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Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 9:42 pm
by tape
ahhhh ZXR's will take over soon...
Guess I'll have to get off my arse and join team ZXR soon..
Look forward to seeing Pics Vega, well done.
Cheers
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 11:21 pm
by les2010
Z what ???
ZX what ???
ZZR what ???
ZXR'S RULE
Congrats mate, ZXR's are the ONLY true sports bike, but then i'm biased in that area aren't I.
Les
Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 8:47 pm
by Neka79
les2010 wrote:Congrats mate, ZXR's are the ONLY true sports bike, but then i'm biased in that area aren't I.
Les
outside of cbr's u mean right??
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 6:49 pm
by Vega
Well I made it in one piece. What a ride it is. What a bike, I love it.
I left Penrith around 10am Sunday morning, got to Coffs Harbour at 5pm and stayed there the night. Which gave me around 350 kms to home to do today.
Thanks for everyones encouraging words and advise.
I have only my old ZZR-250 to really compare this bike to, as that's the only other bike I have ridden for long periods other than a borrowed splat around the block etc.
I really enjoyed my time in the saddle. My back and wrists didn't get sore at all. Instead my thumb muscles (drumsticks as I call em), lower joints of my elbows and the muscles at the top of my back right at the neck are what it sore. Maybe it's the way I positioned myself?
I do have a few questions however about the ZXR-750's....
What rpm do they rev at while roing 100km/h?
Assuming you do all highway travel like I did, How many km's per tank would I expect to get?
What size tyres should it be running?
Reason I ask this is, I was doing
9750 rpm 6th gear at 100km/h....
approx 220kms to the tank
Would that be about right? Or could the size of tyre be the cause of the rpm and fuel usage? Maybe the teeth on the sprockets have been reduced?
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 6:52 pm
by Vega
oh yeah heres a pick of the bike....
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 6:55 pm
by Strika
Vega wrote:
Reason I ask this is, I was doing
9750 rpm 6th gear at 100km/h....
approx 220kms to the tank
Would that be about right? Or could the size of tyre be the cause of the rpm and fuel usage? Maybe the teeth on the sprockets have been reduced?
God I hope that's a Typo?
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 6:56 pm
by Strika
Unless you got the numbers backwards, and it's 9750 rpm at 220kph and you get 100klms to a tank!
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 7:06 pm
by Vega
That's what the tacho was saying...whether it's the original tacho or not i don't know....How to find out?
I was refueling at 200kms to be safe.
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 7:11 pm
by Strika
Vega wrote:That's what the tacho was saying...whether it's the original tacho or not i don't know....How to find out?
I was refueling at 200kms to be safe.
Tacho is fucked I would say. They Redline at @12,000rpm, and will do 200+kph, so at 100 kph they should only be doing 5000rpm roughly, maybe less. So, you were either doing 200kph and the speedo is wrong, or, you were doing 100kph an the tacho is lying!!!
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 7:11 pm
by aubeasty
Vega wrote:That's what the tacho was saying...whether it's the original tacho or not i don't know....How to find out?
I was refueling at 200kms to be safe.
Take some pics of your tacho and post them up, someone here will tell you if it's right or not.
btw congrats for such a big 1st ride on a big bike!
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 7:15 pm
by Vega
he he....yeah thought that might be the case....
Coz the last bit of the trip i took it up to a dollar sixty for a few seconds to see the tacho go past the 14k and stop.
How to fix the tacho to make it show correct rpm?
Also Strika would those kms per tank sound about right?
Just trying to get handle on the bikes runnings
Thanks again
kelvin
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 7:29 pm
by Strika
Yeah, sounds about right, maybe a little thirsty. I think from memory we used to get 240 before reserve. Did you hit reserve??? How many litres did it take when you filled it?
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 7:38 pm
by Vega
okay....I used 200kms each as a guide to fill up as they were the major towns.
Last time I filled up I put 12.7l in it and done about 210kms
Around the tip of the exhaust is black carbon dust, as if it was running a tad rich.
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 8:21 pm
by Strika
Vega wrote:okay....I used 200kms each as a guide to fill up as they were the major towns.
Last time I filled up I put 12.7l in it and done about 210kms
Around the tip of the exhaust is black carbon dust, as if it was running a tad rich.
If yr running ULP it doesn't run a nice grey like the old stuff used to so reading the pipe isn't as easy as it used to be. But if you're putting 12 litres in every 200 klms there is nothing wrong with the bikes fuel usage. Sounds about perfect to me. 6l/100klms. Spot on, my 9 uses like .3 l/100 more than that, so it sound OK.
So, on the way home, did you allow yourself a little run up to full noise?????
Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 7:24 pm
by Vega
Nah I didn't and havn't yet
