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posted March 17, 2009 04:53 PM
Get an 05/06 Gixxer if you want a great combination of power and cornering ability. I have an 06 and when I go from the ZX14 to the Gixxer I am shocked at how well it corners. I am also shocked at how hard I have to pull on the front brake lever to make it slow down and how much the engine vibrates. It weighs in at 440 pounds with a full tank of fuel and with a -1 on the front and a slip on it has way more power than you can use on the street. It comes stock with a 4 into 1 which helps keep the weight down. I stretched it last year which kept the wheelies down but it lost a lot of its cornering ability so I reverted back to stock swing arm. Here she is stretched >
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kawasakijockey
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posted March 17, 2009 05:05 PM
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Oil consumption problems are almost always caused by improper piston ring breakin. Sounds like someone didnt put enough load on them rings soon enough. stupid OEM breakin recommendations are worthless...
Honda had acknowledged a problem on some of the 08s with ring problems. It was not a break-in issue but a clearance issue according to the dealer. A quart of oil per 1000miles consumption, yikes!
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2007 ZX-14
1.38 60ft
9.03 @ 149mph
8.95 @153 small shot n2o
8.68 @160mph 5lbs boost
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zixxer14
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Damn that was Quick
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posted March 17, 2009 08:56 PM
 Edited By: zixxer14 on 18 Mar 2009 04:57
05-06 Gixxer 1000's have a frame recall. Cracking main supports behind head tube. Very complicated bracing upgrade if not broken, frame replacement if cracked. I'd pass.
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Sticks_n_Stones
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posted March 18, 2009 05:38 AM
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05-06 Gixxer 1000's have a frame recall. Cracking main supports behind head tube. Very complicated bracing upgrade if not broken, frame replacement if cracked. I'd pass.
coworker of mine snapped his front end off landing a wheelie on his '06 right after he bought it. Other guys riding with him said he brought it down normal and couldnt understand how that caused it. Suzuki rep wouldnt cover the repair because you are not supposed to wheelie the bike. Yep, you are not supposed to wheelie a GSXR 1000... Wonder if anyone told that to all those squids out there? 
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'06 zx14
Muzzy M10/M14
PCIII w/ Muzzy map
Flies out K&N in!
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LAB3
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posted March 18, 2009 07:47 AM
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gave up on crap on/in my pants a long time ago.
Why would I do such a dishonor to my britches by sitting on a freakin Honda??!!  [/quote
Too feel what "Slow" feels like!!! ] Or you meet the nicest people on a Honda....... S-90
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