern History. i highly doubt the new ninja1000 has shit ones.

One word Wattman.........Raybrig........its like a searchlight when you do wheelies at night

I'm still in disbelief! I just don't understand it.........yeah sure get a Zed as well...........but.......but........but......get rid of the Rex?????? I'm really confused??? The ZRX is the greatest piece of shit ever built, but god damn if they aren't fast and fun! It will never give you "That" stirring of the loins which the Rex does. But, enjoy your new Zed any way and I'll give you a burl on mine when the withdrawals really set in.

Strika wrote:I'm still in disbelief! I just don't understand it.........yeah sure get a Zed as well...........but.......but........but......get rid of the Rex?????? I'm really confused??? The ZRX is the greatest piece of shit ever built, but god damn if they aren't fast and fun! It will never give you "That" stirring of the loins which the Rex does. But, enjoy your new Zed any way and I'll give you a burl on mine when the withdrawals really set in.

Yeh but look on the bright side Marty, there is ANOTHER very happy ZRX owner. Althought I have to admit, I will be requesting mine is dismantled and put on the box with me I aint ever selling it.

Phil wrote:

Strika wrote:I'm still in disbelief! I just don't understand it.........yeah sure get a Zed as well...........but.......but........but......get rid of the Rex?????? I'm really confused??? The ZRX is the greatest piece of shit ever built, but god damn if they aren't fast and fun! It will never give you "That" stirring of the loins which the Rex does. But, enjoy your new Zed any way and I'll give you a burl on mine when the withdrawals really set in.

Yeh but look on the bright side Marty, there is ANOTHER very happy ZRX owner. Althought I have to admit, I will be requesting mine is dismantled and put on the box with me I aint ever selling it.

I once said that about my ELR, when my mate in brissy found out, he thort i was shitin him, as he said... we thort u would have been buried with it..... funny what a big wad of cash does...

Strika wrote:I'm still in disbelief! I just don't understand it.........yeah sure get a Zed as well...........but.......but........but......get rid of the Rex?????? I'm really confused??? The ZRX is the greatest piece of shit ever built, but god damn if they aren't fast and fun! It will never give you "That" stirring of the loins which the Rex does. But, enjoy your new Zed any way and I'll give you a burl on mine when the withdrawals really set in.

fuk your full o shit you old cahhn !

Long live the Zed ! (or copycat N1000)

Firstly the ZRX never dragged anything, & I can tell you, Ive had some very serious runs up the old road with Busa's & Blades, so if your dragging your feet adjust your riding style. Even when I am racing I dont drag my feet.
That aside, the headlights are just piss weak IMO. Remember I had a Phillips "white light" globe in the rex & the light was pretty good. The brakes are tokico's..So it might be the ABS making them feel a bit woody ??
Thanks for the heads up on the extra heat from the higher wattage globes, didnt think of that. Might have to go with a set of "white light globes if things get to hot.

Strika wrote:I'm still in disbelief! I just don't understand it.........yeah sure get a Zed as well...........but.......but........but......get rid of the Rex?????? I'm really confused??? The ZRX is the greatest piece of shit ever built, but god damn if they aren't fast and fun! It will never give you "That" stirring of the loins which the Rex does. But, enjoy your new Zed any way and I'll give you a burl on mine when the withdrawals really set in.

I sort of agree, the Z is really nice, but the Rex had soul by the truck load!!!!!

Phil wrote:Yeh but look on the bright side Marty, there is ANOTHER very happy ZRX owner. Althought I have to admit, I will be requesting mine is dismantled and put on the box with me I aint ever selling it.

Don't you mean 'her' bike?

Nelso wrote:

Phil wrote:Yeh but look on the bright side Marty, there is ANOTHER very happy ZRX owner. Althought I have to admit, I will be requesting mine is dismantled and put on the box with me I aint ever selling it.

Don't you mean 'her' bike?

My bike, HER numberplate

I put one of the 100w globes in today.. Holy crap! I put it in the highbeam side. Yeah they do put out more heat. But a shitload more powerfull light! So I wont put one in the lowbeam side as its on all the time & dont want dramas with melting things. I might get one of these for the lowbeam>> http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/PHILIPS-H7-5 ... 4600cf6322

I'll go for a run tonight & see how it goes. The 100w plus the Phillips 50% in the low beam might do the trick..

Well that was a pointless exesise. The 100w globe made little to no improvment. So I put the 55w back in & tried it with & without the Mrs on the back, da dar! the adjustment was out to buggery.. Spent half an hour on a long dark bit of straight road &
Got them really close to being correct, but the biggest problem is when the Mrs is on with me they are out.. So I set them for the best with or without her on it & its heaps better. While still not 21 century lighting..

Still might give these a try>> http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/PHILIPS-H7-5 ... 4600cf6322

s man wrote:Well that was a pointless exesise. The 100w globe made little to no improvment. So I put the 55w back in & tried it with & without the Mrs on the back, da dar! the adjustment was out to buggery.. Spent half an hour on a long dark bit of straight road &
Got them really close to being correct, but the biggest problem is when the Mrs is on with me they are out.. So I set them for the best with or without her on it & its heaps better. While still not 21 century lighting..

Still might give these a try>> http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/PHILIPS-H7-5 ... 4600cf6322

Have you adjusted your suspension from standard yet? as standard (me being 91kg) the rear sag on my zed was a little over 45mm! could make a difference...

Yeah its all good now, I still think the lights are sub standard, they'll do for the amout of night riding I do.. but I do like the nice tight chassis, & the suspension that work pretty good. I fitted the fender eliminator today, made the arse look nice & tidy. I will be starting on the custom colouring soon. So as soon as it stops raining I wanna go for a ride!!!!!