My zed

Truszy · 25 May 2011 at 00:11

Passed my DAS about a month ago now and just finished tarting up my new toy, bought completely standard.

Here she is, an 08 Z750

Pyramid hugger
R&G Aero Crash bungs
SP Engineering tail tidy
Oxford LED indicators
SC Project Short Oval Slip-on
New Metzler M5 interacts fitted at work a few hours before

Sounds fantastic with the new can

Have some short black levers and a seat cowl to be painted and she'll be finished

Flukester · 25 May 2011 at 07:11

love the z, lovely handling on them and easy to ride, engine is very docile though with no top end rush... but after passing DAS thats prolly a good thing I guess. Give it a year and you'll want to 1000

Truszy · 25 May 2011 at 12:48

Yeah, it's surprisingly torquey. You can be quite lazy with the gears and it seems to just pull anywhere. Handling is a little bouncey on the 750 because they use cheaper suspension components apparently. I'm not experienced enough to be pushing it to the point that it matters very much yet. Not sure how it compares to the thou.

I very much like the new shape z1000 but I think once I'm competent on this in a year or two I'll be gunning for a Streetfighter S

Might test ride a couple of sports bikes but I think they're just going to be a bit uncomfortable.

Scort · 25 May 2011 at 15:40

Lovely looking bike, not sure why, but I'm really liking the naked bikes more and more now, sat on the new GSR750 on Saturday... lovely looking bike

Who knows... bye bye GSXR750, hello nekkid?

Hutch-Sco · 25 May 2011 at 17:44

Looks decent mate.

jon.bda · 25 May 2011 at 19:16

Looking good mate...job for winter, powdercoat the wheels a darker grey and all will be good!!!

BennyC · 25 May 2011 at 20:02

Looks tidy

Scort · 26 May 2011 at 12:51

jon.bda said:
Looking good mate...job for winter, powdercoat the wheels a darker grey and all will be good!!!

Or find someone with an 05/06 636 Ninja who wants to swap - they look like the same wheels to me

metbandit1 · 26 May 2011 at 15:22

stunning example of the bike! looks very good

The_Abyss · 28 May 2011 at 00:04

Love these - really want one to replace my ER-6F.

Nutbusta · 3 Jun 2011 at 16:49

Piccies don't seem to work

My first bike was an 07 z750. Fab bike.

Top end can be put back with a fairly straight through can and a power commander.

Suspension can be made much better in about 10 minutes. Just set the springs to 14mm sag at the back and 30mm at the front. then wind the dampers all the way in, then back out again counting the turns. Then wind them back in 1/2 way.

Much easier than it sounds and lots of guides on the net. I think theres a superbike magazine one on youtube done with a z1000. bikes more composed when riding fast and more comfortable when touring, 2 up or just over pot holes. I'm about 12 stone btw.