Two Wheels

[Big Green]

Made a comment at home a few weeks ago about gas prices and how my Expedition (5.4 V8) was costing a lot of money to drive the 42 miles round trip everyday. I joked about getting a motorcycle for the commute and the wife said “it kinda makes sense.” Since that doesn’t mean no, I started looking.

I haven’t ridden any bike since 2005. I’ve eyeballed cruisers over the years and even joked about a trike. Since I’m finally gonna pull the trigger, somehow I ended up looking at crotch rockets agains. Hopefully pick it up Sunday. A 2002 ZX-6R with 1,400 original miles. Bike is in phenomenal shape, always stored in a garage and never been dropped or laid down. There are a couple of spots on the tank not perfect but everything else looks like it just came out of the crate. Tuesday I’m taking it to the shop and replacing all the fluids, plugs, etc. that a bike that has been sitting needs.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Nice!

How old are the tires?

It's a "ZX6R" isn't it, not an xz6r?

 

[kbaxter60]

Be careful out there.

 

[baboon]

You are a braver man the myself. Be carful indeed.

 

[Grumps21]

Me likey. Great excuse to get a bike. Now for the next project tell Mrs Big Green that you need a new Pistol because 9mm will be cheaper to shoot than your .45. I don’t know what guns you have, but you get the gist of it...

 

[TxStetson]

Nice!

How old are the tires?

It's a "ZX6R" isn't it, not an xz6r?

It would really suck if he was right and your user name was wrong all these years.

 

[Grumps21]

You are a braver man the myself. Be carful indeed.

It’s not that bad. All you gotta do is avoid the paper plates, look out for people typing on their cell phones and also look out for Florida plates. Wait, never mind. OP is gonna get killed on that bike

 

[baboon]

Out here by the lake I seldom see many murder cycles. Nice high speed road with less congestion of shit for brain drivers, but with the amount of dead deer & hogs I see I can figure it out pretty quick

I know a guy on another forum that hit a deer 2-3 weeks ago. His second major lay down with injuries. Wonder what the third time is the charm will be for him?

 

[EZ-E]

I always liked that Kawi green. Nice looking bike.

 

[Big Green]

Nice!

How old are the tires?

It's a "ZX6R" isn't it, not an xz6r?

Fixed, thank you.

 

[Big Green]

You are a braver man the myself. Be carful indeed.

I live out of town and my job is on the outskirts. It doesn’t require any real city driving. I’m sure at some point I’ll drive around more but this is within my comfort zone for now. I also go to work before much traffic is on the roads.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

It would really suck if he was right and your user name was wrong all these years.

Well, while true, I know there was a ZX6R. I never heard of an xz6r.

And, I know what kind of bike I had, and that is where the user name came from.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Fixed, thank you. View attachment 332119 View attachment 332118

Is that showing 2 years old?
I can't tell for sure.

I just wanted to make sure they weren't 20 years old.

 

[baboon]

I live out of town and my job is on the outskirts. It doesn’t require any real city driving. I’m sure at some point I’ll drive around more but this is within my comfort zone for now. I also go to work before much traffic is on the roads.

Those are the hours of the stray drunks.

 

[Vaquero]

Be careful

 

[Big Green]

Is that showing 2 years old?
I can't tell for sure.

I just wanted to make sure they weren't 20 years old.

Yea sir, he said they were newer and that’s the pic he sent me.

First owner bought it as a collectible and it got a few miles here and there, he wanted to keep it below 700 miles and when he finally broke that number he decided to sell. Next owner collected Suzukis but decided to buy some Kawasakis and then decided to go back to Suzuki. Recent owner bought it and decided he didn’t need that many bikes with his upcoming move and med school starting.

 

[Big Green]

Those are the hours of the stray drunks.

You’re right but it’s pretty quite at 0545 when I hit the road. There’s a two mile stretch leaving my house that has deer, that’s my biggest concern in the mornings.

 

[Grumps21]

Out here by the lake I seldom see many murder cycles. Nice high speed road with less congestion of shit for brain drivers, but with the amount of dead deer & hogs I see I can figure it out pretty quick

I know a guy on another forum that hit a deer 2-3 weeks ago. His second major lay down with injuries. Wonder what the third time is the charm will be for him?

Ya that always concerns me. Back about 4 years ago, wife and I took the bike out to Hot Spring, AR after work on a Friday. We were still an hour out, it was dark, and there were deer grazing off the highway. That was a white knuckle ride for sure. Ended up drafting the cages on that leg of the trip regardless of how slow they were going

 

[EZ-E]

When you get a chance swap out that stock exhaust for an aftermarket one.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

When you get a chance swap out that stock exhaust for an aftermarket one.

I'm really surprised that a 20 year old bike still has the factory exhaust.