Cheap ZZR1100 wanted - now sorted - thanks to all

steve452 · #1 PostAuthor: **steve452** » Wed Jun 04, 2014 9:59 pm

Does anyone know of a relatively cheap ZZR1100 for sale. I'd like it as a runabout for Z1OC meets etc while I'm rebuilding my Z1B. I need a good runner in reasonable cosmetic condition (I can't afford to run two rebuilds at the same time). Prefer an early model if poss. Many thanks for your time.

Zed man · #2 PostAuthor: **Zed man** » Thu Jun 05, 2014 4:10 am

Try this item number in the eBay search bar.. cheap so far but Could rocket near the end.. 310976704371

steve452 · #3 PostAuthor: **steve452** » Thu Jun 05, 2014 7:24 pm

Zed man wrote:Try this item number in the eBay search bar.. cheap so far but Could rocket near the end.. 310976704371

Thanks for the tip but I spotted it last night and am watching it already.

Missed one on Monday...I got to the page with 18 seconds left and couldn't get a bid in fast enough (and it was only 30 miles down the road!).

malc87 · #4 PostAuthor: **malc87** » Sat Jun 07, 2014 1:08 pm

Did you win it

steve452 · #5 PostAuthor: **steve452** » Sat Jun 07, 2014 10:57 pm

malc87 wrote:Did you win it

Nope...but I am now the proud owner of a bouncing baby D3...picked it up today and drove back from Watford...that was an experience...I haven't ridden a bike in 15 years!

mick znone · #6 PostAuthor: **mick znone** » Sun Jun 08, 2014 8:32 am

blimey, you will hate me for saying this but take it easy, its so classic for a long absenter return to biking buys one of the fastest bikes on the road and is surprised at how the skills have waned. :shock:

steve452 · #7 PostAuthor: **steve452** » Sun Jun 08, 2014 10:09 pm

mick z1a wrote:blimey, you will hate me for saying this but take it easy, its so classic for a long absenter return to biking buys one of the fastest bikes on the road and is surprised at how the skills have waned.

It's alright, I still love you :wink:

No problem and thanks for the advice, it's much appreciated. I am very aware that my riding skills need a lot of catching up, so I'm taking it pretty easy for the first 6 months to a year. The reason I bought a ZZR is that in 1990 whilst sitting at the lights on the Edgware Rd by Marble Arch on my GT-750 shaft-drive, a brand new ZZ-R1100 pulled up next to me. It was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen after my Z1 (and the Supermarine Spitfire and the XB-70) and I immediately lusted after one. Anyway, life, as they say, intervened and it was only joining the Z1OC that spurred me on to get back on the road whilst doing the rebuild. And the one I've got is the same colour as the one I saw in 1990! Spooky! All advice is much appreciated as I reckon I've got to learn all over again (hopefully with not as much incident as when I was in my teens/early twenties).

z1bman · #8 PostAuthor: **z1bman** » Sun Jun 08, 2014 10:38 pm

they are a great all round bike but some of our older mature customers used to complain of back ache & pain in the wrists. so we used to fit a riser kit from a German company that allows you to use conventional handlebar's . we used Kawasaki er 500 bars which raised the riding position about 65 mm & it made the bike so much more enjoyable to ride. the kit consisted of longer cables / throttle / choke. front brake hose / clutch hose & handlebar riser mounts

steve452 · #9 PostAuthor: **steve452** » Sun Jun 08, 2014 10:44 pm

z1bman wrote:they are a great all round bike but some of our older mature customers used to complain of back ache & pain in the wrists. so we used to fit a riser kit from a German company that allows you to use conventional handlebar's . we used Kawasaki er 500 bars which raised the riding position about 65 mm & it made the bike so much more enjoyable to ride. the kit consisted of longer cables / throttle / choke. front brake hose / clutch hose & handlebar riser mounts

I'm not getting backache atm but am getting pain in my wrists, particularly the right. I just put that down to now using muscles differently than from before and also the effort to open/close the throttle. Hopefully it will get easier with use but I'll see how it goes. Biggest problem is I can't seem to get my Zimmer frame to stay on the tank without the rubber feet slipping off the side.

#10 PostAuthor: **Ginger Bear** » Mon Jun 09, 2014 6:30 am

I had a ZZR1100 back in 1996, absolute rocket ship.

You've got me looking at 'em again now........... Thanks! :wink:

mick znone · #11 PostAuthor: **mick znone** » Mon Jun 09, 2014 7:07 am

are we going to get any piccies Steve

not the zimmer, i mean the bike mate :lol:

steve452 · #12 PostAuthor: **steve452** » Tue Jun 10, 2014 1:27 am

mick z1a wrote:are we going to get any piccies Steve not the zimmer, i mean the bike mate

Now I've been introduced to the torture that is Photochuckit, herewith a PR shot of me taken by 'er indoors for my adoring fan club (both of him)...

...and notice the side-stand is down so I don't fall over (my right leg has been encased in a bucket of concrete to aid stability).

Does anyone have a spare pair of stabilisers for a ZZR (like the ones I fitted to my daughters bike when she was 5)?

mick znone · #13 PostAuthor: **mick znone** » Tue Jun 10, 2014 6:36 am

solid bit of kit and they seem to be very reasonably priced just now too, i wont bother taking you on if i see you whilst out riding my armstrong mt500 :oops:

i fear you may just leave me behind :lol:

looks real clean.

steve452 · #14 PostAuthor: **steve452** » Tue Jun 10, 2014 7:57 am

mick z1a wrote:solid bit of kit and they seem to be very reasonably priced just now too, i wont bother taking you on if i see you whilst out riding my armstrong mt500 i fear you may just leave me behind looks real clean.

I think I got a nice one...cosmetics pretty clean and good service history...as for taking me on, well I'm taking it VERY easy ATM..on the next club meet I'm going to try to get it into 2nd.
Toodlepip and happy scratching.

Cheap ZZR1100 wanted - now sorted - thanks to all

Cheap ZZR1100 wanted - now sorted - thanks to all

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