Am I right to say reasonably big, stable, bit on the heavy side but would make a great long distance cruiser, capable of 100mph all day with spacef or luggage and room to hide behind the screen ?
No personal experience - but it’s a lot of bike for the money - as an alternative have you looked at the Yamaha Thunderace? Another excellent road bike - nowhere near as small, light and sharp as today’s litre sportsbikes - but probably better on the road (rather than track) as a result.
Those are the bikes I’m looking at, the RF900 is cheap and seems very capable, the ZZR1100 is a bit more expensive and very similar and the Thunderace from what I’ve read is prbably slightly more sporty but just as easy for long distance. All well under £2k. Was looking at the RSV for sale here too.
Aye! Trouble with T/Aceis that after a couple of winters they do look a bit fluffy buy seeing as you like Kawasakis you will be used to that;):DThere is a good reasin that the ZZR’s seem to hold their price;)You might like to consider a pre V-Tec VFR as well Steve:cool:
I like it too, sat on one in a bike shop a few months ago, big old beast but probably ideal for what I have in mind. Read a road test from 1995 which put it streets ahead of the original ZX9 and VFR750. The Thunderace was a newer design so I guess that’s probably better still . . . anyway the one I was looking at has been sold already, £1100 for a lot of bike :w00t:
Cheers Paul, that’s what i’m after, long range. Thought about making a cage to hold a 20 litre jerry can on one side too, to extend the range between needing petrol stations.
+1 on the VFR800 (though I’m slightly biased, of course). Not quite as much top end as the litre-bikes but will do silly speeds all day, and if it’s range you’re after mine’s doing over 200 miles on a tankful.
OMG! I always thought that people bought RF’s despite the looks. Perhaps because they got it for half price or something… not because they actually liked how it looked :crazy:
I think Elad is right, it’s got a real retro look about it but have seen the specs for the ZZR1100 . . . genuine 170ish mph, but still 40+ mpg. The VFR750 looks like it’ll do 50mpg on a 4.5 gallon tank so best part of 200 miles to a tank which might be more useful.