How focin excited am I

[joebloggs]

Well the Fazer isn't going to be finished anytime soon and the other project was looking like it was going the same way so I spent a couple of days looking at various bikes on ebay and am hoping to pick up a low milege ZZR600 on Saturday. OK not the best looking bike out there but ideal for me as I won't get the urge to foc around with it, just get back on the road and ride the thing.

Couple of sleepless nights coming up me thinks

[joebloggs]

Was supposed to go in general, sorry

[tommyardin]

Not a bad looking bike, especially in the correct colour like this image

[joebloggs]

That in the UK is the zx6r
The zzr is a sports tourer

[joebloggs]

[tommyardin]

Oh well! be thankful it's still quite dark in the morning and early evening, you should make to and from work without anyone seeing you 

[joebloggs]

Oh well! be thankful it's still quite dark in the morning and early evening, you should make to and from work without anyone seeing you 

I never said it was pretty.
Had a early (88) ZX10, pretty similar idea, large fairing, comfy seat, enough power to keep you happy and a brilliant mile eater.
400 miles in 6 hours including a fuel stop and a coffee, and stepped off the other end like i'd just been down the shops. Oh and I think you'll find the zzr600 would keep up with a Fazer 600 in every department and leave it for dead past the ton.

Not pretty but pretty effective

[celticdog]

  You know you're past it Joe when you buy a bike with a lockable glovebox   

[joebloggs]

  You know you're past it Joe when you buy a bike with a lockable glovebox 

LMAO

Yeah I know its a bit pants but it works and that'll do nicely

[slappy]

A neighbour of mine had one for 5 years, loved it for its speed and comfort. Much like the Thundercat in my opinion, often overlooked because it wasn`t "trendy"

[Fazer99]

I've worked on many ZZR's in the past back when I was working as a panel peater / paint sprayer and with a decent paint job and cleaver graphical design the ZZR can look like a really nice machine.

[crickleymal]

I had a 1994 ZZR600 a few years ago. Nice to ride but I hated working on it. It took for ever to get the fairings off. Even an oil change took about an hour. And as I was riding 500 miles a week the oil changes came up pretty quickly. IIRC the valve clearance checks were more frequent than the FZS too.

[Arfa]

My wife had an old ZZR400 (basically a sleeved down 600) we picked up cheap off a friend... and it was shit. Big, heavy and gutless. Though we never did get it running quite right - kept cutting out in top gear over 10k rpm. Forever messing about getting a good seal on ram air box, had misfires from old HT leads, fuel tap kept leaking, tried bypassing Jap limiter and the rest. Probably just had a bad example that had been bodged by many before, but put me right off!

Hope yours turns out better though as they aren't supposed to be that bad!

[joebloggs]

Yes it needs its shims checking at 8k but used to have a carb balance and shims done for about £80 so not to bad, as for the paint the European schemes were a little more tasteful than what we got.
Fingers crossed it's as advertised

[celticdog]

Yes it needs its shims checking at 8k but used to have a carb balance and shims done for about £80 so not to bad, as for the paint the European schemes were a little more tasteful than what we got.
Fingers crossed it's as advertised

Yes they're quirky machines Kawasaki's but they're strength has always been a good engine, I think you'll have a useful bike on your hands 

[darrsi]

Yes it needs its shims checking at 8k but used to have a carb balance and shims done for about £80 so not to bad, as for the paint the European schemes were a little more tasteful than what we got.
Fingers crossed it's as advertised

"BIKE FOR SALE - PHONE ARFA" 

[joebloggs]

Me thinks the European graphics were far better than the garish schemes we had

[joebloggs]

As for the Arfa Daily comment, you may be right, got myself a misfire, sure wasn't running on all four all of the time, probably a shot plug, got £150 off the asking price so lets hope its simple

[Fazer99]

Me thinks the European graphics were far better than the garish schemes we had

That's a suprisingly alright colour scheme.

I hope it serves you well.

[celticdog]

That's a suprisingly alright colour scheme.

I hope it serves you well.

. . . and that big seat looks nice and comfy

[crickleymal]

Yes it needs its shims checking at 8k but used to have a carb balance and shims done for about £80 so not to bad,

How long ago was that? IIRC when I had it done about 4 years ago it was nearer £200.

[joebloggs]

Yes it needs its shims checking at 8k but used to have a carb balance and shims done for about £80 so not to bad,

How long ago was that? IIRC when I had it done about 4 years ago it was nearer £200.

A local garage in town just quoted me £120 for cash to balance the carbs and re shim the valves.

New plugs didn't completely sort the running so carb clean next. The seller said he had stripped them although after finding several lose screws (inc battery terminal) I'm not confident that he would have done the job properly, if at all.