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Wattie wrote:to the on old fart bike trained,

whats the difference between this and the zrx?? is it the zrx is watercooled?

all i can really see is the lack of headlight shroud

can you see a radiator?

fark, all this looking at old bike's is making me want a rex again ! But I would probably burn it to the ground like the last one

Six Addict wrote:

Wattie wrote:to the on old fart bike trained,

whats the difference between this and the zrx?? is it the zrx is watercooled?

all i can really see is the lack of headlight shroud

can you see a radiator?

i saw no radiator, and the fins on the motor , thats why im asking is that really the only difference?

by the sounds of it marty thinks the frame is different...



rear part of the frame is different (what we can see)

rex's are water cooled...the fins are styling cue's only..

and the swingarm, tank, tail, fork angle.

looks like it was quite an upgrade, but tried to keep the look.

yeah..totally different bike..mucho bettero.

it's not that different in a lot of ways. Yes, frame is different, due to the Bimota-style aluminium plate that joins the top rails to the bottom rails......that is about the major difference in the frame. Apart from that, well, they are both basic double-cradle tube-steel frames with twin shock rear ends, and normal forks.....I reckon all those extra goodies on that Moriwaki Zephyr, would get it handling really well - probably as good as any Rex with similiar mods ??

Then have a close look at the Rex motor, and then the Zephyr......there are a shitload of similiarities. I haven't done the comparison between bore/stroke yet - but from what I have read, a Rex motor is basically a water-cooled Zephyr motor. I don't know how accurate that comparison is yet (it's not.)......but if the bore/stroke figures are the same........ - well they could be a lot more closely related than we realise ? EDIT - nothing like it really. The Rex of course being a 4-valve head with bore of almost 80mm and short stroke, and the Zephyr only 2-valve with much smaller bore and longer stroke...

Billy - if only mate - I have plenty of other rims, most of them weigh a shitload !!

I hope I can find one, in no particular hurry - as Marty says - these rigs don't come up very often for sale.....maybe I need to grab that one from EnZed !!

some good stuff on these bikes can be found here

Here are a couple of pictures of the Moriwaki Zephyr. This one is a 2010 build from Moriwaki in Japan. Fuckin' fantastic. Thanks for the extra photos Phil !!!














Plenty more where those came from. I love the look of this bike.

that yoshi is horn!!!

The whole bike is Horn

Six Addict wrote:that yoshi is horn!!!

Yoshi? on a Moriwaki? methinks it might be a Moriwaki young padwan

Glen wrote:

Six Addict wrote:that yoshi is horn!!!

Yoshi? on a Moriwaki? methinks it might be a Moriwaki young padwan

Geez Glenno , you never fail to impress , you read Japanese as well .

you're right glenno... i saw japanese writing and thought yoshi.... its horn either way...

the kid wrote:

Glen wrote:

Six Addict wrote:that yoshi is horn!!!

Yoshi? on a Moriwaki? methinks it might be a Moriwaki young padwan

Geez Glenno , you never fail to impress , you read Japanese as well .

Only after a few bourbons Billiam.