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posted January 26, 2008 09:08 PM
At the Atlanta bike show i heard many more negative comments on the 10 and the rr than positive.I personally didnt care for the looks of either.The nose of the 10 is plain wierd like there is 5 different pieces that dont match and like HDLsaid,the mirror stalks looked like a complete after thought.Supposed to be a burner though and in the long run,thats counts a lot.
  
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posted January 27, 2008 05:52 AM
i think both bikes looked alot better in person than in pics. the new zx is a total beast and is pretty much race ready. imo the new honda looks about 1000 times better than the old model, the real question with that bike is it another gutless pos honda or did they give it some balls. if i were in the market for a litre bike (which i'm not) i would most likely end up with a gsx.
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posted January 27, 2008 07:33 AM
i think the front end of the 10 looks like a crossed eyed pissed off mosquito, but i bet it flies.
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posted January 27, 2008 08:19 AM
The turn sgnals and muffer looks like ass ....But who keeps the stock Exhaust !!!!! And the turn signals come off with two little screws ...Problem solved .....I like the pissed off look of the front end .....This zx10 is going to be the bad boy of liter bikes and i'm fine with that ... 
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posted January 27, 2008 09:29 AM
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The turn sgnals and muffer looks like ass ....But who keeps the stock Exhaust !!!!! And the turn signals come off with two little screws ...Problem solved .....I like the pissed off look of the front end .....This zx10 is going to be the bad boy of liter bikes and i'm fine with that ...
I'm betting its the quickest in a straight line, not sure if it will win the performance shootouts though. Its a great time to be a motorcycle consumer for sure!
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NinjaNick
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posted January 27, 2008 10:07 AM
Steve all you did was give us 1 picture of the front? If you want true comments why didn't you post pictures of it from all angles in the garage?
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posted January 27, 2008 10:17 AM
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Steve all you did was give us 1 picture of the front? If you want true comments why didn't you post pictures of it from all angles in the garage?
I don't have any real world pics of the ZX10 other than that one...you post up a few :P
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posted January 27, 2008 11:54 AM
 Edited By: zxhoya on 27 Jan 2008 11:58
Real world:
Photochopped
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posted January 27, 2008 12:21 PM
how come the manufactures with exception of ducati and aprillia refuse to use dzus fastners on the bodywork?
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posted January 27, 2008 02:07 PM
zxhoya those looked staged real world would be in a shop or garage?
dubious my race plastics use nothing but dzus they're the bestest!
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posted January 27, 2008 02:17 PM
Kawi doesn't leave enough plastic around the well nuts to change over to dzus from the looks of it... I will have to buy some nut plates and see for myself... but the standard is 1"x1" plate, too big for the tabs on the stock plastic from the looks of it.
Are the yamaha nut tabs smaller?
I should patent some 1/4 turn well nuts... and inserts you lock into standard nuts, with permanent thread locker, then evreything could be 1/4 trun dzus screws for the bodywork...
hmmmm....
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posted January 27, 2008 02:45 PM
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Kawi doesn't leave enough plastic around the well nuts to change over to dzus from the looks of it... I will have to buy some nut plates and see for myself... but the standard is 1"x1" plate, too big for the tabs on the stock plastic from the looks of it.
Are the yamaha nut tabs smaller?
I should patent some 1/4 turn well nuts... and inserts you lock into standard nuts, with permanent thread locker, then evreything could be 1/4 trun dzus screws for the bodywork...
hmmmm....
I use tiny tabs on my race plastics. keep in mind they're track plastics I use and abuse and don't care about scratches, paint and such. but anyway, you can see how tiny the tabs are they twist into by this pic:
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posted January 27, 2008 03:30 PM
can you show pics of the part the d ring/ and bolt/ screw screws into?
the part you have shown is the screw, or bolt.
The nut is the part I am looking for . is it a 1inch squre tab?
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posted January 27, 2008 03:48 PM
next time I take the plastics off I'll shoot a pic of the inside metal nut/tab it screws into- but it is nowhere near an inch big
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posted January 27, 2008 03:57 PM
Hey I fould an old pic when we had the bike apart installing the VORTEX clips that shows how tiny the tab is the dzus screw is going into:
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posted January 27, 2008 04:04 PM
here are the DZUS I use on the track bike on ebay
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/10-DZUS-FAIRING-FASTENERS-BOLTS-YAMAHA-R1-R6-GSXR-HONDA_W0QQitemZ150165168341QQcmdZViewItem
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posted January 27, 2008 07:55 PM
Edited By: dubious on 27 Jan 2008 19:59
The ones on your bike do look tiny.... just like what I'm after
this pic is from the link above,
pic says 25mm x 25mm= 1inch by 1 inch.
your look more like 15mm x 15 mm.... which is what i need.
a guy could have used them on the zx14 passenger cowl!
where did you get the exact ones on your CBR?
do you have to epoxy them to the body or anything?
hook me up!
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posted January 27, 2008 08:01 PM
I can't remember where w eordered them from or my exact size - check this place and select "configure product"
http://www.southco.com/product/class.aspx?cid=7516
if worse comes to worse I'll ask around, I think Eric ordered the ones on my bike......the dude on the 771 bike in my avatar
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posted January 28, 2008 06:41 AM
thanks Steve.
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posted January 28, 2008 08:42 AM
Is this picture without the signals on the mirrors, and those are the holes I see, or are they some different signal with tiny LEDs or something? Can't really tell.
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larryc
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posted January 28, 2008 12:41 PM
All green toys in that stable. I like the new 10 except for the pipe and the black on the fairing. All green or all black IMO..
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zxhoya
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posted January 28, 2008 05:33 PM
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Is this picture without the signals on the mirrors, and those are the holes I see, or are they some different signal with tiny LEDs or something? Can't really tell.
I believe the pic is from a European show somewhere. The blinkers are from Kawasaki Accessories along with the tinted Double Bubble screen.
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