Kawasaki Sportsbike Riders Club - Australia - Online Forum

SocialSecurity wrote:http://www.redbookasiapacific.com/au/mc ... y=KAWA98RM

About as reliable as an early triumph, and as accurate as an R6 tacho!!!!

hahahah too true... lists quite a price difference between 98 and 99 6R's, as if it was a new model or something


as for discs, i could believe it... the 98/99 ZX9R's are known for chewing out front discs pretty quickly, and i bought mine with 27k on the clock and it had a set of wave discs fitted so obviously they were fucked well before 30k



personally, id just get a 9R

mine's got 36K and the discs look fine.

maybe i should check.....

Thanks guys, He did say we can work something out if it does need any work done to it. Its a bit hard for me to check it cos the bike is 300k away. He has no were to store it in melbourne so he keeps it at his parents place.
Im still thinking about it, In the back of my mine I should save a little longer and maybe get a 03" zx6, but this may reqire a small loan which Im not sure I want on a bike.
What would a 03" zx6 be worth next year you think?

GlennB wrote: What would a 03" zx6 be worth next year you think?

Eight grand.

GlennB wrote:Thanks guys, He did say we can work something out if it does need any work done to it. Its a bit hard for me to check it cos the bike is 300k away. He has no were to store it in melbourne so he keeps it at his parents place.
Im still thinking about it, In the back of my mine I should save a little longer and maybe get a 03" zx6, but this may reqire a small loan which Im not sure I want on a bike.
What would a 03" zx6 be worth next year you think?

being four years old probably $8,000ish

nah nah nah, about $8k

Bikes depreciate qicker than I thought. Think the 03/04 zx6 may be the go in 12 mths time.
Are bothe the 03 & 04" zx6's identical, do they have the same gearing as well?

yes 03 04 are the same

99-2000 6R's are very very different to 03-04 6R's tho

Yeh noticed that . The 03/04 look alot more agressive seating which something that does consern me a little, but something I will lern to live with. From what I ve read a much better bike though. Would prefer the 05" model with the softer suspension, more horizontal seat and more power but 8-9k is the max I will can spendon a bike.
Are there mods to lower the seat at all on the 03 model?I hear its bit of a nut cruncher. If I

you will get used to the seat on the 03/04 i found the bike took a bit of getting used to but after that its ok, I have heard a whisper that someone that knows a friend of a friend may be working on a diferent rear suspension link (shhhh its secret squirrel stuff) to fix a kawasaki design flaw...well not really a flaw just ask randy....ohh gary mccoy may have asked for one of these too.

Could a 05" model rear suspension spring fit straight onto a 03"?

GlennB wrote:Could a 05" model rear suspension spring fit straight onto a 03"?

dont think so. might be a different setup due to the underseat exhaust

I dont think its that bad a price... and they are good bikes..... But if you shop around private sales you will find similar prices from other sellers.... So shop around and see if you can do betterer...