Kawasaki 1996

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It's no suprise perhaps, but the Zephyr functions pretty much as a quick glance at a picture of it might suggest it does. Its curious blend of s dogma and s technology results in a competent motorcycle, which has many squealing with delight. Not me, though. I sort of like it, but hard as I try I seem unable to generate much enthusiasm. It's all a bit bland and safe and I frequently find myself reaching for my KLR instead. Perhaps I'm not as old as I thought I was.

Kawasaki 1996

For the manufacturers involved, winning on a Sunday really did sell bikes on a Monday, leading to a boom in sales of sportsbikes — and superbikes in particular. But by then the ZXR was nearing the end of its useful life. But the ZX-7 was tweaked in every area to make it sharper for the track action as well as more suited to road use. Two models appeared, the road-going ZX-7R and track-focussed ZX-7RR, both of which proved popular and successful at their specific disciplines. Just pure, undiluted thrills. That and its aggressive yet timeless style make the 7R an irresistible modern classic. Distinctive twin ram air intakes on the front of the fairing. Twin spar aluminium chassis. Two-tone colours. Adjustable swingarm pivot and steering angle, aluminium fuel tank, single seat, 41mm Keihin FCR carbs, close-ratio gearbox, 6-pot Nissin calipers, bhp 12,rpm, kg.

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Strong, reliable and with pretty funky handling for a cruiser, the Kawasaki VN makes for a useful bike as well as a perfect pose-machine. Not bad value but a bugger to keep clean. Ground clearance is minimal though. The Kawasaki VN's engine boasts an incredibly smooth and consistent delivery of power. Very strong. Average to good. Find a Kawasaki VN for sale.

Kawasaki 1996

Make Kawasaki. This '96 Vulcan Classic has got to be one of the cleanest you will see! Paint is shiny and bright, chrome is polished and sparkly, even the wire wheels are clean! Touring windshield, driver backrest, passenger backrest, luggage rack, lockable hard saddlebags, and loud straight pipes.

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Its curious blend of s dogma and s technology results in a competent motorcycle, which has many squealing with delight. Just pure, undiluted thrills. Rear Wheel Travel. The homologation RR model runs 41mm flatslide carbs and a close ratio gearbox. Miura 83' pen. Shingi Ono. Yukinori Shigeta. Nobuhiro Maeda. Junichi Watanabe. Adjustable preload, compression and rebound damping. Otsuka Pharmaceutical. Even if they look ok from the outside, condensation can corrode the system from the inside, so most ZX-7Rs now wear aftermarket systems. It still isn't the sweetest transmission in the world, but it's a lot better. Tomohiro Hasumi to Fujitsu.

A far, far cheaper way of cruising than buying into the Harley dream. Reliable too. The VNs are positively vast so, if road presence is important to you, they could be your thing.

Niigata Stadium. Miura 8' Donizete 60' , 69' Kitazawa 68'. When you see a showroom lined with ZZ-Rs, it's not immediately obvious which are the s and which are the s. Nation Player —. Kyoto Nishikyogoku Stadium. Tsuyoshi Kitazawa. Make Model. The whole thing looks flimsier, yet it boasts 41mm fork stanchions compared to the FZR at 38mm and it has as much or more suspension travel than the others. Source: [ citation needed ]. We all came to the same conclusion, quite independently, about the Kawasaki. Average fuel consumption. Sophisticated, well made, reliable and still popular.