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I am concidering purchasing a 99 model ZX9r

is there any specific problems i should be aware of?

thanks in advance.

cheers
Scott

look out for the massive mid range! (apparently)

where's our man Phil? he had a few km on his one. no probs at all.

Yep thumbs up for the 99! Had one for many many years put lots of kms on it day in day out in all weather conditions, and all I ever did was the logbook service. Never missed a beat, not once. True that they pull like a truck from way down low. I miss the old girl.

2nd gear can be a little fragile on C (99) models. If you can find an E model in the budget, they are a little better bike.

Strika wrote:2nd gear can be a little fragile on C (99) models. If you can find an E model in the budget, they are a little better bike.

didnt the E get the better brakes too?

If the C had 6 piston's then it had the same. I think it was an E2 that got the brake upgrade to the much better stoppers, like Dave3 had. The 6 piston tokicos are OK, but they have a very soft feel. I don't mind though. Being as ham fisted as I am, good brakes would probably sit me on my arse.

I think the frames and swingarms were a little different from C to E also, as was fairings etc., Later E's had no mirror bracket like C's and early E's had also.

But, at the end of the day we are splitting hairs, as it doesn't matter too much C or E, Ya gotta Luv a 9

Strika wrote:If the C had 6 piston's then it had the same. I think it was an E2 that got the brake upgrade to the much better stoppers, like Dave3 had. The 6 piston tokicos are OK, but they have a very soft feel. I don't mind though. Being as ham fisted as I am, good brakes would probably sit me on my arse.

I think the frames and swingarms were a little different from C to E also, as was fairings etc., Later E's had no mirror bracket like C's and early E's had also.

But, at the end of the day we are splitting hairs, as it doesn't matter too much C or E, Ya gotta Luv a 9

Yep, great bike the 9.

There were a few - and I mean very few - bikes that had gearbox problems. If it was to have a problem I reckon it would have happened by now Mine had 134K on it when it was taken out by the chinaman, but Mal has got up near - if not over - 200K on one of his. He's got several, so has John (Laidback).

Everyone that I know who has had one for any period of time says what abloody good bike they were, and I have to agree.

There are a lot for salke most of the timeand finding a good one shouldnt be to hard.

Good luck

Phil wrote:

Strika wrote:If the C had 6 piston's then it had the same. I think it was an E2 that got the brake upgrade to the much better stoppers, like Dave3 had. The 6 piston tokicos are OK, but they have a very soft feel. I don't mind though. Being as ham fisted as I am, good brakes would probably sit me on my arse.

I think the frames and swingarms were a little different from C to E also, as was fairings etc., Later E's had no mirror bracket like C's and early E's had also.

But, at the end of the day we are splitting hairs, as it doesn't matter too much C or E, Ya gotta Luv a 9

Yep, great bike the 9.

There were a few - and I mean very few - bikes that had gearbox problems. If it was to have a problem I reckon it would have happened by now Mine had 134K on it when it was taken out by the chinaman, but Mal has got up near - if not over - 200K on one of his. He's got several, so has John (Laidback).

Everyone that I know who has had one for any period of time says what abloody good bike they were, and I have to agree.

There are a lot for salke most of the timeand finding a good one shouldnt be to hard.

Good luck

The bike I am going to look at has ony 29500km on the clock looks pretty neat on the photos, its a jan99 build first reg oct 99
the guy bought it from a dealer he has only done 1400 km on it, he has upgraded.

should I be concerned that he hasnt had it for long and there may be problems with it?

Hawksam wrote:

Phil wrote:

Strika wrote:If the C had 6 piston's then it had the same. I think it was an E2 that got the brake upgrade to the much better stoppers, like Dave3 had. The 6 piston tokicos are OK, but they have a very soft feel. I don't mind though. Being as ham fisted as I am, good brakes would probably sit me on my arse.

I think the frames and swingarms were a little different from C to E also, as was fairings etc., Later E's had no mirror bracket like C's and early E's had also.

But, at the end of the day we are splitting hairs, as it doesn't matter too much C or E, Ya gotta Luv a 9

Yep, great bike the 9.

There were a few - and I mean very few - bikes that had gearbox problems. If it was to have a problem I reckon it would have happened by now Mine had 134K on it when it was taken out by the chinaman, but Mal has got up near - if not over - 200K on one of his. He's got several, so has John (Laidback).

Everyone that I know who has had one for any period of time says what abloody good bike they were, and I have to agree.

There are a lot for salke most of the timeand finding a good one shouldnt be to hard.

Good luck

The bike I am going to look at has ony 29500km on the clock looks pretty neat on the photos, its a jan99 build first reg oct 99
the guy bought it from a dealer he has only done 1400 km on it, he has upgraded.

should I be concerned that he hasnt had it for long and there may be problems with it?

Plenty of people buy bikes and dont ride them. A quick ride of the bike in question should tell you if there is anything sus. Take someone who knows a bit about bikes as well, cant hurt

Be very careful buying a 9.

Although the fangs havent come out in such a genteel post as this, 9 owners are fanatics,

True, drooling at the corners of their mouths NUTS

Just Diss a ZX9 and watch what happens.

There were only minor differences between a C1 (98) and a C2 (99) was the front rotors are slightly thicker (think it was 0.5mm)

C2 Carbs were a little different as the C1's had issues on some that caused them to run really rough in cold weather, but this was only noticed by dickheads who would ride their bikes to places like tintaldra in July and wonder why it wouldnt work in the morning with an inch of frost on the thing, like me .

Oh, Yeah, the C2's had poxy Graphics (watch me get hosed for that comment)

Usual Warnings will apply, check the servicing, make sure it hasnt been extensively tar surfed, (8 bolts drops the side panels off so you can inspect the frame spars

I put 96 thousand on mine in 3 years and not once did it leave me on the side of the road, and a sizeable chunk of that was spent at eastern creek.

In Short, my C models (I had 2, first only lasted 7 days before Achmed the Awful backed over it) are the benchmark bikes in my life, to the point ive just bought another one to fix up, they are also hideously under rated as a sports bike, and looked down upon by the Power Rangers Leather Brigade.

shadowzx9 wrote:Be very careful buying a 9.

Although the fangs havent come out in such a genteel post as this, 9 owners are fanatics,

True, drooling at the corners of their mouths NUTS

Just Diss a ZX9 and watch what happens.

There were only minor differences between a C1 (98) and a C2 (99) was the front rotors are slightly thicker (think it was 0.5mm)

C2 Carbs were a little different as the C1's had issues on some that caused them to run really rough in cold weather, but this was only noticed by dickheads who would ride their bikes to places like tintaldra in July and wonder why it wouldnt work in the morning with an inch of frost on the thing, like me .

Oh, Yeah, the C2's had poxy Graphics (watch me get hosed for that comment)

Usual Warnings will apply, check the servicing, make sure it hasnt been extensively tar surfed, (8 bolts drops the side panels off so you can inspect the frame spars

I put 96 thousand on mine in 3 years and not once did it leave me on the side of the road, and a sizeable chunk of that was spent at eastern creek.

In Short, my C models (I had 2, first only lasted 7 days before Achmed the Awful backed over it) are the benchmark bikes in my life, to the point ive just bought another one to fix up, they are also hideously under rated as a sports bike, and looked down upon by the Power Rangers Leather Brigade.

I had a mate who bought a C2 new, spent a shit load of money on it, was fetteled by PTR, went like a dog shot in the arse, used to pull monster wheelies at will.
Than had some handling prob's so took it to bob martin... and it had stretched the steering head angle out.. bob said it was a common prob with them...
He coulnd ride for shit, so prob banged it down hard a few to many times..

Gotta love the 9, I miss mine big time although I believe it's still in KSRC somewhere.

unfortunately the guy has withdrawn the bike for sale. Wonder why.

Billy had his 9 for sale here .not sure if its still for sale send him a pm.It is in vic but im sure it would be a good bike as hes a little anal with his bikes

z900/zx9 wrote:Billy had his 9 for sale here .not sure if its still for sale send him a pm.It is in vic but im sure it would be a good bike as hes a little anal with his bikes

Good call Mal. Top bike that, E2 in the best colour apart from the 98 Blue too