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Gosling1 wrote:...snip. 170hp is not something that a young'un should really trifle with.....

Gos ..must agree
young 'uns would have no idea what 170hp is
why?
no ZX6 or ZX7 will ever go like a 12R
bloody nice tourer we ride

Gosling1 wrote:

Froggy wrote:Is the 12 really a bike for gentlemen hooligans with some measure of experience ?

That is the *best* description I have yet heard about the mighty 12. I think you have hit the nail right on the head. 170hp is not something that a young'un should really trifle with.....

Tis' the Gentlemens Express !

Gosling1 wrote:

Pontikat wrote:.......But the Pilot Powers leave the best blackies outta the corners eh Gos.

Hell Yeah !! on some corners it was up to 100m so they tell me *scratches head* ......*looks at post about fast-wearing Powers*.........*light goes on inside head*......

ah the case of the missing Pilot Power...

im still trying to solve it

my team of detectives are currently inspecting the Old Pacific Hwy for clues ont he whereabouts of my Missing Pilot Power...

but pfft, mines only a Z...

Smitty wrote:....no ZX6 or ZX7 will ever go like a 12R...

no, but a certain rebuilt ZXR750 in Sydney was *almost* level-pegging the sports-tourer out of Turn 12 at the Creek recently , and I was not in touring mode either Bloody green bikes !!!!

MasterOfBlackies wrote:......but pfft, mines only a Z...

*Only* a Z ?? I seem to remember that it melted a Power at the Creek as well ?? (what a view I got )

Go "the Magic School Bus"

190s are norm for the 12 now.i went with shinko ultra soft.very sticky just don't last.120/60/17 on front half inch lower with the 60.