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posted November 20, 2005 01:20 PM
Edited By: worm~hole on 20 Nov 2005 13:21
...I'm with ozzy on this...I like this, the ultimate (imho) in a Gentleman's Express Motorcycle from the land or the rising sun...I'd get one if I could afford it....and I'm gonna glue a few 'strates' on my blackass helmet, too, so double-there! ____________ “We sleep safe in our beds because rough men
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posted November 20, 2005 01:38 PM
Edited By: Road Rage on 20 Nov 2005 13:40
Well that's good news then and I'm glad you finally came to your senses, gathered up enough courage to actually say it out loud to the rest of the group; takes a big man to do that. So does this mean you'll get one then or not that committed yet? Across the net I've been looking at other sites and listening to the conversations taking place. So far it seem most (75%) of the ZZR1200 folks seem to like it and roughly 50% of the ZX-12R folks feel the same way. No need in mentioning what the Busa guys think is it? Oh by the way.... the pictures you posted is of the Euro color that the states isn't getting (sigh) not the BLACK you've admitted you love. Good job comming out!
posted November 20, 2005 04:09 PM
Nice Fish...But since you have access to insiders at Kawasaki, just tell them that the brown rims, calipers and bottom of forks dont match black, blue or any other color they paint the 14...
posted November 20, 2005 04:40 PM
Well Hell Fishy some guys like FAT chicks too. The bike may have an awsome motor without doubt, but being a ZX10 rider yourself you know what weight means as far as?? WELL, everything!!! It will make a great sport cruiser and without doubt a good drag platform to start from and build something? Just better not get gaught up at the GAP on that THING or you'll get your feelings hurt and hurt bad. And after all isn't that what a sportbike is really designed to do? Go around corners really fast??? I may be wrong BUT??
posted November 20, 2005 07:54 PM
Who knows the fairing being bulbous and the tail being ZX-11 style suggest weight to the eye but rationally are not substantial causes of high weight.
There is absolutely no way to know whether this thing has been greatly lightened from the 12, only a little lightened, not at all, or is heavier, till it is released. I don't understand the assumption being generally made that it is heavy. That's unwarranted -- total crapshoot as to whether that's true or not.
posted November 21, 2005 06:42 PM
I stand corrected.. XL pointed out that the color I like is the "Ti", so there...
as fer riding this bike at the gap? gimmee a break... I'll take it down PCH1 and let ya know.. that gap aint gots nuttin on California ____________ What business is it of yours where I'm from, Friendo?
posted November 22, 2005 09:19 AM
This is scarey, but I agree with fishy, I'm starting to like the black.
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posted November 22, 2005 09:44 AM
T'aint black... tis the "Ti" color.. but I'll have to check it out in person to be sure...
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posted November 22, 2005 09:47 AM
...a darker psuedo-Ti color, right?....I likey, too...I think I'm gonna put a deposit at my favorite Kawasaki dealership....get some of my manliness back (even if I end up riding it like a wuss )
____________ “We sleep safe in our beds because rough men
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who would do us harm.”
-George Orwell
quote:...a darker psuedo-Ti color, right?....I likey, too...I think I'm gonna put a deposit at my favorite Kawasaki dealership....get some of my manliness back (even if I end up riding it like a wuss )
posted November 22, 2005 01:46 PM
I got too many tickets now and I'm paranoid so I'm going to a Vulcan 2000!!!!!!!!
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posted November 22, 2005 02:52 PM
Welcome to the club of the "ZX-14 waiter!!!
I beleive there are about 9 or 10 people now that visit this site and have claimed to have put money down.
My dealer says he is only getting 3 and they are spoken for. Of course, thats the dealer talking.
posted November 22, 2005 04:05 PM
I own 3 kawasaki's 89zx10, 03zx9r, and an 02zx12r... I'm a kawasaki die hard.. However for me to buy a 14 it will HAVE TO make at least 177 horsepower at the back wheel bone stock.. A stock 12 makes about 162-162 according to the magazines.. I dont necessarily like the big stroke and the low 11000 rpm red line.. we shall see
quote:I stand corrected.. XL pointed out that the color I like is the "Ti", so there...
as fer riding this bike at the gap? gimmee a break... I'll take it down PCH1 and let ya know.. that gap aint gots nuttin on California
I use the Gap as reference only because most everyone in the free world knows of the place and it's my home turf, SO I refer. But it really don't matter where you run that pig short of a strait line it's going to be sad It will be great for the straits, but if riding the strait shit was all I had to look forward to I would just as soon quit. Sportbike = turning left and right and breaking really hard and pitchin the bitch down at the end of a fast strait. What's the use in going super fast if at the end of the strait you have to blow off the corner because the bike won't stop or turn to make the corner? I'm sure it will sell but it's a Bastard at best. It's not a sportbike and really not a very good cruiser either compared to what a great cruiser is. It's stuck right there in the middle kinda like some Bi Sexual that can't decide it they like taking it or giving it.
I'm sure Cali is great, but it aint got nuttin on my playground. Actually the Gap is lame compaired to the Cherohala Skyway. It's way up there in the sky close to GOD himself. It makes the trip home a little shorter for ya if you fuck up and bite it. PCH1 is close second to the Skyway.........
posted November 22, 2005 07:20 PM
I've been patiently waiting for Honda's replacement for the CBR1100XX and damn if Kawasaki didn't build it. I'll be going to the steeler to put some green on big green (red). Its time for grampa to buy his own Christmas even if I have to wait till Feb. to get it.
quote:I stand corrected.. XL pointed out that the color I like is the "Ti", so there...
as fer riding this bike at the gap? gimmee a break... I'll take it down PCH1 and let ya know.. that gap aint gots nuttin on California
I use the Gap as reference only because most everyone in the free world knows of the place and it's my home turf, SO I refer. But it really don't matter where you run that pig short of a strait line it's going to be sad It will be great for the straits, but if riding the strait shit was all I had to look forward to I would just as soon quit. Sportbike = turning left and right and breaking really hard and pitchin the bitch down at the end of a fast strait. What's the use in going super fast if at the end of the strait you have to blow off the corner because the bike won't stop or turn to make the corner? I'm sure it will sell but it's a Bastard at best. It's not a sportbike and really not a very good cruiser either compared to what a great cruiser is. It's stuck right there in the middle kinda like some Bi Sexual that can't decide it they like taking it or giving it.
I'm sure Cali is great, but it aint got nuttin on my playground. Actually the Gap is lame compaired to the Cherohala Skyway. It's way up there in the sky close to GOD himself. It makes the trip home a little shorter for ya if you fuck up and bite it. PCH1 is close second to the Skyway.........
dont be jumpin to conclusions... how bout we ride the thing first, then find out?
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posted November 22, 2005 09:10 PM
You're right Fish about judging a book by it's cover. But Damnit man that thing seems to dwarf my 12R and that in itself says that it can't keep up. I'm very loyal to Kawasaki and if I was 10 years older I may have 14. But really with tires being a good as they are and liter bikes being as fast as they are why have a FAT bike? In 30 plus years of riding it's never been this good. The 10R is as close to perfect as you can get.
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posted November 23, 2005 02:14 PM
quote: But really with tires being a good as they are and liter bikes being as fast as they are why have a FAT bike.
...if the ergos fit, then a fat/heavy bike makes it a more pleasant hyperspeed sport-touring mount....more stable in the straights and gentle curves, less bouncing, less rider fatigue over the long haul....well, that's my humble opinion of why a fat bike....a quick, fast, fat bike can be 'perfect', too....
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posted November 20, 2005 12:35 PM
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It will be great for the straits, but if riding the strait shit was all I had to look forward to I would just as soon quit. Sportbike = turning left and right and breaking really hard and pitchin the bitch down at the end of a fast strait. What's the use in going super fast if at the end of the strait you have to blow off the corner because the bike won't stop or turn to make the corner? I'm sure it will sell but it's a Bastard at best. It's not a sportbike and really not a very good cruiser either compared to what a great cruiser is. It's stuck right there in the middle kinda like some Bi Sexual that can't decide it they like taking it or giving it. 
