. That is quality footage isnt it. I have the Hero 7 and haven’t really used it on my bike. Did you use some kind of wind gag or is that the natural sound as is. I have seen a lot of videos where wind noise is very intrusive, and yours is very quiet. Personally, I would switch off the levelling on a bike, so you get the sense of banking round the bends, but thats just me. What mount do you use?
Stuart
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Cheers for the info re mounts Ian. I have a pretty strong suction mount that I’d thought of using, but a bit nervous incase it actually blows off at high speeds (legal of course). I also have a foam cover somewhere as well. Unfortunately on the Hero 7 you need another adapter to use an external mic and these seem pretty expensive and also bulky. I may try just the foam cover if I pluck up the courage to use the sucker jobbie. Its called a Fat Gecko suction, when I bought it they said its good for 3 figure speeds but I still have me doubts.
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It’s great to see the better weather now. Certainly bike time
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I think it's going to rain most of the weekend in true bank holiday style, was looking forward to a ride to.
Anyome used gear4motorcycles? Thinking of changing my Duke for an Adv bike.
Thanks
Finally got her registered, carbs balanced, and had time to take her out on a blast. Yes, she was the first production bike to break 150mph, and yes I can attest she does lol after doing over 200 miles on her yesterday. The GPZ is still a delightful handling bike 30 years on. Here with her stablemate 1098R they bring a smile every time.
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I had never ridden one until yesterday. And it was brilliant! Really surprised with how well she tipped in, went side-to-side, and held a line. Found myself looking back every time I walked away. All day comfy too.
A great top end and she pulled strongly all the way and was comfortable running over distance at high speed. Really quite surprised, and I suspect the GPZ may stay. Only the Duc has caught my attention the same way.
That’s really, really, nice Adrien! A blast from the past and one of my dream bikes.
Am I misremembering that they put a 16 inch wheel on the front of the GPZ to help the tipping in? Might look like one in the photo. It’s an absolute peach by the way.
The early blade followed the same strategy....arguably wrongly. Certainly keen to dive in to corners!
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I might be being a little geeky, and there's the possibility that my aged mind is playing tricks, but I don't think what you have is a GPZ900R. Unless you have another bike.
I do believe what you have is a GPz900R.
During this period Kawasaki used a Z for the air cooled bikes and a z for the water cooled ones.
This has changed in later years as I think they now exclusively use the Z.
Are you sure?
My GPz750s are air cooled and the GPZ750R is the water cooled, 750 version of the 900R.
Unless they changed things around, which I don’t remember, all the air cooled were small z and the water cooled capital Z.
I’m talking about official designations here rather than what’s written on the side of the bikes.
Here’s a photo of the side panel of an earlier, air cooled GPz750
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Looking further into it, every other water cooled GPZ is capital Z whilst all the air cooled models are GPz
I am not sure I'd want to argue with you on classic Kawasakis
Personally, I always called them "Ninjas" and was never aware of case subtleties. I remember riding one in the mid to late 80s on the Carole track (admittedly not ideal to flex its muscles) and thinking that the rear shock absorber was dire but it could have been the set up of the bike (not mine) at the time.
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
Big zed, little zed; it doesn’t really matter, that’s still a beautiful and well preserved machine!
I’m no authority on them Marc, just a keen nerd!
They were known as the Ninja ZX9 in the USA Marc and most folk over here just called them Ninja nines (to differentiate from the Ninja six, GPZ600).
Later on, just about all Kawasaki sports models were known as Ninja something!
Mod 1 on Thursday, yes, though he thought he'd shagged the clutch again after an hour's practice yesterday.
Turned out it was just badly adjusted, but sorted now.
His biggest worries are the avoidance and emergency stop tests. We'll have to see if the examiner agrees.
Shame it looks like it'll be absolutely hoofing it down though, as I suspect his confidence in his tyres might not be so great in the wet.
Got out for a couple of hours yesterday, stopped for breakfast at the 1066 cafe and just about avoided the showers.
The 1066 is hugely popular but the breakfast is better at the Custom Cafe on the A259!
Was sooooo Looking forward to a ride out today but good old bank holiday weather had other ideas
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Has anyone else had issues with the newer generation of Oxford heated grips that are supposed to turn themselves off if you forget to do it not turning themselves off and draining the battery?
It’s happened twice to me now.
My 93 year old Grandad now back as a pillion after a year off the saddle.
Hope I am still up for stuff like that in my 90s. Fantastic!
Nope...not yet anyway.
Biggest problem I've had with the Oxfords is intermittent connections from grips to Oxford loom.
Easily solved, cut connectors off, trim wires to length, solder joints, smear dilectric grease and shrinkwrap.
To avoid fuses & relays I use a PDM60. Highly recommended.
So my dad seen online about the Triumph 1200 scrambler Steve McQueen edition on Sunday so we called into Triumph today to order one for him but unfortunately they took there last order on Saturday.
Shame as it looks rather tasty.
Dealer has got my number just incase anyone changes their mind,, probably wishful thinking but worth a shot.
Chris.
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Interestingly (or not depending on what interests people, I suppose), I read this and thought 'nice enough bike but what's the link between Triumph and the bike in the Great Escape which would be German' so I did a bit of reading only to find out that the bike in the film was a Triumph disguised as a BMW.
A tea and bacon butty break while testing the bar risers I fitted yesterday:
p.s. the risers have made a much bigger (better) than expected difference to the handling (mine not the bike):
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Keep the posts and pictures going guys. I was rushed into hospital last Saturday with pneumonia and the beginnings of heart failure 😞.
What I thought of as a little cough and a tight chest a few days previously has turned out to be a bit of a drama...
Chin up...