TimC

Congrats on the 7th gen, but sorry to hear about the issues. Hopefully you can either get it sorted properly, or just enjoy the bike for what it is. Either way, good luck and ride safe! 🙂

Nice score on that great looking 6th gen. Congrats!! 🙂

Congrats on your VFR and welcome to the forum! 🙂

Congratulations on your 8th gen. VFR and welcome to the forum from Ohio, USA! 🙂

That's an amazing car. Congrats! 🙂 In the last week or so, I test drove a couple used Cadillacs - a CT5 Sport and a CT4 Premium Luxury. Both were with the base 4-cylinder engine. I liked both, but love the looks of the CT5.

Welcome to the forum from Ohio, USA! I hope you'll post a photo or two of your new machine!

Same here. By the 2nd or 3rd day of a trip, the bike feels like an extension of my own body. Sadly, it doesn't usually last upon returning home, but it's very cool with when you feel you're one with the bike.

Congratulations on your 8th gen. and welcome to the forum from Ohio! 🙂

Congratulations on your VFR and welcome to the forum from Ohio, USA!

Congrats on that sweet 5th gen!! 🙂

It's been a long time since I owned my ZR-7S, but I seem to remember it did have a decent amount of torque down low. When I first test rode a 6th gen. VFR, I was surprised how it bogged down when I tried to accelerate from a higher gear at low rpms. I was still a relative newbie at the time, with little experience on different bikes and different engine types. Interestingly, I'm on my 3rd bike now, and on my 3rd different engine type - in this case a boxer twin. I've seen the ZR referred to as a 'parts bin special, but to me the ZR was a nice UJM throwback. You could get it with a fairing (ZR-7S) or without (ZR-7). When I bought that first bike, I had been seriously considering a new Yamaha FZ6, but didn't want to sink so much money into a new bike, not knowing if I'd even like riding. Ultimately, for me that Kawasaki turned out to be a terrific introduction to motorcycling!

Congratulations on the Kawasaki! A red ZR-7S was my first grown-up motorcycle. It was really too big a bike to start on, but I did okay. I sold it after about five months and bought a VFR. I wonder sometimes what my riding life would have been like had I kept that Kawasaki.

Congratulations on that gorgeous 5th generation VFR, and welcome to the forum! 🙂

Congratulations on the beautiful 5th gen. and welcome to the forum! 🙂