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Just bought a ZXR 400!
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 3:35 pm
by banner001
'94 model (bit older than i would like), 34,000 miles (bit more than i would like), £1200 (bit more than i would have liked)...but saw it, fell in love with it, i now have a commuter bike!
Its getting an MOT and as i work away from home i now have a 3 week wait to pick it up...gonna be a tense 3 weeks!
its a nice tidy bike,been in a low speed slide at some point, slight scuffing to bar ends and a bit of scraping on the can...but no big deal, the can is probably coming off anyways
just thought i would say hi and introduce myself like.
Re: Just bought a ZXR 400!
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 9:59 pm
by razzcolio
hello m8y
welcome!
get sum pics up!
Re: Just bought a ZXR 400!
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 8:33 am
by masterofinsanity
welcome to zxrworld! deffo get some pics posted so we can scrutinise it lol
Re: Just bought a ZXR 400!
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 9:03 am
by tink
welcome to the site from another newbie
Re: Just bought a ZXR 400!
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 10:51 pm
by banner001
here you go
after having a bad crash at 19 (im now 28) involving a shattered pelvis and nearly loosing my right hand (and at 19 that would have been harsh
), followed by 4 years of uni, 4 years of a PhD few years inbetween working...its been over 10 years since i last got on a bike, so i am really looking forwards to getting on it. it has some minor cosmetic damage (slight scuff on RHS indicator, bar ends and brake lever as well as a bit of damage to the exhaust...but other that that its in pretty decent condition for the age/millage.
lets hope it can survive the winter
im after a one-piece now as i have grown upwards and outwards since i last rode (im now approaching the 16-stone mark
)
Gotta fit my GPS to it first then im all sorted
Re: Just bought a ZXR 400!
Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 10:52 pm
by banner001
oh yeah im currently in coventry so if anyone is going on any ride-outs anywhere let us know, it sucks being the only apparent biker in a 1-mile radius, though its gonna be good for the traffic
Re: Just bought a ZXR 400!
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 6:33 am
by tink
banner001 wrote:oh yeah im currently in coventry so if anyone is going on any ride-outs anywhere let us know, it sucks being the only apparent biker in a 1-mile radius, though its gonna be good for the traffic
Just down the road from me but i haven't passed my test yet
Re: Just bought a ZXR 400!
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 7:24 am
by razzcolio
nice looking motor m8y, welcome back to the motorcycle OC lol
my geog is toad so don't know where Coventry is, but be grateful ur the only biker in a big radius
i live south London and want to kill all the knob head bike "riders" around here lol
Re: Just bought a ZXR 400!
Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 6:40 pm
by banner001
razzcolio wrote:nice looking motor m8y, welcome back to the motorcycle OC lol
my geog is toad so don't know where Coventry is, but be grateful ur the only biker in a big radius
i live south London and want to kill all the knob head bike "riders" around here lol
coventry is just to the east of birmingham.
tink wrote:Just down the road from me but i haven't passed my test yet
let us know when you do, get it done quick though im only here till end of february at the latest.
Re: Just bought a ZXR 400!
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 9:18 pm
by banner001
well just done my first bit of modification...
ive fitted...
...
...a bulb in my speedometer, was not blown, it just wasnt there, with it getting dark it needed to go in, 89p not a bad result
stay tuned for more exciting modifications including topping up the coolant and setting the brake lever to position 2