ooo ... the voices ...

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/nav?p...detail&resource=5719817&distanceM=166.8nicely priced Z1R (Mk II do-er upper ..... must resist--Steve ParryK100RS SE & F650and a 520i SE Touring for comfort

 

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/nav?p...fieds.detail&resource=5719817&distanceM=166.8


Bloody formatting screwup

 

Does the seller want £800 or £900

 

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You are fucking joking? It's a shed.

 

If it were mine, 50p would do.

 

I've never known a newsgroup with such frequent displays of paroxysms of
desire.
Only *you* know the right thing to do, which is buy it of course.

 

Is that the one that handled like a five-bar gate with a saddle on it?

 

In message

I think that may even be too much.

 

platypus says...

You think they handled that well? I'm surprised.

I would say they handled more like a pregnant hippo on acid, or a
shopping trolley with one seized wheel.

--
Lozzo
Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Black with added black bits)
GSF600SW (broked)
'I do not object to people looking at their watches when I am speaking.
But I strongly object when they start shaking them to make certain they
are still going.' William Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett, Oct 1960.

 

Did you own one?

 

Steve Parry says...

I worked for a Kawasaki dealer near a US air force establishment when
they were a fairly new model. I rode a couple belonging to airmen and a
couple that ended up on UK plates. All of them felt like they'd chuck
you into the scenery if you leant as much as 15 degrees from vertical.
Horrible, horrible bikes - my GT750 Suzuki felt more confidence
inspiring, even with an Avon Speedmaster rear tyre.

--
Lozzo
Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Black with added black bits)
GSF600SW (broked)
'I do not object to people looking at their watches when I am speaking.
But I strongly object when they start shaking them to make certain they
are still going.' William Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett, Oct 1960.

 

Lozzo fumbled, fiddled and fingered:

I had one for 3 years and found it fine once the original japlops where
junked in favour of Pirelli Phantoms (which weare about the "thing" at
the time ISTR).

The only compaint I had with mine was the average braking and the tank
range, both were improved by the sintered pad kit and the large tank kit
that KMUK released for them.

We'll have to differ, again , but I personally feel the Z1R was light
years better than a GT750.

I know the press at the time slated them, they also slated the later
GPZ100RX and I also prefered that to the GPZ900. I learnt a long time
ago to take what the press say with a pinch of salt.



--
Steve Parry
K100RS SE & F650
and a 520i SE Touring for comfort

(not forgetting the SK90PY)

http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk

 

Steve Parry says...

I can't remember what tyres were fitted to any of them, but I do recall
nearly throwing on into a hedge on the RAE access road near here.

The large tank was a UK thing for those very few bikes that ended up
over here, I was always led to believe that the large tanks came from
the US because the smaller one was ridiculously tiny for the mileages
covered by US riders. IIRC the Z1R was never an official UK import.

It was in all respects, but the handling of both was attrocious to the
point of being dangerous. At least the GT had no sporting pretensions,
so you knew where you stood with it.

Now you're being daft. The GPZ900R was a fantastic bike which won TT
races in near stock trim, whereas the GPZ1000RX was a lardy barge with
iffy handling and stupid 16 inch wheels at both ends.

--
Lozzo
Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Black with added black bits)
GSF600SW (broked)
'I do not object to people looking at their watches when I am speaking.
But I strongly object when they start shaking them to make certain they
are still going.' William Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett, Oct 1960.

 

Lucky bastard, I couldn't get hold of one when they were selling them off
for £1500 brand new.

Martin

and found it fine once the original japlops where

 

http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk/images/album04/z1r-r90s.jpg

 

I'm fairly sure the Z1000-D1 was a genuine UK import, but sold poorly so we
never officially got the Z1R MkII. The sales of the D1 were so poor that in
the States Kawasaki USA made a deal with one of the aftermarket turbo
companies and produced the Z1R Turbo. KHI Japan crapped themselves and
refused to honour any warranties (I guess they were also worried about being
sued etc given the rest of the bike was fairly standard)

Kawasaki Germany "created" a further bastardisation in an attempt to get rid
of stock by fitting Z900 4 into 4 exhausts on them to try and get rid of
them.

Just personal preference, I never got on with the 900 it just felt too long
somehow. I'm not saying it's bad or owt, I know it is well respected, it's
just I found the 1000 nicer for me. From the same time period I also like
the GPX750 and found them great except for a weave at 130 or so but that
could be ridden through.

 

Steve Parry says...

Not being funny, like, but I'd rather have the BMW now.

--
Lozzo
Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Black with added black bits)
GSF600SW (broked)
'I do not object to people looking at their watches when I am speaking.
But I strongly object when they start shaking them to make certain they
are still going.' William Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett, Oct 1960.

 

<THUD> LOL

 

Nice!

The only one I managed to find was about 1980 at L&M in Ashton, didn't have
all the money with me, put £800 (which he refused) on counter on tuesday and
told him I would be in on thursday with the rest but when I went back on
thursday he'd sold it. Same bloke was in the paper earlier this week in a
plane which crashed at John Lennon airport with his mate, should've wiped
him out.

Martin

 

I'm moved to wonder whether there's a Steve Hislop airport.