New Ride for riding season 2010

[bigb996]

Well i sold the gsxr a couple weeks ago to originally upgrade to my friends 08. I also looked at a few larger displacement bikes, but couldnt justify paying the higher insurance, and most likly expensive tickets that come from them. So i got to looking around on the internet and found a dealer in savannah selling 09 left over inventory bikes for less OTD than a used one would run. So after some negotiating over the phone long story short i left before lunch and got home late last night with a new bike. Thanks to the rain i have yet to do anything but sit on it and drool over it.


2009 Kawasaki Ninja ZX6R
Sorry for the crappy pics, but lets face it the rain is making it difficult
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e164/bigb996/Sv%20fender%20elim%20906/DSC01960.jpg
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e164/bigb996/Sv%20fender%20elim%20906/DSC01965.jpg

0 Miles on the ODO:D
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e164/bigb996/Sv%20fender%20elim%20906/DSC01963.jpg

Factory Ohlins is a cool addition, i hear its not quite as good as the aftermarket version though.
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e164/bigb996/Sv%20fender%20elim%20906/DSC01964.jpg


Heres a picture of its older brother i owned back in 2006. I enjoyed this bike so much i regreted selling it.
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e164/bigb996/Sv%20fender%20elim%20906/thenewzx003.jpg


I look forward to seeing how it compares to my 636. It has close to the same HP that it had, but the Showa Large Piston suspension is supposed to be incredible. All the reviews ive read have given it great praise. Won the shootout last year when it came out.

anyway ill try and shoot some better pics when it gets nice out.

[ugar-6]

Man, I'm pumped for you. That thing is GORGEOU!!!. Glad I got my riding buddy back so soon. Jenn is looking forward to riding this weekend with us. I love those white backed tachs too. I miss that about my R6.

[Troutman]

I knew you couldnt take it.

[Troutman]

That thing is sexxxyyyyy

[JSKeezy]

That looks good...Let me tell you, I think this yr will be a Kawi yr..Ive seen sooo many new ones on the road lately!!!

[Snafu484]

Yeah those 09 Kawi's are sexy... love the look of the gauge cluster... dont tell my R6 i said that... :run:

Only thing I dont like personally is that fugly can its got... lol

[SlimDizzleATL]

Freaking sick man. I like

[ltyson]

Congrats. I like it a lot. Let us know what you think of it once you get a chance to put some miles on it. Do you still have to do the jumper mod on the 09's to un-restrict them?

Ltyson

[bigmixx]

Nice! Congrats man!

[durendaal]

Nice! Riding weather is quickly approaching!

[Derrick]

Sweet bike!

[BlueLghtning]

Nice!

What was Kawi thinking with that Tach setup though?

First off, they only used like half of the gauge for a usable spread. They could have pushed the redline 16k number a bit further over the top closer to the speedo/odo window. And maybe you'd get used to it, but having the 8k-16k in the green? I guess it would make it easy at a glance to see where you are in the rev range.

[bigb996]

thanks guys the first time i saw it i thought it looked to much like an insect, but the more i look at it the more i like it. It has a really good seating position, and has some great features for the price. Looking forward to see what the motor is capable of since its claimed to 115hp now. Gonna be nice to have a slipper clutch again too. If this F'n rain will ever let up i can actually ride it and give a review of what i think.

[TLR67]

Great bIKE... congratulations!!

[Mortalis5509]

Good looking ride you have there.

[Ibleedgreen]

Awesome bike, love the green.

As for the O damper just pull it off and take it to someone for some heavier weight oil. MxTuner in my sig can do this for you. It will make a big difference.

Congrats.

[bluerider]

Sweet ride congrats.

[bigb996]

Awesome bike, love the green.

As for the O damper just pull it off and take it to someone for some heavier weight oil. MxTuner in my sig can do this for you. It will make a big difference.

Congrats.

thanks for the info, ill definatly look into that.

[BUCKYJR]

Heck yea dude. Thats what im talkin bout:up:

[NiceGuysFinishLast]

Sweet man. Looks awesome, maybe we'll get a ride in before I move to the land of the flat and boring roads.

[bigb996]

Sweet man. Looks awesome, maybe we'll get a ride in before I move to the land of the flat and boring roads.

sounds good to me Nick, havn't riden with you since probably 2005 when you were rockin one of your friends gs500f's for the day.

[greenlantern]

Love it, want one!!!

[ben c]

Nice bike Brian. When we going to get together and ride again? I want to see this thing in person.

[bigb996]

Nice bike Brian. When we going to get together and ride again? I want to see this thing in person.

hey Ben i thought about you the other day when i drove past your work. Lets do it soon! i havn't been able to ride this thing yet with all the rain and work.

[ben c]

Yep thats where i stay all the time never get to ride much but maybe we can get together on a sunday just give me a call.

[ugar-6]

I've got a FJR ready to eat your lunch!!!!

[ltyson]

Have you ridden the darn thing yet? I want to know how it handles damn it!! Get some miles on the thing will you!!

Ltyson

[bigb996]

Have you ridden the darn thing yet? I want to know how it handles damn it!! Get some miles on the thing will you!!

Ltyson

hey Larry why dont you fix your bikes info to None haha


but seriously you may need to break the bike in for me since i havnt had time to ride it. I put 50 miles on it sunday in the nasty cold and it rode VERY smooth. I think if your looking into one you would be very pleased.

[ltyson]

hey Larry why dont you fix your bikes info to None haha

but seriously you may need to break the bike in for me since i havnt had time to ride it. I put 50 miles on it sunday in the nasty cold and it rode VERY smooth. I think if your looking into one you would be very pleased.

LOL - that is just wrong man, wrong I tell you!!

Hopefully it will warm up here and you can get some miles in. You can feel free at anytime to drop it off. My garage needs another bike in it and I will break it in for you just fine. :)

Ltyson

[ugar-6]

LOL - that is just wrong man, wrong I tell you!!

Hopefully it will warm up here and you can get some miles in. You can feel free at anytime to drop it off. My garage needs another bike in it and I will break it in for you just fine. :)

Ltyson

LOL, you'd be very disappointed in his "by the book" break in. You should get it for a weekend to properly break it in for power and we'll do a mountain run. Hey, the same camera mount fits my FJR as it did on the R6. We'll even film some video of his bike for him. :o

[TwoFace1911]

Nice bike. Definitely won't miss that coming down the road

[bigb996]

Thought id updated the thread with a new picture and hopefully have a pic of twins next weekend.
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e164/bigb996/Rides%202010/DSC01978.jpg