MAXIMUS
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posted October 23, 2005 10:14 AM
Nice pics, thank you. i like the paint scheme on that 600 with the red flames. has anyone fiquired out what is the purpose of the grills on the side of the zx14, they almost dont look like plastic?
  
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trenace
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posted October 23, 2005 12:08 PM
The purpose of the panels is to direct the airflow from the engine and radiator out and away.
The purpose of the whatever-you-want-to-call-thems -- fins, strakes, ribs -- I can't see as being that as I can't get why the panel would do a better job directing air away from the rider's legs with the strakes than without them.
It could be that they have a stiffening purpose, for that panel.
It is more likely I think that they are an ill-conceived styling conception, with those panels having a functional purpose but the strakes, not.
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ninja12
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posted October 24, 2005 07:01 AM
I noticed the panels too.
If you ever sat in traffic on the 12 you know how much heat you get off the engine.
It looks like only the feet get cooked now.
The fins look like a Dino upgrade waiting to happen, If they don't have a real purpose
like cleaning the air flow.
Wonder if a zx12 plastic set could be drafted onto that beast?
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MAXIMUS
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posted October 24, 2005 03:53 PM
 Edited By: MAXIMUS on 24 Oct 2005 16:56
If you look at the 22nd pic from the bottom, the close up of the panels, it looks like the radiator cooling fan is at the begining of the panels. I wonder if its to direct hot air away from the bike or even the air boxed frame. Prevent the air flowing threw the frame from heating up. If it does it will make for one hot ride if that hot air from that radiator is coming right at your legs.
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Ra12r
Zone Head
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posted October 31, 2005 05:20 AM
Did the motor have a seperate cylinder???
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psycho1122
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posted October 31, 2005 02:05 PM
Bueler?
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You say PSYCHO like it's a BAD thing!!
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RA12r
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posted November 03, 2005 12:15 PM
Any ONE? Any ONE??
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astyle96
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posted February 14, 2011 06:00 PM
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I for sure do not like all of those headlights!! Maybe like an Ugly Woman only on a dark night would you want to be out with here??
Need to think of it in a defferent way! The later it gets the better the ugly girls look!!!!!!!!!
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zixxer14
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Damn that was Quick
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posted February 14, 2011 09:09 PM
Dude how far back did you have to go to dredge this up? This is 6 yrs. dead! Let it die in peace.
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Shane661
Needs a life
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posted February 15, 2011 01:07 AM
RIP Dave In Daytona...
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JSmooth
Expert Class
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posted February 28, 2011 04:12 PM
Edited By: JSmooth on 1 Mar 2011 00:16
Yeah it took me a while to get use to the look of the ZX12 and the ZX14 but now I love them both.
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jhinderliter
Zone Head
Hacksaw
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posted February 28, 2011 05:28 PM
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RIP Dave In Daytona...
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My other ride is big and green too!!
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