JohnnyJaxville
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posted February 05, 2008 04:11 PM
Holy F-ing Crap!
Just got my bike back from the shop, where they pulled the 'flies, installed the new Muzzy M10 and a PC-III with Muzzy's map. The difference is startling..
A few random thoughts:
This thing is fast. Scary fast, which of course is a Very Good Thing.
The M10 pipe is loud, but not in a bad way, more like in a nasty, snarling, screamy way. It's got a tiny little raspy edge to it. I really like it a lot, and don't find the volume unpleasant at all. I sure hope it's not too much for my neighbor though when I fire it up in the morning, what with him being an undercover narcotics detective and all. Sure hate interrupting his sleep early in the morning with a loud pipe.
Pulling the 'flies should be done as part of the pre-delivery dealer prep process. I'm convinced that the ZX would have beaten the '08 'Busa's in the quarter mile if they didn't have the secondary butterflies. Am I correct in understanding that they're only there to enable the ECU to over-ride my right hand if it decides I'm not ready for the full power of the 14 at that moment? Seriously, Kawasaki went to the trouble of engineering and installing an Automatic Buzz Kill feature?!? Uh. gee, thanks I guess, but really, if they want to save me from myself they're going to need to get a lot more involved than that..
Anyway, huge kudos to Muzzys for a beautifully made product, as well as great support. Curt (at Muzzys) was super helpful in getting me the '08 maps (with and w/o 'flies) and the tune is excellent. Best bang for the upgrade buck I've ever had, fo' sho', and it dropped a ton of weight from the bike to boot!
Cheers-
Johnny
  
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starchild
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posted February 05, 2008 05:10 PM
thanks for the encouragement JJ i have the same setup minus the map, i had a muzzy titanium on it and came across the m-10 and i like the m-10 much better. i have not tuned nor have i had any seat time with this bike,so reading your high praise is good news. thanks.
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Tool Man
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posted February 05, 2008 05:12 PM
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Just got my bike back from the shop, where they pulled the 'flies, installed the new Muzzy M10 and a PC-III with Muzzy's map. The difference is startling..
This thing is fast. Scary fast, which of course is a Very Good Thing.
Pulling the 'flies should be done as part of the pre-delivery dealer prep process. I'm convinced that the ZX would have beaten the '08 'Busa's in the quarter mile if they didn't have the secondary butterflies. Am I correct in understanding that they're only there to enable the ECU to over-ride my right hand if it decides I'm not ready for the full power of the 14 at that moment? Seriously, Kawasaki went to the trouble of engineering and installing an Automatic Buzz Kill feature?!? Uh. gee, thanks I guess, but really, if they want to save me from myself they're going to need to get a lot more involved than that..
Cheers-
Johnny
I think the flies are a stroke of engineering genius... training wheels for squids!!
If you pull them, you take on all the legal ramifications of doing so. It keeps Mama Kaws tities out of the proverbial ringer so to speak.
And...then you get a full on bike that will run 8.s in the qtr. with the right rider and slight mods. Plus and all around fun, good looking bike 
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fish_antlers
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posted February 05, 2008 05:21 PM
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JohnnyJaxville
Parking Attendant
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posted February 05, 2008 05:29 PM
I slapped up a couple of pics of the '14 on my website at http://zenspeed.com/zx14.html if anyone wants to take a look.
Enjoy-
Johnny
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stevewfl
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posted February 05, 2008 05:58 PM
Nice! all the toys on your my-toys-for-display page are nice!
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ZXGRIFF
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posted February 05, 2008 08:42 PM
quote:
thanks for the encouragement JJ i have the same setup minus the map, i had a muzzy titanium on it and came across the m-10 and i like the m-10 much better. i have not tuned nor have i had any seat time with this bike,so reading your high praise is good news. thanks.
Did you just get the M10 can to replace the ti Muzzy can? Just wondering if they use the same header.....
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BlackMagic14
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posted February 05, 2008 09:00 PM
You get a lotus and a benz and a chopper and a nija and your wife gets a Jeep damn my wife would kick up on my ass LOL what kinda shop do you have?
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JohnnyJaxville
Parking Attendant
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posted February 06, 2008 04:45 AM
She WANTED the Jeep - Could've had anything she wanted, but after driving a Mercedes G500 and the Hummers she decided on the Jeep. (I mean, c'mon, it's loaded and still cost $33k... The kid ain't slumming!)
My shop does a bit of everything. We did choppers when choppers were hot, we do hot rods and customs, lately we've been developing a kit to install LS1 motors in Miatas in between everything else.
Cheers-
Johnny
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