I'm an avid motorcylist and have worked as a mechanical technician, in customer service, and current...
I'm an avid motorcylist and have worked as a mechanical technician, in customer service, and currently work in a motor based courier firm in the warehouse.
Member since:24.02.2009
Reviews:7
Well, having passed my full motorcycle test (Restricted A2, 33bhp for 2 years) back in December, I wanted to quickly get rid of my 2k7 (and getting very expensive to run (+ uneconomical, noisy and useless at long distance faster riding) RS125.
I kind of bought the Z750 on impulse. It was a good price for me (some £400 below parkers list) and for a 5 year old bike, incredibily clean.
I would commute and enjoy occasional fun runs for about 800 miles before getting it restricted to comply with the (IMO!!) stupid EU regulations, so obviously performance now is merely adequate, but beforehad the 750's powerplant would give you all the performance you'd need (and want) on a public highway!
Handling wise, well, let's say that in the corners it has no trouble dealing with being thrown about, so long as the road isn't really bumpy, then it starts to get a bit unsettled. It had no problem scratching around the twisties and it's confidence inspiring enough to leave me with no chicken strips on both sides of the (and close to legal limit) rather unispiring BT-014 tyres. Brakes are nothing to write home about but pull you up well enough (maybe Braided Hoses will help..!)
As for practicality, well I can fit a couple of sandwiches and a bottle of my favirote fizzy (or still!) beverage, a Kit-kat AND a packet of McCoys under the seat (Mine has no pillion seat, not sure if a normal seat takes up more space underneath).
The fuel tank is perfectly adequate for most people with a range after a days scratching and spending most of the time above 7000rpm of 165 miles before I bottled it. Then again, restricted to 33bhp there's only so much fuel you can burn! That said, even when it had full power I was still able to get 150 miles and more. Take it easy and you can see 170-180 miles without a problem! Fuel tank is about 18 litres.
It's fairly comfortable for normal use, start to ride harder and you get stiff legs (thanks to the streetfightery riding style and pegs that are in my opinion too far forward for fast use) and a numb bum (to be predicted, I guess), but even so the tank range happily co-incides with the onset of pain, so you can help yourself to a pie at the same time!
If you were a serious rider you'd probably want another bike, since the suspension does hold this bike back. For the price of some decent front and rear suspension from a donor bike (or from Ohlins or something), you could just buy a 'better' bike. The engine is tractable enough to be left in 6th and pull smoothly from 25mph and the fuel injection is smooth enough to work without complaint and it sounds pretty nice considering it has a standard can.
There are plenty of accessories you can get, which turn the bike from "good" to "great" and beyond, depending on how deep your bank account goes! The best accessory you can get, though, is the fly-screen which sorts out the windblast!
If you spent £1000 or so getting some decent forks from a ZX-6 or something and replacing the mediocore rear shock, and upgrading the brakes you'd have an awesome machine!
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Feb 24th, 2009
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