Advantages: powerfull, rider friendly, comfy,loves miles Disadvantages: eats tyres, stock exhaust is pants,
Bought the zzr1100 D2 6 months ago, from a dealer. Its second hand and over 10 years old, it had been dropped, but this lot stil never put me off. I had new clutch , new engine and just finished the warranty off with a full micron exhaust, thanks Bill Head, that is warranty.
this is without a doubt the best toy i have ever ridden. It is so powerfull, yet so controlable. feed back isn't great but then it weighs in at over a 1/4 tonne.
72 mph in 1st gear, regular returns of over 45 mpg and will ride round town in the top gears as easily as it will cruise at 130 MPH.
top speed is silly, but theres no weave. i fitted a flip up screen just to take the slight buffeting away, but then i am 6ft 4. i weigh over 20 stone, and even with a pillion on the bike has no bad manners. The mirrors are better than most, and the lay out works well ...
Advantages: a comfy ride and very fast Disadvantages: none
I write this as a pillion rider of the fantastic ZZR1100, the fastest bike on the road for 6 yrs running (until the Hiabusa (?) came out)
Hubby bought it new on an R plate and we still love it. I don't ride as yet but I love to ride pillion on this beast of a machine. From my point of view it's Very Comfortable and I don't sit with my head in the clouds like a lot of pillions do. I don't get the wind nearly taking my lid off as we speed down the road either!
The foot rests are easy to find and the grab rail is not too small to fit a gloved hand in. There's plenty of room on the back seat for me but I do like to be close!!!!
It's fast, it's meaty, it's the BEAST of all machines and I love it!
There's nothing like sitting at the lights next to a young wippersnapper on his 600 than to take his breath away when we ...
BOUGHT THE BIKE BACK IN '94 WHEN IT WAS TOP OF THE SPEED CHARTS.
HAD A FEW PROBLEMS (MAINLY DUE TO WINTER RIDING) INCLUDING; SIEZED CALIPERS CAUSING DISC WARPING, EXHAUST DOWNPIPES ROTTING, FORKS PITTING AND WHEELS CORRODING, BUT OTHERWISE THE OLD DOG HAS STOOD UP WELL TO THE 40,000 PLUS MILES I'VE PUT ON HER.
FRONT DISCS WERE REPLACED WITH PFM ONES AND EXHAUST REPLACED WITH MICRON 2000 SYSTEM AND RACE CAN (ALSO WITH ZXR750 CARB TOPS AND DYNOJET KIT!!)
ENGINE STILL WITHIN MANUFACTURERS TOLERANCES AND DYNO'D AT A RESPECTABLE 136.2BHP AT THE REAR WHEEL.
THE TOP SPEED CROWN FELL A WHILE BACK NOW TO THE BLACKBIRD AND LATER THE 'BUSA BUT AT A RECENT 'RUN WOT YA BRUNG' I WASTED TWO BLACKBIRDS BY AROUND 50YDS AND ONLY JUST LOST OUT TO A HAYABUSA ... SURPRISINGLY AN R1 GAVE ME A RUN FOR MY MONEY TOO.
THE ZZR IS A FANTASTIC TOURING TOOL ...
