1badzx12r
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posted April 15, 2007 06:52 PM
Dayum i'm happy today
Went for a ride today with some road racing( track junkies) buddies today.
Got into a heated spirited ride with a 1098 S ( not the cheap 1098) and a 06 gixxer 1k on a twisty road...
Well i've been wrong on the zx14 handling.
Its just as good as the 2 bikes above... cause nobody left nobody and nobody could pass nobody ( without getting real stupid)...
On a side note... Brake pads are toast, rear tire is bald, and all 3 bikes got a new makeovers from flying rocks...
BUT days like today PRICELESS
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stevewfl
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posted April 15, 2007 08:53 PM
Last I checked the "cheap 1098" as you refer to it cost a whole lot more than my ZX14?
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blackbullet76
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posted April 16, 2007 03:01 AM
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BUT days like today PRICELESS
I wish I had more people to ride with. Most of the time I do solo rides. It's fun, but it gets boring sometimes. I'm jealous 
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2007 ZX-14 black
Brocks s-meg exhaust
PCIII w/track map
BMC race filter
Flies removed
16 tooth front sprocket
Speedohealer
APE cam chain tensioner
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1badzx12r
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posted April 16, 2007 07:40 AM
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Last I checked the "cheap 1098" as you refer to it cost a whole lot more than my ZX14?
Yeah but it don't come with Ohlins and a Carbon Fiber fender like the 1098S does...
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1badzx12r
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posted April 16, 2007 07:43 AM
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BUT days like today PRICELESS
I wish I had more people to ride with. Most of the time I do solo rides. It's fun, but it gets boring sometimes. I'm jealous
IF you in my neck of the woods ( Texas) you more than welcome to ride...
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blackbullet76
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posted April 16, 2007 08:53 AM
Thanks, but Texas is a bit if a haul from Tennessee.
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2007 ZX-14 black
Brocks s-meg exhaust
PCIII w/track map
BMC race filter
Flies removed
16 tooth front sprocket
Speedohealer
APE cam chain tensioner
Vortex rearsets
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ninja14
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posted April 16, 2007 10:14 PM
Cool....
I know the feeling having dusted a very nice Agusta riden by a guy that told me he went to the track 3 or 4 times per month - probably wished he had not said it now :-) On the streets where the roads seem to be the limit more than the bike we have a much better chance to hang w/ them all......
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Ojref
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posted April 17, 2007 09:02 PM
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Cool....
I know the feeling having dusted a very nice Agusta riden by a guy that told me he went to the track 3 or 4 times per month - probably wished he had not said it now :-) On the streets where the roads seem to be the limit more than the bike we have a much better chance to hang w/ them all......
+1
The streets are the great equalizer, rider skill being equal the 14 seems to be on par with the 1K's and 600s. Track is a different story. I think a track preped 14 with a considerable amount of weight saving mods might do well but won't make good enough times to be worth the effort. The bike's designed for transwarp flight, not high-speed manuvers.
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nightmare
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posted April 17, 2007 11:40 PM
Man that is the best news I have heard today. I know I have showed plenty of gixxers and hondas up in the corners with my lowered and stretched 14. Can't do it anymore though. I put the sidewinder on it!
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dubious
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posted April 18, 2007 04:16 AM
quote:
Went for a ride today with some road racing( track junkies) buddies today.
Got into a heated spirited ride with a 1098 S ( not the cheap 1098) and a 06 gixxer 1k on a twisty road...
Well i've been wrong on the zx14 handling.
Its just as good as the 2 bikes above... cause nobody left nobody and nobody could pass nobody ( without getting real stupid)...
On a side note... Brake pads are toast, rear tire is bald, and all 3 bikes got a new makeovers from flying rocks...
BUT days like today PRICELESS
One day he bashes it , the next you love it....
Must be back............. on the prozac! 
Glad your enjoying the 14 for a change.
Many times I thought about selling mine for a G1K, but I know that for the roads around here, I 'm better off with the 14.
I've been down that road before, buying and selling then regretting....
Its been bullet proof too, never an issue except for the initial crate damage.
I'm as loyal to her as she has been to me. I think I'll keep this one for a while.
It'll likely be a long time love affair!
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natural selection.....
destiny will overcome intervention.
Some are not worthy of the effort.
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