Hi all new to the bike scene

One for you newbies to introduce yourselves and show us your ZXR!

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DazSH
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Hi all new to the bike scene

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Hi im 25 years old been driving mad cars for 7 years now wanna taste some bike action due to getting hammered in my mates evo 4 by a r1 . I have already bought my zxr400 now going in for my direct access scheme is it really hard i have some bike experience mainly off road. Any advie welcome i will post pictures soon.. Also looki9ng for a rear seat cowl ..
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Post by RedexRobB »

Wrlcome Daz, only advice for you test is do what the instructor tells you :smt002

You can get rear seat cowls off of ebay but dont come up very often, i do believe there are a few places that make them.
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welcome mate, good luck with the test and lets see some pics asap.
Don't forget people there is more to the zxr400 than this forum... check out www.zxrworld.co.uk also.
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welcome fella, im about to do my DAS too. If you've had some experience on a bike then you shouldnt be too bad. The stuff you learn on the Cbt is a big help and will help you out a lot, gives you a lot of confidense in your riding ability.

Ive only had a few goes on mine and my instructor reckons he could get me through in a 1 day course but wants to do a 2 day course just to teach me a few things that will be helpful on my Zxr. Doesnt sound too bad.

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yea just go for it mate no problem at all, all i can say is dont be nervous. that makes you all tense, the examiners spot this a mile off
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DazSH wrote:due to getting hammered in my mates evo 4 by a r1 .
well that answers one recent discussion for us...

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thanks for your welcome everyone !!!
heres a quick pic of my bike so far need crash bungs etc but its somewhere to start.
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Pipercross Filter
Crash bungs.
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the best colour scheme they did too, looks clean!!
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yea that does look good mate very clean.... you need to invest in some crash bungs cos there is every chance you might drop it ( i done it twice from a standstil) onece puttin it away an onece turnin it in an industrial estate, im so glad i had R & G's on it or i probly would have needed new plastics.
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it's funny, so many of us on here have R&Gs fitted that when you see a picture of a ZXR without them it looks odd, like something's missing!
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Thx i found it luckily off my boss at work he found out what i was looking for and he had this and a zx6r.
The zx6r was his new bike but didnt want to part with the zxr400 but he did in the end.
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Cheers m8 will do
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Pipercross Filter
Crash bungs.
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Hi got some crash bungs will post pics soon got dark at end of fitting did an oil and filter change whilst i was there too..lol
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Pipercross Filter
Crash bungs.
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Pictures of my new installed crash bungs ... :smt003
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4-2-1 Full stainless steel With titanium legal can.
Pipercross Filter
Crash bungs.
Needs a good tune
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