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posted February 27, 2006 08:08 PM
 Edited By: dubious on 27 Feb 2006 20:17
hey fish , you lucky bitch!
OK,
Power , how is the power.
How is the bottom end power?
Does it rev quick ,or does it feel like it has a heavy flywheel, rev slow and torquey?
Hows the vibs, what rpm , is it smooth?
Hows it turn in?
How is the stability?
How is the tranny? Smooth, Notchy, any false neutral?
Is neutral easy to find?
The brakes, how do they feel. Sharp, progressive, mushy, good initial bite?
how is the fit and finnish on the production model? does the passenger cowl fit right?
ergo's- I'm 5'8 , 32 " inseam, so maybe ask a friend that is my size what they think.
Clip on height? rearsets?
What color do you like?
OHHHH yeah, did you ride the red one with the muzzy exhaust?
How was the fit and finnish? How was the power increase?
Did they have a portable dyno on hand?
Thanks buddy , you lucky bitch!!!
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posted February 27, 2006 08:10 PM
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You look hot on that bike.....
If he looks hot.... I can't wait to get mine!! 
That red one is slamed with a pipe. Ricky, ryan,and Rob muzzy! I was going to wait on the brock pipe, I think I just changed my mind. I wonder if they(muzzy) will make a pro pipe like they did for the 12. Also need to ask how the digi kill works with nos.
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gunner
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posted February 27, 2006 08:14 PM
Nice to see they fixed the seat cowl.
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dubious
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posted February 27, 2006 08:21 PM
Also, can you ask when the rear handle will be avail as an option?.....for my daughter.
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posted February 27, 2006 08:30 PM
Quess he went out to drop his last nickel in the one arm bandit? Maybe I'll call my buddy at Kawi. in the morning and torture him till he talks to me! I have not Jones'd about a bike like this since 89, feels GOOD.
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posted February 27, 2006 08:36 PM
Is it just me or does the "Ninja" badge on the tail cowling (right above the zx-14 badge) look like it was an afterthought? It reminds me of those badges the ricers buy at Pep Boys that say dumb shit like "fuel injection" and "turbo." That badge will be the 1st thing to go if I get a 14!
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posted February 27, 2006 08:41 PM
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video?
VIDEOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ??????????? 
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posted February 27, 2006 08:49 PM
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Is it just me or does the "Ninja" badge on the tail cowling (right above the zx-14 badge) look like it was an afterthought? It reminds me of those badges the ricers buy at Pep Boys that say dumb shit like "fuel injection" and "turbo." That badge will be the 1st thing to go if I get a 14!
The Ninja badges were in the same place on the pre-production bikes.
http://web.mac.com/davidchuba/iWeb/David_Chuba/ZX-14%20.html
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posted February 27, 2006 09:03 PM
MadMike's best today was 10.40 @ 138
Ryan Schnitz' was 9.65 @ 147
both on stock bikes.
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frEEk
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posted February 27, 2006 09:09 PM
Edited By: frEEk on 27 Feb 2006 21:10
fish_antlers only hit 145mph on the oval (pussy). a rider from motorcycle.com was running 180 all the way around the banked oval, sparks flying all over the place.
i'm lookin forward to more pics & video 
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posted February 27, 2006 09:10 PM
and to think just a few short months ago,,that was my track,,midnight madness at the strip,,i lived a short ten minutes from there,,rightacross the street from nellis,, and right next door to Las Vegas Pavings HOT PLANT,,BTW,, i helped deliver the ASSPHALT in my Flo Boy that Paved the track you guys were on,,, The NHRA drags out there were the shit,, the day i was there Doug Kalitta smoked everyone like a bad cigar i think it was a 334 or 336 run.. nice pics,, im sure the weather was perfect.
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posted February 27, 2006 09:13 PM
i ran 10.88s @ 129 on that same track,,87 GSXR 1100 degreed,,stage 3,,D and D,,KNs,,, and the stock tires,,no air shifter or bars.
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posted February 27, 2006 10:05 PM
....any real street riding?.....how far?....how'd it feel?....leg room 12R vs 14?...did you get to take apart body parts to assess accessibility?
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posted February 27, 2006 10:45 PM
Who's that guy (in blue leathers) with the middle finger raised? Is he looking for a spec of leather scrubbed off the side of his road racing boot? He better go back out and bust 146. Maybe then he can find a spec of black dye coming off that boot... maybe.
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posted February 27, 2006 11:21 PM
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....any real street riding?.....
tomorrow
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posted February 28, 2006 12:45 AM
Looks like you guys are having a great time
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posted February 28, 2006 12:56 AM
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posted February 28, 2006 01:23 AM
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#1How does the engine feel overall? Will it take a big hand full of throtte at lower rpm's and pull clean?#2 Is the engine pretty smooth or does it have certain rpm ranges where it feels buzzy?#3
What kind of rpm's does it pull at 60mph?#3
Is the bike wheelie prone or can you launch it pretty hard without the front end aiming for the stars?#4
How does the gear box feel? Does it shift easily and positive up and down?
#4
#1 great!!! you can pull through all kinds of RPM's
#2yes very smooth......
#3??? we will try and find out for yat...
#4,very hard but you have to slip the clutch
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posted February 28, 2006 01:47 AM
"the torque response that makes pulling away from a total stop in almost any gear a possibility."
Is that sentence just bragging from KHI ???
Please try every gear and tell the result
the rpm you have to use and the clutch slipping
Can you eg. use 4th gear easily from full stop???
How tall are you? (I'm 5' 11")
Interviwe a short driver (~5' 7")
Can he put both feet flat down?
What if he is stepping off the bike (and the bike rises)?
BIGGER pictures - I want a Aqarium background (Fish - get it)
2048x1536 will do
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posted February 28, 2006 04:14 AM
What kind of Times did Rickey Gadson get on that set of bikes?? Vs what he got on his bike or Coby's?
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posted February 28, 2006 05:16 AM
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What kind of Times did Rickey Gadson get on that set of bikes?? Vs what he got on his bike or Coby's?
That is a very good question.
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posted February 28, 2006 06:17 AM
Take a photo of the trunk please.....
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posted February 28, 2006 06:32 AM
curb weight?
Just garb it Fish and feel it with your hands...
Is it 248kg with full tank and no mods
(no ABS, no center stand, but cowling before the back wheel)
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posted February 28, 2006 06:40 AM
I dont have any way of weighing it.. the engineers from KHI are here today so I'll try to pry that information out of them... if not we'll have to wait for the opportunity to roll it onto some scales, but I dont think it will happen here.
As for how the bike feels and rides.. it's bizarre and both mike and I are a little taken aback as it feels considerably LIGHTER than a ZX-12R and turns easier/ faster... it catches you off guard and it's taking some getting used to as there is a real disconnect between how big the bike looks and how I expect it to feel, and then how it actually feels.. sorry ... still hard to put it into words...
hoping to get out onto the road today and out of a sterile track enviroment to see what it's like...
PK.. I'll try to get photos of the trunk.
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posted February 28, 2006 06:46 AM
Lucky bastards! Have fun.
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