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posted February 16, 2006 05:08 AM
Yes no V-5, no V-6 from Honda to Sport-Touring/Hyper-Bike class
If they deside otherwise - based on the huge success on the 14
it's three years wait and an unknown result
Just buy the 14 - or if you insist on waiting - wait for news from Suzuki
By 2006 August they will either release the info of a new Busa
or there will be no new Busa (2007 model)
That if like to wait all summer for the best possible bike
I'd rather ride this summer, but I also wonder about the GTR-1400
Tough decisions for some - others have already (down)paid their 14
and just waiting for the delivery on Match-April 2006
Others (like me in cold cold Finland) just wait for the 1st test drives
  
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ambydupuis
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posted February 16, 2006 06:16 AM
I think the ZX-14 / ZZR 1400 will be the last super-muscle-hyper-whatever machine on the market for a (very) long time: XX is still available here but aside new dashboard and injection this bike has received no major modification since 1996, the Busa is unchanged since 1999, it's been 7 years, seven years, what do you expect ? This market is too small, it is very uncivilized nowadays to show interrest for those über-bikes... call it politically incorrect or anything you'd like, new models come from potential of huge sales number, and this ZZR 1400 won't sell that much ! sure, a lot of poeple show interest for the bike and of course Kawasaki is telling us all bikes are to be sold 12 seconds after being on the market, but it's just commercial rag and even if we love the monster, very few will buy it... Honda knows it, Suzuki knows it, Triumph knows it, Yamaha knows it and for our sake Kawasaki doesn't care, never did, that's why I love the brand :-D
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zxfingyz
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posted February 16, 2006 04:56 PM
This is the motorcycle version of a small poker bet to flush out the big raise.
Kawasaki drops the14 and everyone else comes a year later with their big hands.
Explains why this bikes moves forward in such a small increment. How you gonna beat Honda at this game if they decide they want to win it?
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Eric_The_Jew
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posted February 16, 2006 09:38 PM
Why, why, why did they insist on keeping that goddamned monocoque frame???!!
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gunner
Needs a life
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posted February 16, 2006 09:42 PM
 Edited By: gunner on 16 Feb 2006 21:45
Shoot Eric I don't know which is worse to work on the 12 or the freekin 10R  You can't get to shit on the 10 either  Ah the ZX11 was a breeze to reach shit on.. Those were the days 
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Eric_The_Jew
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posted February 16, 2006 09:47 PM
Gunner, I'm getting ready to sync the throttle bodies on my 10. If it is worse than the 12, then i'm definitely gonna need a lot of hard liquor and pain killers.
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gunner
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posted February 16, 2006 09:50 PM
I seen a post over at .NET on that yesterday and it looked easy enough.
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kcadby
Pro
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posted February 18, 2006 04:45 PM
It isn't "easy" 
Did 2 in 2-weeks here...
You need the "perfect length" screw driver to get to the adjusting screw...
I ended up using a 1/4" bit-holder, with phillips bit and the right length 1/4" extention (since I have MANY for working on so many diff. bikes/carbs/injections) because I just didn't have (to my surprise) "the right length" screw driver that would fit/work
IF??? you need to adjust the bleed-screws to even out the Vac. on all-4 TBs???
OMG!!!!!! It was NOT fun at ALL...but I got it done...thank goodness I only had to do it on ONE of the 2-bikes!?!?!?
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