beansbaxter
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posted December 31, 2005 01:30 PM
 Edited By: beansbaxter on 1 Jan 2006 22:29
Cycle World - Feb 2006 - ZX10R Review
   
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frEEk
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posted December 31, 2005 01:40 PM
feb? man that's annoying.
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sirwood10
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posted December 31, 2005 06:25 PM
put the pics back up
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posted December 31, 2005 08:59 PM
In cases like this, the author usually hasn't changed anything -- has taken no action for the pics to be down -- but something else has happened, e.g. running into a bandwidth limitation, account being cancelled, or some such thing.
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posted January 01, 2006 12:47 AM
Edited By: Rubber Pants on 1 Jan 2006 01:01
Shiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittttttttttttttttt!!!
What a crappy way to bring in the New Year!
A broken link!
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beansbaxter
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posted January 01, 2006 01:00 AM
sorry guys! ill put the pics on my own server and repost them in the morning. im off to bed.
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beansbaxter
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posted January 01, 2006 10:30 PM
I just reposted the pics on one of my servers so they dont de-link again. Now go read the article.
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posted January 02, 2006 09:49 AM
Cool, thanks. Good article.
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posted January 02, 2006 11:44 AM
Thanks for the scans.
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bovinespongiformencephalo
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posted January 02, 2006 12:12 PM
The tach STILL sucks? Somebody needs to filter the crack those Kawi guys are smoking.
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sirwood10
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posted January 02, 2006 05:46 PM
aint nothing wrong with the tach , that tach is gangsta as a mother , some people just can't except change , it's 2006 not 1986, get with the program
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Rubber Pants
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posted January 02, 2006 07:13 PM
Edited By: Rubber Pants on 2 Jan 2006 19:15
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The tach STILL sucks? Somebody needs to filter the crack those Kawi guys are smoking.
The Tach is the least interesting thing I look at on this bike. As Mr Kawasaki once said "If you can read this Tach yer too much of a pantie waist to ride this 10R to it's limit" 
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posted January 02, 2006 07:40 PM
For years assholes in charge of packaging motorcycles have tinkered with replacements for analog tachometers. Their failure to improve on the design has been as universal as it has been miserable. Is it too much to ask that the lesson could be learned? Why is it the slow poser idiots get their wishes granted with heavy, power robbing underseat pipes and blingy, hard to read tachometers? If Kawasaki wants to compete in the arena of performance, how about building a no compromise performance bike? They have plenty of slow, heavy, ugly motorcycle designs they could pull out for the latte and leather crowd. They could sell ZX9's to Sirsoft and Depends all day long, just put a shitty tach and 50lbs of tortuous plumbing on it.
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posted January 03, 2006 09:36 AM
Contrary to popular belief it is far easier to read a digital display than an analog. only the briefest glance will tell you exactly what you are doing with a digital readout. Where the analog requires much more concentration. IMHO
I love the digital speedo, clear and you know instantly how fast you are going.
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beansbaxter
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posted January 03, 2006 09:41 AM
quote:
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The tach STILL sucks? Somebody needs to filter the crack those Kawi guys are smoking.
The Tach is the least interesting thing I look at on this bike. As Mr Kawasaki once said "If you can read this Tach yer too much of a pantie waist to ride this 10R to it's limit"
So Mr. Kawasaki is married to Mama K? I had no idea Mama K was married?
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sirwood10
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posted January 03, 2006 03:43 PM
if you dont like the tach you probably #1 dont have a 10 and read magzines listening to old farts complain about it on there test runs or #2 your just and old fart
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sirwood10
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posted January 03, 2006 03:44 PM
if you do all the crying what the baby gonna do?
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k bryant
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posted January 03, 2006 07:34 PM
Edited By: k bryant on 3 Jan 2006 19:35
The R1 has the easiest tach to read when on the bubble; hands down. The 10 is definetly not the easiest to catch a glimpse of. Drag Racing, probably doesn't make much difference as you are basically sitting there looking straight ahead. Roadracing/Canyon Carving, it makes a difference (if you're going fast). You're moving around on/off the bike alot and you just want to be able to catch a peek or glimpse. With the R1, it's easiest. With the 10, it's not nearly as easy. Of course this is just another opinion.... 
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beansbaxter
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posted January 03, 2006 10:36 PM
kb...are you referring to the new 10r tach?
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k bryant
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posted January 04, 2006 11:15 AM
No. Only the '04-05 model. I can't comment on the '06 model...... No really, I can't comment.....
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posted January 04, 2006 06:59 PM
Nice! Thanks for the scans.
PS. Beansbaxter, nice avatar also
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famous1
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posted January 06, 2006 06:12 AM
analog is much easier to read.... you don't have to look directly at it.
your eyes can pick up the needle sweep and position while you are focusing elsewhere..
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TedG
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posted January 06, 2006 09:53 AM
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analog is much easier to read.... you don't have to look directly at it.
your eyes can pick up the needle sweep and position while you are focusing elsewhere..
That is only partially true. Looking at a needle will give you an very rough estimate of the data, like you may be able to tell if you are half way through the revs or if the gauge has some color you may see when you are close to red line. Other than that you have to tocus on a moving target to find the actual data. My car has both a digital display and what is considered one of the best analog speedos on the market. Granted the digital speedo is on the windshield and larger and projected out in front ot the car. I did some experiments and turning my head so I would have to shift my eyes to the the digital and comparing that to reading the analog. The digital was at least 3 times as easy.
Just look at the 10 vs the 12. you don't have to focus on the speedo on the 10, you glance at it and return your attention to the road, the image is still in your mind and you know exactly how fast you are going. where to read the tach you have to focus on those little numbers.
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