supra5677
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posted January 04, 2006 08:48 AM
Grand Daddy ZX11 to Doug Meyer
Hey Doug to go down memory lane... What did you do to your zx11 to go so fast.. I have one of those in my garage as well.. Along with an 89 ZX10r and 03 ZX9r wifes and my 02 ZX12r
just wondering..
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zxlnt
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posted January 04, 2006 08:05 PM
Sure that ZX10 has an R behind it??
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supra5677
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posted January 04, 2006 10:08 PM
excuse me 89zx10 thats it.. looks like an old 11
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zxlnt
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posted January 05, 2006 06:01 AM
Yep I used to have an 89 myself. Comfortable machine....
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VincentHill
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posted January 05, 2006 08:07 AM
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Hey Doug to go down memory lane... What did you do to your zx11 to go so fast.. I have one of those in my garage as well.. Along with an 89 ZX10r and 03 ZX9r wifes and my 02 ZX12r
just wondering..
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He spent Cubic Dollar on the Suspension and all of his Expertise on the engine and then The Magazine Guys Crashed it! I am still Pissed!
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Made History @ Daytona and still one fast old man!!
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dougmeyer
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posted January 08, 2006 09:20 PM
I LOVED those ZX-11s. The one Vincent is talking about is not the one that was really fast, though. The one Vincent is referring to was a ZX-11C built for the Sportbike Mag UFO Shootout and was destroyed (an understatement) when Nick Ienatsch hit second instead of fourth cresting the downhill at Williow Springs. The bike was literally broken in half, most of it went into the dumpster. Even the Marvic wheels were junk. I kept the Brembo brakes, all the titanium hardware and the engine.
My 195 hp Bonneville ZX-11D was a +1mm bore,+3mm stroke 1140 with Cosworth pistons, knife edged Falicon crank, a work-of art Bob Wirth head, Muzzy X3 cams and a 41mm flat -slides completely enclosed inside a carbon airbox. The airbox was so tight it would hold pressure for a minute with plugs in place of the carbs. There was a Muzzy exhaust, and the ignition was a Dyna with Andrews coils. I paid extensive attention to oil drainback and windage, and the oil was Motul 300V. On the bodywork, the top of the tank was lowered about 4 inches and the turn signals were shaved off and filled. The windshield was a one off Zero Grav, about 4 inches high. That bike would do 190 + mph laps all day at Bonneville.
Great bike.
Doug.
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Gunner
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posted January 08, 2006 10:56 PM
If the ripped in half bike didn't hurt the guy Nick Ienatsch would still be trying to did my foot out of his ass!! Geeez that has to go down as one of the BIGGEST screw ups of all time.
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trenace
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posted January 08, 2006 11:08 PM
Actually, I'm surprised that doesn't happen more often with the difficulty of sometimes riding bikes with standard-direction shift and some with reverse-style. Still a monumental screwup though.
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dougmeyer
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posted January 09, 2006 10:06 AM
Exactly right Trenace. I didn't blame him a bit. Mine was the only bike in the test with standard shifting and he had just gotten off something with GP style. It's a VERY easy screwup to make and I too, am surprised it doesn't bite more people. Chuck Sorenesen let me ride his 250 GP bike at Sears one trackday afternoon and I had to think about (literally)every single shift.
BTW, they paid for it.
Doug
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Gunner
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posted January 09, 2006 10:18 AM
Well if they paid for it that's a different story. I wonder if I can get Nick to test drive some stuff I've got laying around here?
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