Motorcyclist clocked at 245km/h

Fark mate, I have trouble remembering what day of the week it is and who
I woke up next to yesterday morning, that was 15 bloody years ago, I'm
lucky to still remember I owned it !

JL

 

Ploise expline !

JL
(obviously a movie quote but from what ?)

 

I still remember what bike I owned last year, 15 years ago, 25 years ago.
Guzzi!

Theo

 

Maybe Clem could try it ... very short shorts, you know.

(gNiff!)

-----sharks

 

That's because it's the same bike !!

Bless you ! Catching a cold ?

JL

 

Futurama! (although googling for 'Zoidberg' will give you some idea
of who I'm comparing Nurse Hammo to ...)

-----sharks

 

Ahh ! Only ever saw about 5mins of it.

JL
(not a television watcher I'm afraid, I only own one to display dvd movies)

 

Well, for one thing, it still runs carbs.
For another, the frame of the 1200 is_very_similar to that of the 1100.
That would likely not be the case if the engine the frame had to wrap
around was significantly more compact or differently shaped... relative
to the ZZ-R1100 unit, the ZX12 engine is both. It's short with a very
tall head, while the ZZ-R1100 is just_big_.

You know what they say about the relationship between things that aren't
broken and the act of fixing...

Suzuki still do brisk trade in Bandits. As a whole, that engine dates
back to the first GSX-R's, of 1985, and the only real difference between
it and the Katana, from 1980, is the cylinder head (have a closer look
next time you're at a wrecker's).

To be fair, though, the ZZ-R1200 engine is supposedly a development of
the ZRX1200 unit, which is, in turn, descended from the ZRX1100 motor,
which was developed not from the ZZ-R1100, but the GPz1100 (though I am
a bit fuzzy on the exact differences between the two), and the changes
between the two are supposed to be significant; changes to cylinder head
stud pattern etc. Basic architecture unaffected, but no backwards
compatibility.

 

"By the way,I took the liberty of fertilising your caviar..."

Postman Pat (Got the DVDs)

 

...and the ZZR1100 would have evolved from the ZX10 engine presumably.

Nev..
'03 ZX12R

 

Don¹t tell JL, that. He'll get all confused!

Hammo

 

Too late !! I'm all confused !

JL
(congenitally confused I suspect !)

 

Yes I do, but it's a maxim most motor vehicle manufacturers ignore. I
will have to grant however that given the long product life of the
Kawasaki Concours (that's a GPZ engine from the early 80's and the
brakes to match, no ?) that assuming that Kwaka updated ANYTHING is a
seriously dangerous assumption

Well, actually they're not selling real well anymore, but hey, they've
well and truly paid off the tooling !

Yeah,I know that one (being a bandit owner and all) but the 2nd gen
bandit (umm '99 ?) has a different power plant, for the life of me I
can't tell you how different (it's about 2 years since I've been on the
bandit list) but they extracted an extra 25Hp out of it...

now THAT sounds more like what i recall reading.

JL

 

May well have done, dunno.

http://www.zx11.info/zx11/home.htm

Lists it as a predecessor so I guess so


http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/roadtests/ZZR1200/

These guys reckon the ZZR12 motor is an update on the ZZR11(ZX11in the US).


JL
(issue settled ?)

 

The mid nineties GPZ1100 was a detuned version of the Minja. 36mm
side draft carbs instead of 40mm downdraft, flatter cam lift etc.
Basically a 20-25 hp drop in exchange for two grand left in your
pocket. Still had 129hp at the crank and around 110 on the ground.

 

Typically bloody Pommy Minja!!
Clem

 

I used to be an eager minger