condemned to cardom

Yup, it is 'orrible.

If cheap is significant, and, borrowing someone else's money makes it
likely, have a look at the Hyusung 650, either faired or unfaired.
(Making it non-LAMS is pretty easy, then it goes nicely.)

regards,
CrazyCam

 

I could get the tank fixed or stuff around trying to find a replacement but
a bike is my daily transport and I want to get back on asap. I spent $2000
on it in 04 - you couldn't see where the money went - didn't look or go any
better and the brakes squeaked (and still do).
I already have the wiring diagram - made multiple photocopies and traced
each function with hilighter - but I'm still in the dark.
My money management plan ensures that there is never cash available to fix
any single thing but I can always manage to pay off a loan.

Brett

 

and would make it easy to sell the lams version in nsw later on

the SV in reality is in the same market at the er6 gsr6 etc they are both
low stressed units

the FZ6 is a R6 engined machine detuned

prob be most happy with the Z750 imho

personally i would be looking at insurance on all of them as this is also a
deciding
factor on running costs

there is a lot more to a bike than just the cc badge on the side

 

Yah... Paris Hilton seems to do ok for herself...


G-S

 

Oh, okay, sorry, I thought you'd only just bought this one. No, wait,
that's Tim isn't it? Don't mind me. It is an 80G/S though isn't it?

Do the parking lamp / instrument lights behave the same way? Is there
volts at the grey wire / terminal 58 in the fusebox?

-----sharks

 

The trick to fix the brakes on these is to really use them occasionally (to
the point of lock-up) takes the shine off the pads and the squeak is gone.

Boxer

 

Dunno about that. The frame is more likely to be same as the Z1000. Its
weight advantage comes from the lighter, skinnier forks, the simple
extruded swingarm and the Y-spoke wheels borrowed from the ZX10

It's comfortably the best-selling model in its market segment. What more
could Kawasaki have reasonably have hoped for?

No argument on anything else, though. The Z750's motor and suspension
show up the cast alloy beam frame it gives away to everything else in
its class for the gimmick that it is... hard to see anyone in the market
for a middleweight naked going past it.

 

Clem'll fix 'em!

 

Didn't squeak at all, the whole time I was in hospital!

-----sharks

 

IK wrote:

I meant world-wide. AFAIK the naked model was never available in the USA
, while both are available in the UK and Europe. I don't believe
Kawasaki originally intended to release a faired model, but European
customers demanded it.

 

It's definitely not available this year, according to the lineup on the
Kwaka US website. You can get the Z1000 and the Z750S. No Z750.

Makes sense. Americans aren't too keen on mid-spec bikes, to the point
that manufacturers just plain don't bother releasing a lot of their
offerings in the sector there. Suzuki fluked it with the SV650 due to
its eligibility for that middleweight twin racing class Americans get
into, but that's about it...

Mhm, I dunno. Nudiebike first, followed a year later by the versh with
the half-fairing and the big grabrails... for a manufacturer with
Kawasaki's irritating we-have-all-the-time-in-the-world strategy, it
would fit the profile...

 

I wish Kawasaki Australia would put a lineup on their website!! What is
with that?

 

...and you just knocked back an offer of $500? You're not doing a real
good job of talking it up for prospective buyers...

Nev..
'04 CBR1100XX

 

Too honest to be a salesman

Brett

 

when I looked into the z750 just under two years ago, the 750 and 1000
are the same except:

the 750 is a sleeved down engine.
all the trick/good bits including but not necessarily limited to brakes,
adjustable suspension, wheels etc were taking off the 750 and cheaper
stuff was used instead to get the price down.
also the 750 wasn't available in the same colours, especially black at
that time.

I found the engine to have a horrible vibration that just got worse the
quicker you went. On paper the z750 was everything I needed, but the
riding experience just didn't do it for me.

There is an Italian 4 cylinder 750 that whips the z750 into last week
but the comparison is a bit unfair as it costs about twice as much.